Name: 住在哥本哈根比住在美國幸福多了--看看我的家 | Unlocked (I'm Much Happier Living In Copenhagen Than In The U.S. - Look Inside My Home | Unlocked)
Uploaded: 2025-11-05T14:13:49.000Z
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It was kind of random that I chose Copenhagen for study abroad.

我出國唸書選擇哥本哈根，其實有點隨機。

I think when I first got here, I just thought it was so beautiful and charming.

我覺得我剛到這裡的時候，就覺得這裡好美、好迷人。

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My dorm that I stayed in for study abroad was right by Nyhavn, which is that iconic canal with all of the colorful houses.

我出國唸書住的宿舍就在 Nyhavn 旁邊，就是那個有好多彩色房子的經典運河。

And that whole part of the city is old and historic, which you don't get much of in the US Especially in Texas, where I'm from.

而那整個區域都很有歷史感，這在美國比較少見，尤其是我來自的德州。

So I think I was just very charmed by Copenhagen from the very beginning.

所以我覺得從一開始我就對哥本哈根非常著迷。

嗨，歡迎來到我們在哥本哈根的公寓。

I'm 30 years old and I'm an American living in Copenhagen, Denmark.

我今年 30 歲，是住在丹麥哥本哈根的美國人。

Our rent is about 14,600 Danish kroner a month, which is about US$2,100.

我們每個月的房租大約是 14,600 丹麥克朗，換算成美元大約是 2,100 美元。

I am a primary school teacher and I work at an international school here in Copenhagen.

我是一名小學老師，在這裡的哥本哈根一間國際學校工作。

Before I moved to Denmark, I was living in Dallas, Texas, and

在我搬到丹麥之前，我住在德州的達拉斯，

The first time I came to Denmark was when I was studying abroad in college.

我第一次來丹麥是在大學交換學生時期。

I did a summer program in Copenhagen and absolutely fell in love with it.

我在哥本哈根參加了一個暑期課程，然後就完全愛上這裡了。

So a few years later, I went on a backpacking trip with one of my friends.

所以幾年後，我和一位朋友去了一趟揹包旅行。

And of course I wanted to come back to Copenhagen.

當然，我希望能回到哥本哈根。

And that is when I met my husband, who is Danish.

然後我就在這裡遇見了我先生，他是丹麥人。

When I met my husband and we were doing long distance, of course we were talking about who would move where, and

當我遇見我先生，我們正在遠距離戀愛時，當然我們會討論誰要搬到哪裡，然後

he was very open to moving to the US actually.

But ultimately we decided that I would come here.

我真的很喜歡哥本哈根的大小。

it's small enough that everything's still very accessible, especially with the public transportation that we have.

它又夠小，所以一切都很方便，尤其是我們這裡的公共交通。

I never lived in a city with good public transportation before, so I really appreciate it.

我以前從來沒住過有良好公共交通的城市，所以我真的很感激。

As a parent, I also am so happy to live in Copenhagen.

作為一位家長，我也很高興住在哥本哈根。

The whole city feels very family friendly.

Like you never feel like you're a nuisance going around somewhere with your stroller.

像是你帶著嬰兒車到處走時，永遠不會覺得自己礙手礙腳。

But I tried to cram as much Danish learning into the first, like, year and a half that I was here.

但我試著在我剛來這裡的前一年半，盡量多學丹麥語。

I can have most everyday exchanges and conversations in Danish.

我可以用丹麥語進行大部分日常的交流和對話。

Right before I moved, I was mostly just really excited.

在我搬家之前，我大部分時間都非常興奮。

I guess I was just really ready to not be long distance anymore.

我想我只是真的準備好不再遠距離了。

I was also feeling really burnt out from my teaching job in the US So I was just really ready for a change.

我當時也覺得在美國的教職讓我身心俱疲，所以我真的準備好迎接改變了。

We started looking for apartments online and browsed around a bit, and

我們開始在網路上找公寓，到處瀏覽了一下，

then we decided that a new build was probably Best for us for a couple of reasons.

然後我們決定，對我們來說，新建的房子可能最好，有幾個原因。

We knew that we wanted a fairly modern kitchen and bathroom, which are harder to come by in the city center, especially if you have a budget, as we did.

我們知道我們想要一個相當現代化的廚房和浴室，這在市中心比較難找到，尤其是在有預算的情況下，就像我們當時一樣。

We found this apartment online when I was here in Copenhagen and we were looking together, but

我在哥本哈根的時候，我們在網路上找到了這間公寓，我們一起看了，

then I had to go back to the US So my husband came to a viewing of the apartment by himself and he, you know, sent me pictures and he said it looked good.

然後我得回美國。所以我的先生自己去看房子，他你知道，傳照片給我，他說看起來不錯。

And then we applied and were able to get a lease.

