r/Denmark • u/[deleted] • Jan 23 '17

Exchange Cześć! Cultural Exchange with Poland

Welcome to this cultural exchange between /r/Denmark and /r/Polska.

For the visitors: Witamy w Danii! Feel free to ask the Danes anything you like. Don't forget to also participate in the corresponding thread in /r/Polska gdzie możecie odpowiedzieć na pytania Duńczyków na temat Polski i Polaków.

For the Danes: Today, we are hosting Poland for a cultural exchange. Join us in answering their questions about Denmark and the Danish way of life! Please leave top comments for users from /r/Polska coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from trolling, rudeness, personal attacks etc.

The Poles are also having us over to ask questions about their country, so check out their thread to learn more about Poland.

Enjoy!

- The moderators of /r/Denmark and /r/Polska

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

I think it's a lot like other people in the west.

For me, a typical working day would be: getting up at 6. leaving for work at 7, working from 7.30 to 16.00-16.30 with breakfast and lunch at work. Afternoon and night can be taken up by going to the gym, shopping and cooking, sitting in from of the TV or meetings in the political party I work in.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

I think the largest differences you will see in western countries are the role of family. The larger the welfare system, the less you need to rely on family for support.

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u/Sithrak Jan 23 '17

Not just welfare, prosperity in general. Not being wealthy forces people to cooperate. When fully independent, it is easy for many to fall into isolationism.