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Developers Guide to Moving to Denmark

27 点作者 daco超过 1 年前

15 条评论

darkstar_16超过 1 年前
I think it depends a lot from where one is moving from. I'd say moving from the Bay Area is actually a quality of life downgrade given the weather and tech salaries in general. The great thing about the US is opportunities. In Denmark, you'd be hard pressed to find your next move unless you live close to Copenhagen/Aarhus etc. I say this as someone who moved from India and was in a fairly high paid job in India - I find the cost of various things about 3 times the cost of the same thing in India and guess how much has my salary increased ? Exactly 3 times. Yes, the quality of life has changed, but I don't really save anymore than I used to back in India. And with the way the taxes are structured, it can be a stretch to live as a single income family. It's no surprise that Denmark has among the highest percentages of dual income households - it is simply difficult to live on a single income. Would I change anything ? Maybe, maybe not. It's a great country to raise kids, the quality of life is amazing, workplace stress in most workplaces is non existent, one has great autonomy and the society is built on trust - It's amazing how that can change your life - the US should try it :) But, if you're a high flying career oriented individual, Denmark isn't for you since the qualities needed for that kind of career, are actively frowned upon in Denmark compared to the US or even Germany.
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slau超过 1 年前
Not exactly sure what taxes this guy is paying, but I’ve never heard of the 15 + 15%. Most everyone I know is on the 39% bracket, or higher if they’re high earners.<p>Electronics aren’t necessarily more expensive, Europe just has VAT included in the price. Amazon.be, .de, and .se all deliver to Denmark, often with free shipping (although Amazon.de recently increased the free shipping from 29€ to 59€)
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dusted超过 1 年前
I generally agree, but it&#x27;s very &quot;larger city focused&quot;. Living outside of a larger city is ridiculously cheap, and your daily commute by private car will probably be about the same time, but cheaper, than public transportation.<p>What I mean is that you can buy a house for under $37.000 and live within 30 minutes from the 4th largest city, which leaves _plenty_ of cash for a car for each person in the house-hold, and you get the same salary as the city dwellers, so you just have more money overall. In addition to this, most places of work will provide you with parking for no additional cost.
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e-brake超过 1 年前
Apparently if you decide to leave Denmark after 7 years as a tax resident, you may need to pay an exit tax, &#x27;<i>fraflytterskat</i>&#x27; in Danish. I was surprised to hear about this. Have you heard of an exit tax, and is it something to also keep in mind for relocation?<p>&gt; <i>Exit taxation applies for individuals who have been considered as resident and tax treaty resident in Denmark, who are leaving Denmark with assets, including but not limited to shares, options, bonds, certain pension plans, certain property investments, etc.</i><p>&gt; <i>The rules apply to both Danish and foreign assets, shares, investment funds, financial contracts, deposit accounts, etc.</i><p>&gt; <i>If comprised by the exit tax rules, the assets, etc. comprised will be considered as realised on the date of departure, and the individual will be liable to pay the Danish tax due on this unrealised gain.</i>
drainyard超过 1 年前
I really don&#x27;t agree with this &gt; Eating out is a big part of your life; there are restaurants, but they&#x27;re expensive and for the most part unimpressive. If someone who worked at Noma owns it, then it&#x27;s probably great, but otherwise often meh.<p>You must have extremely high standards or have different expecations. I guess it depends where you moved from, but if you live in Copenhagen there are a lot of great restaurants.
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8fingerlouie超过 1 年前
Some good information there, but also some terrible misinformation.<p>&quot;Rural Jutland&quot; is not poor, nor does it have less access to public services. The &quot;issue&quot; with rural Jutland is that about 1&#x2F;5 the danish population lives in Copenhagen, with another 2-3&#x2F;5 living in Århus, Aalborg and Odense, and as jobs migrate to the major cities, the smaller villages have problems attracting people.<p>Of course, the social&#x2F;public services should match the amount of people expected to use it, which is why it is often concentrated in the major cities.<p>Should you chose to live outside a major city (Sealand probably excluded), you can somewhat easily afford a car, as housing will cost you less than half of what &quot;downtown&quot; costs.<p>Also, as for taxes, i&#x27;m paying more than 50% income taxes, and i have no idea where the 15% + 15% rule comes from. IIRC the lowest income tax in denmark is 9% AM-bidrag as well as 26% income tax, landing you at 35%.
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spyke112超过 1 年前
The Danish tax system is also very complicated, and it’s really not possible to boil it down to a percentage. You have to consider a lot of deductions, that is specific to your cicumstances, for instance if you have a mortgage, then you’ll get a deduction based on paid interest, then theres a deduction based on your total income. Then we have both federal and muncipality tax, and of course the “top tax”, which currently applies to all the income above a certain threshold. That means that the effective tax rate for your last earned kroners will be around what 60% i think.
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rurban超过 1 年前
&gt; If you or your spouse is a doctor or nurse, there&#x27;s apparently nowhere in the EU who won&#x27;t instantly give you a visa.<p>Of course NOT in Germany. They hate foreign specialists taking the job of germans. Friend of mine was a eye-doctor (ophthalmologist) from El Salvador, and only was allowed to work for EUR 500 a month, 5:30 am, caring for elderly people. They won&#x27;t accept your foreign certificates. In El Salvador he makes 4.000 a month. They give you a visa, but you cannot work as doctor.
frodowtf超过 1 年前
&gt; food is painfully bland<p>You mean like... not invested with tons of sugar? What kind of bland are we talking about?
gniv超过 1 年前
Good read, although the motivation to leave US rings false. I know there&#x27;s lots of talk online of US collapsing, but I didn&#x27;t think serious people believe it. I suspect OP had other concerns as well.
jacobgorm超过 1 年前
The refrigerator problem sounds like the drain hole could be clogged. Get a piece of wire from a coat hanger or a pipe (the smoking kind) cleaner (“piperenser” in Danish) and gently clean it out.
hpeter超过 1 年前
I lived there and the tax is much higher. Not worth it to live there for me imho, but if you have kids the education system is great.
Kiro超过 1 年前
The taxes don&#x27;t sound right and only touches the state income tax, not the municipal tax which is the big part for most people.
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mathverse超过 1 年前
I have a friend living in CPH on 100k&#x2F;pa income and he is living a very modest life.<p>Unless you have a family with kids there is no point in going to DK. Your quality of life will be significantly worse.<p>If you insist on going to Western Europe then Germany, Austria or NL are much better places to be.
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jokethrowaway超过 1 年前
That&#x27;s a very misguiding post.<p>While I agree the US is not a great place to live, you can get most of those benefits in a lot of other places and some more.<p>I&#x27;ve heard of people moving to Denmark for &quot;giving great education&quot; to their children but I&#x27;ve heard first-hand account and it&#x27;s not that different or that great compared to other countries in EU.<p>I don&#x27;t get the hype about this specific country.