然後我們就申請了，順利簽約了。

Amai used to be the place where they would dispose of waste until the 1970s.

Amai 在 1970 年代以前是處理廢棄物的地方。

And so it was referred to by some people as Island.

I would say our rent is higher here compared to Dallas.

我覺得我們這裡的租金比達拉斯高。

Texas cities have a much lower cost of living.

I think it's a good value for being in Copenhagen and for the amount of space that we have.

我認為考量到在哥本哈根以及我們擁有的空間大小，這裡的租金很划算。

Especially because since we moved in, the landlords can't increase the rent very much every year.

尤其是自從我們搬進來後，房東每年都不能大幅調漲租金。

So kind of the longer we live here, the more reasonably priced it seems compared to other things in the area.

所以我們在這裡住越久，感覺就越划算，跟這個區域的其他東西比起來。

Before we moved in, we had to pay two months of rent up front and three months of rent as a security deposit.

在我們搬進來之前，我們必須預付兩個月的租金，還要付三個月的租金作為押金。

I think my last apartment in Dallas, I paid like $250 as a security deposit and the rent was like $1500.

我覺得我之前在達拉斯的公寓，押金大概是 250 美元，租金大概是 1500 美元。

So it was like a fraction of my monthly rent that I paid for the deposit.

所以我付的押金大概只佔我月租金的一小部分。

And that's generally what I hear is people often don't get their security deposits back here.

這也是我聽說的，一般人搬走後，押金常常拿不回來。

When we moved here, we didn't really have furniture because I moved with three suitcases.

我們搬過來的時候，其實沒有什麼傢俱，因為我只帶了三個行李箱。

I didn't ship anything from the US and my husband had been living with a roommate before we moved in together.

我沒有從美國寄東西過來，我老公搬進來之前是跟室友住。

So he didn't have a ton of furniture either.

所以他那時候也沒有什麼傢俱。

Basically, I think he had a desk and a couple of bookshelves.

基本上，我覺得他只有一張書桌和幾個書櫃。

Everything else we also had to buy, like light fixtures, because those don't come installed in our apartment and most Copenhagen apartments.

其他所有東西我們也得買，像是燈具，因為公寓裡沒有附，哥本哈根的公寓大多也沒有。

And that's apparently something that a lot of Danes like.

而且這好像是很多丹麥人喜歡做的事。

They like to choose their own light fixtures and make it fit their style and kind of set the mood of the room.

他們喜歡自己選燈具，讓它符合自己的風格，也營造房間的氣氛。

But it was definitely not something that I ever had to do in the US So I was surprised that we had to do that.

但這絕對不是我在美國時需要做的事，所以我對我們得這麼做感到驚訝。

我來帶你們看看我們主要的客廳區域。

So over here is our living room and also office.

所以這邊是我們的客廳，也是辦公室。

When you go into different Danish homes, you'll notice that a lot of them have the same kind of like little Danish pieces.

當你進到不同的丹麥人家裡，你會注意到很多家都有類似的小丹麥擺飾。

So we have some of those scattered around.

所以我們家也有一些散佈在各處。

One of them is this little hoptimist which comes in a lot of different like colors.

其中一個是這個小小的Hoptimist，它有很多種不同的顏色。

And then this monkey is ubiquitous in Danish homes.

然後這隻猴子在丹麥人家裡隨處可見。

Our one wall of kitchen, which is definitely much smaller than I was used to in the us.

我們家廚房的牆面，比我以前在美國習慣的空間小很多。

I do love that the appliances blend in with the kitchen.

我很喜歡這些家電跟廚房融為一體。

When we moved in, the apartment was a really good size for just me and my husband.

剛搬進來的時候，這個公寓對我和我先生來說大小剛剛好。

But now that we have a child and my husband works from home, sometimes it is feeling like it would be really nice to have an extra room that could be an office.

但現在我們有了小孩，而且我先生在家工作，有時候會覺得如果能有個額外的房間當辦公室就好了。

但目前這是我們最好的解決方案。

We have not adopted the European model of two separate duvets.

我們沒有採用歐洲那種兩條獨立被子的習慣。

Mostly because when I moved here I just didn't like the look of it.

主要是因為我剛搬來的時候，就是不喜歡那樣的感覺。

We were very lucky to have built in wardrobes.

Most people have to build their own wardrobes.

大多數人都要自己另外做衣櫃。

And like, bedroom closets are definitely not common in Copenhagen.

還有，像哥本哈根的臥室內建衣櫃真的不常見。

When we first moved in, this was our office guest room.

我們剛搬進來的時候，這裡兼作我們的辦公室和客房。

When I first moved here, I wanted to have a guest room so that if anyone came to visit me, they would have a free place to stay.

我剛搬來的時候，想要有個客房，這樣如果有人來找我，他們就有個免費的地方可以住。

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