Many Danes meet their future spouses at work. Yet there are also strict laws in Denmark against sexual harassment. Where do you draw a line between harassment and two adults developing tender feelings for each other? Continue Reading. My Danish friends who are about to spend some time in the U. First, in the U. That Highway Patrol lady with the mirrored sunglasses who has just caught you speeding down Route 66 is unlikely to have much of a sense of humor. The second tip is that, should you go to a bar, it can happen that a stranger or two will offer to buy you a drink.
If the stranger is of the opposite gender, or same gender depending on the bar, that person is interested in you. Let them buy you a drink.
And chat with them while you drink it. Buying a drink for someone is a big deal in Denmark, a place where a loving couple who go out for a romantic candlelight dinner often split the bill. For Danes, buying someone a drink is like buying them a birthday present.
Many Danes are not comfortable with a stranger making that level of commitment. The journalist chose to focus on love and romance in Denmark. Here are a few translated excerpts:. Having lived in Denmark for 15 years, Mellish has noticed that there are special rules for love here. No one knows who should take the initiative. Instead, Mellish has found, romance is facilitated with large amounts of alcohol consumed in the evenings. Or read all of our blog posts on dating in Denmark on our dating tag.
I get a lot of mail from readers of this site, but a lot of the mail I get is on one particular topic. Any advice? Basically, a lot of the mail I get is from men, wanting to know how they can get some action in Denmark. I can understand this. Danes are very beautiful. And I can tell you now, most of them will not immediately reject you because you have a different skin color. I know of several babies of mixed heritage here in Denmark. These tactics will get you nowhere in Denmark.
