{"id":7282,"date":"2019-06-24T16:08:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T06:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/?p=7282"},"modified":"2020-06-18T08:43:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T22:43:47","slug":"an-amazing-life-in-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/06\/24\/an-amazing-life-in-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"An amazing life in Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dermott – University of Southern Denmark<\/h3>\n

Semester 2, 2018
\nBachelor of Behavioural Science<\/h4>\n

My exchange took place in the small rainy town of Odense on the middle isle of Fyn in Denmark. Odense is the third-largest city in Denmark but is still quite small, especially compared to Brisbane, but never the less, it was amazing.<\/p>\n

The university<\/h4>\n

Sydansk Universitet or SDU is similar to QUT in the sense that it is a technical university with more modern buildings and a focus on practical areas of study and the applications of these, so I found it rather easy to slip into Uni life there.<\/p>\n

What was a massive shock to me, however, was living in a college. Although I grew up with four siblings and I have been living in share houses since I was 19, this experience was one of the most reassured and foreign of my exchange. I shared a kitchen with 14 other people, 11 of whom were Danes which I believe gave me a really authentic experience of their culture.<\/p>\n

Culture shock<\/h4>\n

The closest thing I received to culture shock would be the language and being constantly addressed in it rather than in English however this soon dissipated when I practiced my Danish vocabulary. I would say their culture in many ways is similar to ours, but due to living in the countryside, this may well be different in Copenhagen or \u00c5rhus. Danes like to have a beer, make an inappropriate joke, play sports and games, and debate social matters, much like what I have experienced in Australia, so this was very comforting to me.<\/p>\n

Denmark is renowned for being an expensive place to live, but due to Australia also being an expensive place to live, I didn\u2019t find this as much. Although yet again being in the country would have affected this rather than being in a major city such as Copenhagen where things do tend to be costlier. Throughout my time overseas, I find it hard to pick out any specific highlights due to everything being amazing to me.<\/p>\n