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 :)

    • deranger@sh.itjust.works
      47·
      2 months ago

      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

      • 200ok@lemmy.world
        5·
        2 months 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

      • Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml
        3·
        2 months 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.