A SAFE, GREEN AND FRIENDLY CITY
First, I would like to thank you for making the decision to move and relocate to our beautiful city of Copenhagen. For some of you, it is the intention to pursue your future career here in Denmark that draws you to us. For others, you may come here as a spouse or a student in order to support your family or to study. Either way you are most welcome. We need you! Danish society and Copenhagen as a city need eligible international labor to fill the vacant positions in many of our companies. International labour creates growth and more jobs, and we cannot afford to lose the progress and development in which foreign labor plays such an important part. As mayor of employment and integration, I wish to thank you for your future contribution to the Danish welfare state, in which you are about to live. Without you, we would be a poorer society. MAKE THE MOST OF IT Once you are here, I recommend that you make use of all the opportunities that an open and friendly city like the Danish capital has to offer. Copenhagen is ranked as one of the safest cities in the world, and you can easily enjoy a nighttime stroll in the inner city or a picnic
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watching the sun set over the King’s Garden (Kongens Have). This is also why you will see plenty of tourists in the streets. Follow them, and you will find yourself in our many museums, castles and other cultural highlights.
Use our many sports clubs, churches and other religious places, the social gatherings at your workplace or university, or a course at an education association, and don’t give up if your first try fails. A Dane is a friend you haven’t met yet!
GREEN CITY, GOOD FOOD, COLD WEATHER We are also amongst the greenest cities on the planet, so do use our excellent bike paths as much as you can. And go see for yourselves what the different neighbourhoods of Copenhagen have to offer. When it comes to cultural and culinary experiences. Your brain and stomach will be full, I’m sure of it.
You can also engage in local politics or the democratic institutions at your child’s school or at your place of education. Remember, we Danes take pride in the fact that Denmark is a society concerned with the well-being of all our citizens.
For some, the weather can be a bit of a drag on our latitude, so remember to buy warm clothes for all kinds of situations. But trust me, the sun will come out eventually, and you will feel the warmth and pleasant atmosphere of Copenhagen on your face and body.
So, observe and learn from the Danish way of living while you’re here, and we would love to enhance our lives and society by doing the same with all the fine and enriching elements of life you bring to us. I’m very happy to bid you welcome to Copenhagen and I wish you a great stay.
So, go out and visit our many green spaces and the clean harbour where you can take a dip; try our city bikes and the street kitchen where you will most likely find food from your own home country. THE WAY OF THE DANE Danes are warm and open-minded people, but sometimes we need to be unlocked from our Nordic coolness. On the outside we can seem a little distant, but if you make an effort, you will get friends for life and experience the world-famous Danish ‘hygge’.
CECILIA LONNING-SKOVGAARD Mayor of employment and integration
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