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This is a special episode, because this is the fifth anniversary of the How to Live in Denmark podcast.The podcast began in the summer of 2013; at the time I\u2019m recording this, it is near the end of Summer 2018. We\u2019ve had more than 80 episodes and around a million streams and downloads. Most importantly, I\u2019ve received a lot of messages from people like you saying that the podcast and the books that have come out of the podcast have been really helpful for you in adjusting to Denmark. I\u2019m so happy to hear that.

I originally came to Denmark on vacation. I was living in Manhattan in the time, right downtown in Greenwich Village, but I\u2019d been living there for about 10 years and was really ready to try something new. I visited all the hip cities in the US \u2013 Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Chicago, Austin Texas, but I just didn\u2019t find a place where I really felt I fit in.

At the same time, I had a friend living in Paris. We\u2019d meet up and check out different parts of Europe, and one September we thought, OK, why not Copenhagen. It was a beautiful September, warm and sunny, and I thought, well,\xa0here\u2019s a country with good weather.