DANES ARE NOT USUALLY GOING TO ASK HOW YOUR DAY IS GOING IN AN ELEVATOR. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY HATE YOU. IT MEANS SMALL TALK IS NOT A NATIONAL COMPETITIVE SPORT.
Friendliness here is often quieter: show up when you said you would, help a neighbour, do not make a scene, and give people space.
Different social grammar
Warmth does not always arrive with a huge smile and an immediate life story. Sometimes it takes three dinners and a bike ride. Then it is real.
Last fact-checked: September 2026. Silence is not necessarily a bad review.