COUNTRY LIVING

that bus stops have been put up for the first time recently! In addition, they have added some bus shelters - much needed for the winter weather. This might sound absurd to city-dwellers, but it is genuinely a big step forward. Back when I went to language school, on the same bus local children take to school, I had to stand where my husband suggested in the hope that the bus driver was local enough to know where to stop. If someone from the city was standing in as a driver for the day, no one of any age was getting to school or work on time!

The countryside also offers the oppor- tunity to truly integrate with Danes. Every newcomer to Denmark learns quickly that Danish society can be a hard nut to crack. In the countryside, however, Danes are typically much more open and keener to get to know their neighbours. In addition, those who have moved from the city to the countryside may also understand how it feels to start afresh in a new location, even if they are still in their home country. This may be a bold claim, but coming from the countryside, albeit not the Danish countryside, I believe I sometimes fit in better than some of the Copenhageners who move here! THE-INTL

"The countryside also offers the opportunity to truly integrate with Danes."

Heather Storgaard Writer

Heather Storgaard comes from Northern Scotland, grew up in Switzerland, and lived in England and Germany. She met her Danish and soon-tobe British husband back in 2017, and they now split their time between Central Scotland and Helgenæs, a peninsula in rural Eastern Jutland. Suitably for a Scot, Heather works with whisky, spending her time writing and translating, with a particular softspot for the up-and-coming world of Nordic Whisky.

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