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Yes, it is certainly possible. Everybody speaks English quite well. Many almost fluently. Often high-tech work-places will switch to English if there are forei
by joakleaf 8y ago
Yes, it is certainly possible.
Everybody speaks English quite well. Many almost fluently. Often high-tech work-places will switch to English if there are foreigners around. My ex-girlfriend and a large number of her friends managed to live and work in Copenhagen and other parts of Denmark for many years without using Danish much, if at all. I often meet restaurant waiters that speak English because they cannot speak Danish.
I also think there is a rule at the University of Copenhagen, that if just one foreign student attends a course, it will be held in English.
You can definitely live and work here for years, possibly decades, without learning Danish.
It is actually quite difficult for foreigners to learn Danish, not just because it is a difficult language, but also because Danes generally automatically switch to English (to help).
- YeGoblynQueenne 8y agoYes, I've heard about that :) I would hope to be able to learn Danish eventually, or Swedish if I moved to Sweden (which I would prooobably prefer, though I'm not sure; being on either side of the bridge would be the best of both worlds, surely). Thanks for the feedback. I'd probably be looking at a university position at the time I'll be considering a move (a couple of years). To be honest, I'd be really hard pressed to teach or talk about research in anything but English, even my native Greek- I've done all my studies in the UK and I can't even think about computer stuff in an other language. So it's great to hear lectures can be delivered in English.