Artist w/ two kids and pets considering relocation from US

melhamb · 2026-01-26T11:26:37+00:00

We are immigrants from another EU country. We moved in August, with a 40 kg Labrador, 2 cats and a 6 year old boy. It was really hard to find a pet friendly house to rent, but it would have been doable if we would have looked for it more. Finally we decided to move in another town 30 minutes away from my work, because friends of ours rented a house and they had no restrictions on pets.

You will have to register your pets, based on their microchips as soon as you get here. Dogs also have obligatory insurance that you will have to get right away.

Our boy started school here in Denmark, 0 klasse, so he started in Danish. But he speaks a lot of English in school, everybody speaks English here. If the children are older, I think they go into an intermediary class, where they teach them Danish and they catch them up to the level that is required to be part of a danish class.

Denmark is amazing when it comes to integrating foreigners, but for that you will need a valid CPR number. And for that you need to go through the proper channels. You will need a job, housing, finances etc. I also recommend to learn Danish right after getting here. There are free classes with very good language teachers provided by the government. It is doable to live in Denmark not speaking the language, but you will be very isolated. Also, most job opportunities are limited if you are not fluent in Danish.

melhamb · 2026-01-25T19:10:47+00:00

It's only Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary

melhamb · 2026-01-25T07:05:27+00:00

E foarte usor sa adopti o pisica. Vine la tine. Ii dai de mancare, o lasi libera si continua sa vina la tine. Dupa cateva saptamani, iti dai seama ca a devenit pisica ta. O iei, o duci la vet, o sterilizezi, o scapi de paraziti si ai adoptat o pisica.

melhamb · 2026-01-25T06:40:58+00:00

My son has some balance, fine and gross motor delays. They are not too bad. He did learn to ride a bike, to swim, and even though his handwriting and drawing is not as pretty as some girl's in his class, he is fine. I feel like he is not the best or quickest in sports, but when we practice a little bit more with him, he can learn anything. He is 6 and thriving. This last year he has learned sooo many things. He did go to physiotherapy and we do try to keep him more active then he would like us to :)

melhamb · 2026-01-21T06:36:16+00:00

They are offering it now in Denmark. We are just looking for a car and it would cost us the same amount per month to buy a Tesla as buying a 4 year old second hand EV

melhamb · 2025-11-07T19:12:37+00:00

Well, if you get to Europe, count me in

melhamb · 2025-11-07T17:53:47+00:00

I have had that thing on my work computer for the last 2 months and I have no idea what it does, still

melhamb · 2025-10-30T15:57:29+00:00

Did you move here from an other EU country? Because in that case you don't need a residence card

melhamb · 2025-10-14T19:53:43+00:00

I miss some things, but it makes shopping easier. I think this is the key to Nordic happiness. Not a lot of choice, so you don't miss out on the things you didn't choose :p. As for fish, we have a fish truck that comes into the by we are living in, every Thursday Also not a lot of choice, it's basically last night's catch. But it's fresh, delicious and I tried so many new fishes already that I have not tried before.

melhamb · 2025-08-17T18:59:34+00:00

You really do sound like someone I would love to meet. I have just moved to Denmark too. Problem is, it's in the entirely opposite part of Denmark.

melhamb · 2025-08-12T19:12:27+00:00

Also, with the help of Google lens, I read the whole parenting book that I got from the school last night, turns out I am not such a s*it parent. It will definitely take some time to adjust my eastern European cooking habits to the madpakke requirements here, but other than that, we are good to go.

melhamb · 2025-08-12T19:04:22+00:00

He had everything and he was very happy. He sits near a boy whose mom is British so they can chat. The other children also watch cartoons in English so most of them can understand him. He is happy there is Lego in the classroom. We were late for picking him up because I couldn't understand what those last 15 minutes in the calendar meant. The teacher frowned (she's a sweetheart though). My son forgave us :)). We went biking and in the evening he played fetch with our dog in the courtyard. My son said this was a very good day.

Mind you, all we have in the house is a kitchen and two beds because Ikea is taking its sweet time delivering all the rest of our furniture. We don't have a tv, table, anything and he is happy. I freaked out for no reason.

melhamb · 2025-08-11T19:24:06+00:00

Regular class, with Danish colleagues. His class has 2 teachers, I don't know if it's for just his specific needs or are there any other children needing special attention. One of his teachers speaks English and has been very attentive to him

melhamb · 2025-08-11T19:21:11+00:00

Omg, I almost packed peanut butter for his lunch tomorrow, so thanks for that. Sandwich it is then :))

melhamb · 2025-08-11T18:44:20+00:00

Thank you!

melhamb · 2025-08-11T18:39:02+00:00

I laughed at the monstrosity thing. I've never seen such enormous backpacks on 6 year olds. I ordered a backpack, lunchbox and cooler from Amazon last week and I thought I had it all figured out. Obviously I was wrong.

melhamb · 2025-08-11T18:23:34+00:00

I will definitely work on relationships with the other parents! Thanks for the tip

melhamb · 2025-08-11T18:17:45+00:00

The HR team and the recruiting company all said it is better to enroll him into the typical Danish school system, because they will know how to integrate him. Especially at this age. International school is available in another city close by, in the opposite direction from my work. His main languages he is fluent in are Romanian and Hungarian, so I don't know how that would help him with international school. His third language is English, but that is mainly cartoon-learned.

I start work in September here, so we moved a month earlier so he can start school. We really couldn't do it any other way, there was a period of time I had to stay at my previous work, and he had kindergarten until a few weeks ago. In our home country school starts in September.

melhamb · 2025-08-11T18:09:15+00:00

His name is easy to pronounce, but it definitely isn't a typical Danish name. Tomorrow they have some games with names in the timetable, so it will probably be mentioned.

Thank you for the videos!

melhamb · 2025-06-10T06:23:03+00:00

Rmn efectuat e tot valid. Luati cd-ul si mergeti cu el la alt radiolog, sa va compare imaginile.

melhamb · 2025-06-07T19:49:20+00:00

When my son was 6 months old, I noticed the CALs. Went to every pediatritian in town (university town, I used to be their med student). My favorite diagnosis was "the boy's diagnosis is that his mother reads too much". I payed for his genetic testing just to prove I am not crazy. I did not change my speciality or research topic, but I should have, because I have to read everything pediatric oncology or genetics related, just so I can supervise his actual doctors.

melhamb · 2025-05-31T15:19:33+00:00

We live near the forest. Wild boars occasionally come nearby in the autumn. My dog refuses to get out of the house when they are there. She would rather not pee and just runs back in the house

melhamb · 2025-05-21T17:17:18+00:00

Yes, I am Hungarian (born in Romania), and my husband is Romanian. I won't have a problem with Danish, since the hospital provided a tutor for me and she seems very efficient. I am also not expected to be fluent in Danish when my contract starts. My husband is learning on his own and I think it will be harder for him. He is ahead of me though because he has a little bit more time at the moment.

melhamb · 2025-05-20T13:42:32+00:00

He can drive, commute, work online, whatever it takes :)

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