About me

My name is Melanie. I am from the UK but I have lived in Copenhagen for over eight years (with a short spell in Berlin in 2011). If you want to know a bit more about me here are my *40 facts about me*.

I love living in the Danish capital, and although nowhere is perfect, this city is almost there for me. I started this blog in 2013 as a way to share all the things I love about living here and the city is going through a period of exciting growth.

In 2015 I launched my relocation and settling-in consultancy, Dejlige Days Welcome, aimed at English speaking expat couples, accompanying spouses and families. My service can take you from the first point of thinking about moving to Copenhagen to bridging the gap between the first stages of relocation and the real settling-in period. It is personal and unique, offering much more than a traditional relocation service.

I share my thoughts on the uniques aspects of life in Copenhagen – trust, making friends with Danes, cycle helmets, parenting, school uniforms, lunch culture, choice – as well as insider tips of places to go and great places to get a coffee. There is more to Copenhagen than the Little Mermaid (although she is quite special) and I hope I show that here. This is a positive space, I share some personal stuff but the focus is always about life here and how to enjoy it – quirks and all. These are two popular posts on this – Becoming Danish and tips on enjoying life in Denmark.

I am currently a contributor at the Huffington Post and I regularly write for The Local Denmark. Previously I have written for a number of popular online and print publications such as The Simple Things, Museum Diary and Luvaville.

I am also working on my first book about how to create a positive relocation experience.

I am also very active on social media (who isn’t these days?) and you can follow me on Instagram (to see daily life here), Twitter (where I mainly tweet about things related to Scandi life), Facebook (for blog updates) and Pinterest (for just pretty stuff)! You can contact me directly at hello(at)dejligedayscommunications(dot)com

I hope you enjoy what you read here on my blog, I certainly enjoy sharing it!

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13 thoughts on “About me”

I have just enjoyed your article in ‘The Simple Things’ magazine and wanted to search out your blog – what a lovely find!

http://www.mi-casa-home.com

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Hey Melanie, I really enjoy your blog, so I’ve nominated you for a Liebster Award! You can find out more here: http://thecopenhagentales.com/2014/06/01/my-liebster-award-nominations/

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dejligedays on June 3, 2014 at 8:34 pm said:

Thank you so much for this. I will do my nominations probably in July once all the ‘excitement’ (read stress) of moving is over.

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I love Denmark! My mother-in-law is Danish and I have a great fondness for Smørrebrød. I’m currently in Switzerland and write a blog at http://globalwiseparenting.com/blog/

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Dear Melanie,

My name is Joyce and I work for ExpatFinder.com.
ExpatFinder.com is a free one stop website for people preparing to move or working and living overseas. We provide a myriad of services for expatriates and we have over 2,000 articles to help and support the people moving around the world and we are now creating an interview section to help the expats with real life experiences!
We quite enjoy your blog about living in Denmark, it is very interesting and informative. Would it be possible to interview you to further share some of your tips and feature some of your first hand experience as an Expat and your interview will be published on our Expat Interview section as a guide for our expat readers. The questions are mainly about the day to day lifestyle of an expat. If it would be possible, could you also send some photographs that we can use?
Of course, if you accept, we can add a link to your blog or some of your website.
The questions are enclosed, feel free to respond freely. You can return the doc with your answers if you accept this invitation.
Thanks in advance and do let me know if you prefer other means to conduct this interview and we would be happy to accommodate your terms.

Best regards,
Joyce

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dejligedays on December 11, 2014 at 9:27 pm said:

Thanks for your positive comments. Please email the questions to hello@ dejligedayscommunications.com

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Used to live in Denmark with my Danish ex. It was an experience, indeed. 🙂

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Dear Dejligedays,
I am not a graffiti artist at all.
Best wishes,
Bert.

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dejligedays on March 2, 2015 at 6:51 pm said:

Thanks for the comment. How would you like me describe you?

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dejligedays on March 2, 2015 at 6:59 pm said:

I read it again and it is ambiguous. I didn’t mean you were a political graffiti artist but added something to the urban environment. I would love to add something to describe your fantastic work though

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- Bert on March 11, 2015 at 11:31 am said:
  
  You’ve done just fine. You can mail me if you want to know more.
  B.