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🇺🇸 / 🇮🇹 in📍Copenhagen
🇩🇰 Accidentally moved to Denmark.
Life abroad, language fails & culture shocks.
🎧 Co-host of @waydidpod
📩 [email protected]

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The festive season is sneaking up on us! November is the perfect time to update those family photos AND have your finished images back in time for cards and gifting.

Fun, playful, and full of personality. We start with timeless family portraits, then bring out the tinsel and silly hats for a little festive fun if you’re up for it!

Only 3 weekend dates available:

Saturday, November 14
Saturday, November 21
Sunday, November 22

More weekday availability too.

Book your session through the link in my bio.

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I’m Rebekah, an American photographer living in Copenhagen. My background is in fashion and editorial photography, and I bring that same creative eye to my portrait studio in Østerbro. Think less traditional photo studio, more of a mix of fashion, personality, and playful portraits that feel like you.

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Okay, this is pretty dang cool 🥹🎙️🇪🇺
WAYDID has been named one of EUROWAVES’ Top 25 Best European Podcasts and we’re a little blown away.
Getting recognized by people in the European podcasting world is such an honor, ESPECIALLY because there are so many brilliant podcasts out there doing really phenomenal things.

Truth is… that recognition is the cherry on top, because the thing that keeps us making WAYDID every single week is you, our community.

We started this podcast to help people make Denmark make sense and to help people build a life here when they might sometimes feel like they’re doing it alone.

If an episode has ever made you think “Wow, so it’s not just me,” helped you understand something about Denmark, or made you laugh about an experience you were otherwise ready to scream about… then that’s exactly why we’re here.
There’s something pretty special and almost necessary about hearing someone else put words to an experience you thought only you were having. We hope WAYDID gives you a little bit of that every week and that somewhere in all these conversations, you see a bit of yourself.

So thank YOU!

Thank you for listening, watching, sharing, sending us messages, coming to live shows, recommending us to your friends, and generally allowing three people with very different relationships to Denmark to keep talking about Denmark on the internet.

And thank you to EUROWAVES for including us in this list of superstar shows. We’re genuinely honored.

The recognition is amazing, but knowing WAYDID helps people feel a little less alone in Denmark is the biggest reward 🇩🇰❤️

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Already excited for our live podcast at International Welcome Day? So are we 🎉

Time to introduce our special guest: Artist, illustrator, visual activist and content creator Aurélia Durant will join the team behind “What Are You Doing in Denmark?” on September 26 🎙️

Born in Paris and now living in Denmark, @4ur3lia knows what it means to navigate questions of identity, belonging and feeling unseen in a new place. In her 2025 memoir “Belonging”, she shares her personal journey through migration, solitude, mixed heritage, and how these experiences helped her find her voice as an artist 🎨

After spending ten years in Copenhagen, Aurélia recently made Odense her new home, making her the perfect guest for our live episode about life as an international beyond the capital.

Join Aurélia on stage with @brookeblackjust , @derekhartmandk and @conradmoldencomedy as they explore what it means to build a life, community and sense of belonging in Denmark 🇩🇰

From finding your place to finding your voice, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
Sign up for International Welcome Day today✨

@belonginginthenorth

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In July, I made it to G! Festival in the Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 and I really don’t think I understood what this festival was until I was actually there.

G! takes over the tiny village of Syðrugøta every summer, and I mean literally takes it over. The beach becomes a concert venue, there’s music in barns and random little spaces around town, hot tubs on the beach, people swimming in the freezing water (including me! Hi!) and basically everyone in the village seems to be involved somehow.

I stayed with a local host mom, Oliffa, which ended up being one of my favorite parts of the whole experience. I ate with her, met her family, tried fermented lamb (I tried!!!), learned way more about Faroese life than I ever would have staying in a hotel, and then would see her out enjoying G! too. She has watched this festival grow up in her own village, so hearing about it from her while actually being there was so cool.

And I met SO many people. I ended up at a house party with a bunch of 17-year-old Faroese kids who wanted to talk about the World Cup and feed me things like whale blubber (I tried, part 2!!!). I sat in a sauna while teenagers sang Faroese songs. I talked to families, musicians, locals, kids, people who had been coming to G! forever.

That was probably my biggest takeaway from G!. You’re not really separated from the place or the people at all. You’re staying in their homes, eating their food, dancing next to them, talking to their kids and then running into everyone again the next day.

Also for the Eurovision fans out there, I met @tommycashworld of the Espresso Macchiato fame.

But by far the best musicians I’ve listened to in a while were the Faroese females: @eivormusic and @_mariannawinter_ specifically. 100 percent chance my Spotify Wrapped 2026 includes both of them.

Also, casually doing all of this surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery on earth.

