Danes
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Danes are very contempt with their country, and with their welfare system, which provides them with social benefits such as free medical treatment, education etc. and a society without poverty. They regard themselves as a friendly people, and see the cold weather and the who-do-you-think-you-are attitude as the only weak point.
In reality most foreigners from rich, industrialised countries do not choose Denmark because of the people or the country, but because they fall in love with a Dane.
Masahide Nomura, a native of Japan, moved to Denmark ten years ago with his Danish wife. Contrary to the Japanese, the Danes do not work all day, and Masahide likes the extra personal time, as well as he likes the equality between the genders. He believes that the lack of information about Denmark is what makes the country less attractive to young foreigners.
62-year-old Nancy Canon from the USA moved to Denmark 25 years ago, also out of love. She moved to Copenhagen with her children to live with her then husband. She has her job and personal life in the city, and she has chosen to stay even after her divorce. Although she found Copenhagen to small at first, she now describes it as the perfect big city; compact, safe and full of educational possibilities. Her son also chose to stay in Denmark, and has become a doctor; an educational opportunity Nancy maintains she could not have provided him with in the USA.
The Swede Andrea Creutz came to Denmark for a different reason; to study and because she had a romantic idea about the country, but she do not think Copenhagen is the international city it was a decade ago.
All three they though agree that the Danes are not a spontaneous people and that it take patience to get to know them and their culture.