Businesswoman working at a cafe with her baby
Businesswoman working at a cafe with her baby

Living and working in Denmark

Living and working in Denmark

Denmark offers a superior work-life balance, enabling you to prioritise the things that matter – from excellent career opportunities to leisure and family time.

While your career may lead you to Denmark, we understand that it takes a whole lot more for you to feel at home. Luckily, Denmark is one of the best countries for a work-life balance, according to OECD’s Better Life Index among others studies.

In Denmark, we believe in the multi-faceted but whole human being. Sure, career and business opportunities are central to a good lifestyle. However, life is also about family, friends, leisure and your very own private time – values which weave the fabric of a life in Denmark.

Denmark is an exceptionally well-functioning and family-friendly place to live, and this for many reasons. Here are five essential starting points for further explore:

  1. Danish lifestyle
  2. Buzzing city life and beautiful countrysides
  3. Danish society and its wellbeing
  4. The Danish working culture
  5. Work-life balance

Great reasons to come to Denmark:

Denmark consistently maintain top rankings in international quality of life studies, such as World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index, the World Bank’s Governance Index and the Social Progress Index. We would love to welcome you, and here is just a handful of reasons why you should come:

  • We are among the happiest and most satisfied people on earth. On a scale from 0 to 10, Danes give their life satisfaction a 7.5 grade on average, which is higher than the OECD average of 6.7.
  • Everyone benefits from a well-functioning welfare system, which provides free education and healthcare among other things.
  • Short distances make it easy to get around and explore Denmark’s buzzing cities as well as beautiful forests and stunning coastline.
  • Danes have the shortest working week in the world, with the average expat working 37 hours. Still, we are among the most productive and hardworking workforces in Europe.
  • Hours are flexible and all workers are statutorily entitled to 5 weeks vacation each year, making space for family and leisure time.

Explore more of life in Denmark:

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Already started packing? Or would you like to know a little more?

If you want to know more about living and working in Denmark, please contact our dedicated advisors:

Copenhagen

  • Sarina Lohmann

    Title: Special Advisor – Maritime and transport – Analysis & Partnerships

    Area: Copenhagen

    Phone: +4533920423

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