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Moving from the US to the EU soon... Any advice? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all!

We're very excited to move to Denmark soon as lifelong Americans. I have a good job lined up, and we're set on a place to live for a while.

Any advice from people who have done it, looked it up, had friends who have done it, etc? Just in general :)

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Think of other topics and questions than work, Americans care too much about work outside of work.

Switch your phone apps to celsius and start your brain switching ASAP.

Knowing what country or region you're going to would help

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh switching to metric is a great idea.

Denmark :)

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

American here, got stationed in Italy for a few years. Learning Celsius was easy with this in mind:

0 freezing
10 cool
20 nice
30 hot
40 sweltering

If you need to do the actual calculation, double the celsius value, subtract the tens digit (i.e. -10%), add 32. For example:

Double it: 20 * 2 = 40
Subtract the tens digit: 40 - 4 = 36
Add 32: 36+32 = 68

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Cool!!

Or a "good enough" rough estimate is: double (the Celsius number) + 30

(0 * 2) + 30 = 30F freezing

(10 * 2) + 30 = 50F cool

(20 * 2) + 30 = 70F nice

(30 * 2) + 30 = 90F hot

(40 * 2) + 30 = 110F sweltering

In reverse: subtract 30 (from the Fahrenheit number), and divide by 2

(30F - 30) / 2 = 0 C freezing

(40F - 30) / 2 = 5 C freezing

(50F - 30) / 2 = 10 C cool

(60F - 30) / 2 = 15 C cool

(70F - 30) / 2 = 20 C nice

(80F - 30) / 2 = 25 C nice

(90F - 30) / 2 = 30 C hot

(100F - 30) / 2 = 35 C hot

(110F - 30) / 2 = 40 C sweltering

(120F - 30) / 2 = 45 C start praying

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's easier to just remember a few key values and estimate based on those. I know the conversions for every ten degrees Celsius from -10 to 30

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Never met an American who wants to "talk about work" out here. They all prefer to keep their free time work-discussion free.