[jonascopenhagen]

> Amsterdam is probably the only city, apart from London, where you can get by perfectly speaking only English.

You can get by perfectly speaking only English in most of Northern Europe.

Southern Europe is a different story.

[mtrimpe]

Seeing that your from Copenhagen; how is the expat community there?

Here it feels very thriving, lively and well-functioning, but quite insular because on the one hand we make it so easy to get by with English alone but on the other hand we don't truly accept people into our social circles unless they speak Dutch.

Can you relate to that?

[jonascopenhagen]

Yes and no - the Americans I know who live here are generally very happy with it. Some are so used to being able to speak English everywhere in Denmark that they live here for years without getting to know the language. But I would definitely recommend people who live here for a longer time (two or more years) to learn a little Danish. It's not that hard, and they can use their knowledge of Danish to easily learn similar languages like German, Swedish, etc.

[mtrimpe]

That sounds very similar to here; although here learning the language usually starts closer to the 4 or 5 year mark.

Once again I'm forgetting Denmark as 'the other country that is so much like ours.'