Where would be a good place to live in Denmark? I am not interested in Copenhagen. I want a smaller town with lower cost of living, a fair chance of finding a job (does not have to be high paying) and not many tourists. Living outside of town in the country would be even better.
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There are always two hurdles to moving to a new country (not including the practicalities of finding a job, accomodation etc) and those are entry/working rights (visa) and language I am not Danish and so not an expert but do know from Danish colleagues here in the Netherlands the hurdles for non-natives to overcome. You do not mention in your summary if you hold a EU/EFTA passport or not. If you do not then this is hurdle number one. Without this you will find it very difficult to obtain a visa which allows you to work Basically immigration laws have tighted up generally over the last 5-10 years due to large influxes of immigrants and movements of people within the EU Therefore unless you hold an EU/EFTA passport it is very difficult. You will either need to be (a) self-employed and show evidence of a thiving business (b) a highly skilled migrant with skills/experience which are in demand in Europe (and usually already receiving a high salary in your domestic country) or (c) sponsored by a company - and this is only normally done in the case that they cannot fulfil the job from the pool of labour within the EU or that you have specialist knowledge/experience There are small differences but there generally the policies are very similar and restrictive for all EU countries. If you do hold an EU/EFTA passport then you are of course able to move freely to Denmark & seek employment. However if you do not speak Danish then this will be hurdle number two. Whilst the Danes (along with the Dutch) have an excellent standard of English as a second language, it is still important to remember that the native language rules. Unless you work for an International company where the working language is English then you will struggle to find employment (even then the level and nature of jobs - call centres, order processing etc, are limited unless you are highly skilled in a desired profession) The problem with moving outside of Copenhagen is that you will also move further out of the possibility for employement Whilst a Danish native may be able to help you with a good area, maybe you should provide additional info like what area of employment (and level) you have, the level of Danish, and indeed if you are entitled to live and work in Denmark
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i live in randers the 6th largest town...small, no tourist and 30 minutes from århus (in jylland). i also own a cleaning company and day spa. Can help with job no problem. im actually looking for assistants. cost of living also low and can help with that.
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Rungsted kyst, or Horsholm, its so peacful there, i went there on a danish exchange with my school, and it was amazing, so i went again, and again, and again, its near the sea, and everyone is so nice. and although the jobs around there may not be too exiting, you can get around easily like on bikes trains, buses, uch better transport than any where else, and you could work where ever you wish, like copenagen
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