October 2011
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March 2011
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Pharmacy Animals
I’ve noticed a lot of “apotek” or pharmacies are called “Løve Apotek” or similar, even when they aren’t in the same city, or owned by the same people. This sparked my interest to investigate further, and I found the below on http://www.apotekerforeningen.dk/ (Pharmacist’s Union):
Many of the older pharmacists have animal names, such as lion, swan or...
February 2011
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For some reason, Danes seem to adore Barnaby (“Midsomer Murders”). It’s on TV at least twice a week and there are whole magazines dedicated to it.
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Aarhus recently changed it’s name from Århus to make it easier for tourists to find it online.
In most instances, there is a letter combination in English for the special Danish letters å (can be written “aa”) ø (can be written “oe”) and æ (can be written “ae”). For example, my bank accounts are with a bank called Frøs, but the website is www.froes.dk.
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Velkommen
So I’ve been in Denmark since the start of February. As I’m moving here permanently, I’ve had to take care of a few housekeeping things like making sure I can stay in the country without being deported, registering for tax, opening bank accounts, registering my business and so on.
Surprisingly, I have achieved most of this in a matter of a few weeks. I have my residency...
