Housing
Housing in the city of Copenhagen is hard to find. Housing will be arranged continuously. It will be either flats to share or dorms. They will be situated either near the Campus or in central Copenhagen. The prices will include rent and expenditure.
The monthly rent will range from 2700-3700 DKR.
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.
The municipality you live in determines what Borgerservice Center you belong to. As soon as you have received your residence permit (non-eu citizens have the permit already), you should go to the center, bringing your passport, your residence permit and your rental agreement. You will also be asked to choose a doctor from a list of doctors in your area. The CPR-number will be sent to you after some weeks.
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
Bikes
A very popular way of getting around in Copenhagen is by bicycle. Most Danish students use the bike as their main means of transport. However, if you are not a regular biker and do not feel confident on a bike, you should not make an attempt at being a first-time-biker in Copenhagen. Some car drivers and cyclists drive recklessly with little regard for other people or traffic regulations. It is recommended to wear a crash helmet.
You will get more information on where to buy a bike upon arrival.
Public Transport
Copenhagen has an efficient public transport system which runs 24 hours a day. You can use buses, S-trains (local trains) or Metro. If you are going to travel almost daily and do not have a bike, you will find it cheapest to buy a monthly bus/train/metro pass.
The fare of a monthly pass or a single ticket depends on how many zones you are going through, and you can use the same ticket on Metro, buses and local trains. Penalty for riding on trains, metro and buses without adequate fare is 600-750 DKK.
Intercity trains leave on an hourly basis for the main cities like Odense, Aarhus, Aalborg, Helsingør and Malmo (Sweden) with 20 minutes interval.
It is also possible to take a bus to the main cities in Jutland.
Updated 29-09-2010
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