I get the G! obsession now bc, I am indeed obsessed. 🇫🇴

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Sidste lørdag i august fra kl.12 til 14 signerer 9 tegnere fra Slimbrønden deres anmelderroste Sci-Fi Antologi i tegneseriebutikken FANTASK i Sankt Peders Stræde 18 i Kbh. Kom og køb og få en signering og en lille tegning i bogen
@dennishansenart @reneallanart @casper_hog @tatianagoldberg @artbytyr @sorenboel327 @clausdarholt Steven Wong og undertegnede
@fantask_shop

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🇩🇰 What exactly is Folkemødet, and why do thousands of Danes travel to a small island every June to attend it?

In this episode of What Are You Doing in Denmark @waydidpod Derek Hartman @derekhartmandk and Brooke Black @brookeblackjust are joined by returning guest Brooke Fossey @nearlydanishdame to explore one of Denmark’s most fascinating democratic traditions.

Brooke attended this year’s Folkemødet through the Wildcard program, giving her a unique perspective as an American living in Denmark. Together, the three unpack what Folkemødet is, why it exists, and whether it really succeeds in bringing ordinary citizens together with politicians, journalists, businesses, and organizations.

Along the way, they discuss Danish political culture, civic engagement, and the question Brooke heard over and over firsthand, “What is being Danish?”.

Whether you’ve never heard of Folkemødet or you’ve always wondered if it’s worth attending, this episode will help you make Denmark’s democracy make sense.

🎧 Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts, watch it on the Robe Trotting YouTube channel or find it via The Copenhagen Post @cphpost

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Have you ever wondered whether something was a relationship issue... or just a cultural difference?

This week on What Are You Doing in Denmark, we answered a message from a listener who’s been wondering exactly that in her relationship with a Danish partner.

Along the way, Brooke lets us in on what it was like dating and marrying a Dane while living in her home country and now his. Derek shares the pros and cons of living in Denmark with a partner who is non-Danish and from the same native culture.

While it seems like relationship complexities defy borders, this episode does offer plenty of advice, relatable experiences, and food for thought and it turned into one of the most honest conversations we’ve had about what it feels like to rebuild your identity in another country and why that invisible work can be so exhausting.

Is the problem with one of them or simply the reality of bringing two cultures together? (Listen and let us know)

🎧 Find the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts, watch it on the Robe Trotting YouTube channel or find it via @cphpost

Show: What Are You Doing in Denmark @waydidpod
Episode No: 165
Title: Is Dating a Dane This Hard?
Hosts: @derekhartmandk @brookeblackjust

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Brooke has had postpartum depression after every child, medicated with antidepressants each time.

This year she wanted to get re-evaluated. Her Danish doctor had her fill out a standard questionnaire.

The result: she tested high.

But Brooke started wondering if the test itself missed something.

In the US, she says, feelings sit closer to the surface. You vent. You say “my life is a mess” out loud, to friends, often.
In Denmark, people tend to be more reserved.

So when Brooke answered honestly, by American emotional standards, she may have scored as “extreme” on a Danish scale built around different norms.

It’s a reminder that mental health isn’t just biology. It’s culture too. The same person, the same symptoms, can read completely differently depending on where they’re being measured.

link in bio: jamieliveswell.com

#postpartumdepression #mentalhealth #culturalnuance #expatlife

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We fall in love with the idea before we test it against reality.

The version of a place we build in our heads — the weather, the food, the life we picture ourselves living there.

Brooke’s advice is the unglamorous part nobody wants to do first: get into the Facebook groups. Find the people already living it. Figure out where your skills actually translate and where the visas are even possible.

Daydreaming is free. Moving isn’t.

New episode with Brooke at Jamieliveswell.com

#expatlife #movingabroad #travel #podcast

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There’s a kind of tired that doesn’t show up on paper.

Not from a long day. Not from bad sleep.

From constantly translating. Navigating. Figuring out what’s normal here and what’s just you getting it wrong again.

@brookeblackjust has lived in Denmark for five years. And it still catches her off guard.

The reserves you have left over after all of that — for being present, for being kind, for being your best self — are smaller than people realise. And that’s before you factor in everything else people carry that she doesn’t.

New episode with Brooke at Jamieliveswell.com

#expatlife #mentalhealth #selfawareness #privilege

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Nobody really prepares you for the quiet.

You move somewhere new. You’re busy adjusting, exploring, figuring things out. And then the day ends.

And your friends are just waking up.

@brookeblackjust spent two years navigating that gap — the loneliness of being somewhere new, in a different time zone, trying to build a life while the people who know you best are hours behind.

It takes a while to find your people. That part is just true.

New episode with Brooke at Jamieliveswell.com

#expatlife #loneliness #mentalhealth #community

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