Housing
The Danish School of Media and Journalism is cooperating with the Aarhus Municipality office for Student Housing to provide dormitory rooms for international students.
Living with Danish students is a good way to learn something about the local culture and perhaps even a little Danish.
The monthly rent for a dormitory room is 2.000-2.200 DKK.
The Danish School of Journalism has prepaid your deposits and the first month´s rent.
Health Insurance
With a Danish Personal Registration Number (CPR-number) you are eligible to receive health benefits and are covered by the Danish health insurance system.
You will need a health insurance to cover you during the first 7 weeks after
your arrival, because it takes 6 weeks for you to get a card with your CPR-number.
You have to register at the National Registry Office (Folkeregistret)
in Aarhus within 5 days upon your arrival. Bring your passport, your residence
permit and the confirmation letter from the Danish School of Journalism
stating the duration of your stay in Aarhus.
With the CPR card visits to the doctor in general practise, any Eye or Ear-specialist as well as any hospitalisation in
a public hospital are free.
However, other expenses such as dental costs are only partly covered by the
Danish health insurance system. And you must pay for all medicine, including
prescribed medicine.
Transportation
Busses
The bus system in Aarhus is very efficient and the busses leave often. Two
buslines stops right outside the school. Both go to the citycentre.
Bustimetables can be bought in the kiosks in town. Cheap monthly bus passes can be obtained from Århus Sporveje´s office near the central train station. You should bring a passport sized photo, your student card and a letter from DSMJ, witch is enclosed in your welcome package.
You can catch Linie 888 to go from Aarhus to Copenhagen or vice versa in only three hours.
Bicycles
It is possible to look for a second-hand bike for sale in the classifieds of the
local newspapers such as Århus Onsdag, which is delivered free of charge to
all households on Wednesdays. Alternatively, you can purchase a bike
through the monthly police aution held on the first Wednesday of every
month.
Updated 16-10-2009
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