Millennial Found Love, Happiness Moving From US To Denmark — Her Salary Also 'Goes Way Further'

Ilana Buhl found love on a dating app and moved to Denmark. She's so much happier, she says, it would be very difficult to return to her old ways of living in the U.S.

What To Know: Buhl studied abroad in Copenhagen in 2013 and fell in love with Denmark's relaxed way of life. Three years later she booked a summer vacation and returned to Denmark where she ended up meeting her future husband, per CNBC.

Buhl, 30, now lives in Denmark full time as a teacher (37 hours per week) and shares her experiences on social media. Her salary goes much further and the benefits are unmatched.

As a teacher in the U.S., she was contracted to work about 45 hours per week, but ended up working between 55 and 60 hours because of the lesson planning required outside of normal work hours.

"Most Danish people strictly work the hours for which they get paid," Buhl said.

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Denmark also offers significantly more vacation time. Most people get five weeks of paid vacation per year, and often take two to three weeks off in the summer and again in the winter.

Although she gets much more vacation time and works fewer hours, she gets paid approximately the same salary she did in the U.S. and her salary "goes way further," she said.

Buhl pays a little bit more in taxes, but she believes it's well worth it.

The higher tax rates are largely due to the nation's public health care system. When she was pregnant, she had two ultrasound appointments and one overnight stay in the hospital and didn't have to pay for it. A nurse also visited her at her home a few times after she gave birth for no charge.

"It would be difficult for me to go back to the U.S. and deal with private health care, teaching without a union (in some states) and high child care costs," Buhl said. "So I’m grateful for my life here and have no plans to leave."

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