Buzz·Posted on Jun 15, 201534 Things Every Dane Living Abroad Has ExperiencedAlways. Craving. Rye. Bread.by majanyvangBuzzFeed ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Always being the only one cycling home drunk. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. When someone in your adoptive country tells you they don't get paid to study. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. When friends from home come to visit you but they don't bring any rye bread or salty licorice with them. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 4. Being the only one who finds it perfectly appropriate to put your national flag on birthday cakes. 5. When you tell your new friends that you're more than happy to pay half of your salary to the state. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 6. And when you see the cost of health care in your new country. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. When people assume Denmark is the capital of Sweden. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 8. Or that your native language is German... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. Or Dutch. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. When bars close at 1 a.m. or 2 a.m. and you're just getting started. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. When everyone is talking about the Nordic cuisine. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. And all you crave is this: 13. When you want to hang out with your new friends but you realize they are more than a 15-minute bike ride away. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 14. Being overwhelmed each time a stranger approaches you with a "How are you?" Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 15. And your response is usually deep silence and an air of existential angst. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. Being the only one who knows that this is the real Sprite. 17. When people try to pronounce Mø's name and fail. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 18. When you try to play with people's mind and make them pronounce "rød grød med fløde." 19. When you suddenly realize you're the only one topless on the beach. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 20. When all of your sarcastic jokes fall flat. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 21. The face of your new friends when they taste salty licorice for the first time. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 22. When you realize other countries don't gather to burn witches every summer. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 23. When you're the only one who understands the concept of pakkeleg. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 24. When you randomly meet another Dane in your new country and you already share 12 common friends on Facebook. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 25. And you're completely chill about the whole thing while all your foreign friends just CANNOT believe what's going on. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 26. Using the local public transportation and missing DSB more than anything in the world. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 27. When you leave your wallet in a bar, come back to get it, and it's gone! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 28. When people tell you they'd love to visit Denmark and you can't help feeling a bit proud. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 29. Until you realize they're just being polite and you feel lost. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 30. When people around you dress up on a Sunday morning and you wonder what party you're not invited to. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 31. When all you want to do is to hygge. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 32. And when you finally feel free from the Law of Jante. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 33. When you go back for a visit and don’t feel like leaving. View this photo on Instagram 34. Because there is no other place like home. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 37 Reasons Why Denmark Will Ruin You For Life buzzfeed.com