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Country guide for new EPIET/EUPHEM fellows

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Last updated: January 2011

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EPIET Country !uide to

"en#ar$

Created by

Maike Koningstein, PhD student 2006today

!annah Le"is, #P$#% &e''o" 2006200(

)pdated by

*abrina +ai, #P$#% &e''o" 200-200.

Katarina /idgren, #P$#% &e''o" 200(2010

*ophie ubbe's, #P$#% &e''o" 200.2011

kta"ia /3ik, #P$#% &e''o" 200.2011

Last updated: 1- January 2011

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%& 'efore dearture

1414 5isa

*& Registration in "en#ar$ +

241 esidene permit 7and "orking permit8

242 egistration proess &or nationa's &rom ountries in the #) and ##9

24 egistration proess &or ;ordi Citi %e'ephone

46 $nternet

4- Language ourses

4( ?urniture and househo'd goods

4. *upermarkets

410 )se&u' "ebsites

ne last t0ing1 %

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% 'efore dearture

%he ma3ority o& things an be done on arri@a'4 %he department "i'' gi@e you p'enty o& time to sort a''

these things out during "orking hours and o''eagues "i'' be there to he'p4 9'though Danes speakper&et #ng'ish, many o& their "ebsites do not ha@e an #ng'ish @ersion4 !o"e@er, you an trans'ate

"ebsites "ith """4goog'e4omAtrans'ate4 $t "i'' not be per&et, but at 'east it "i'' gi@e you an idea o&

"hat the "ebsite says4

/hat an be done be&ore you 'ea@eB %his depends on the ountry you are a nationa' o& 7;ordi

ountry, #) ountry or a non#) ountry84 Chek this "ebsite be&ore you 'ea@e:

http:AA"""4nyidanmark4dkAenusA&rontpage4htm 4

%&% 2isa

/hether you need a @isa or not depends on the ountry you ome &rom as "e''4 #) iti


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* Registration in "en#ar$

*&% Residen4e er#it (and wor$ing er#it)

Depending on your iti


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the *tate 9dministration o&&ie4

our emp'oyment ontrat 7'etter &rom **$ and grant agreement8 as proo& o& inome

sho"ing that you "i'' be se'&su&&iient4

ou "i'' a'so ha@e to state an address "here you "i'' reei@e mai'4 ;o proo& o& address

"as neessary in 20104 $t is aeptab'e to use **$Es address 7*tatens *erum $nstitut, >9rti''eri@e3, 200 Copenhagen *8

ou then "ait &or a 'etter in the post "ith ontains your Certi&iate o& egistration entit'ed

N+e@is &or egistreringO4 ;ote that the Certi&iate "i'' be sent to the address you pro@ide

and it might take up to si "eeks, sine there are many students app'ying at the same time4

8 ;et, you "i'' need a Danish soia' seurity number 7CP number8 and a media' ard4 $n

order to get this, you must appear in person at the nationa' registration o&&ie in the ity you

ha@e mo@ed to4

$& you 'i@e in Copenhagen, you shou'd register at:

567en0a-ns 3ol$eregister

Dah'erupsgade 6

16=0 Copenhagen 5

Phone 7G=>8 -0 (0 -0 10

$& you 'i@e in ?rederiksberg 7this is a separate entity &rom Copenhagen8, you shou'd register at:

3ol$eregisteret (3rederi$s7erg City Hall)

?rederiksberg dhus

*ma''egade 1

2000 ?rederiksbergPhone 7G=>8 (21 2100

?a: G=> ( 21 2. -0

#mai': raadhusetH&rederiksberg4dk

7Monday %hursday: 10 Q 1-, ?riday: 10 Q 1=8

+ring your #) registration erti&iate, passport and, i& app'iab'e, your "edding 'iene and

hi'dEsAhi'drenEs birth erti&iate7s84 !ere you "i'' reei@e your soia' seurity number, and 'ater

a media' ard in the mai'4 ne registered, you "i'' automatia''y 3oin the ;ationa' !ea'th

*er@ie4 %he hea'th insurane erti&iate 7sundhedskort8 gi@es you aess to &ree media'

treatment and other pub'i ser@ies4 9t the o&&ie you hoose a genera' pratitioner 7P8 &rom a

'ist aording to "here you 'i@e4 ou ha@e the hoie to pik a P o& the same se or e@en

hoose the Ps by year o& birth4

=8 ou "i'' get a Danish bank aount by bringing your CP number and doumentation &or your

address in Denmark to any Danish bank4 $& you open more than one bank aount, you must

se'et one o& the aounts as your NnemkontoO 7you "i'' reei@e in&ormation about this in the

mai'84

>8 $n order to pay your taes in Denmark, you "i'' need a ta ard4 %he ta ard sho"s your

perentage o& taation and your ta a''o"ane 7in Danish: skattemRssigt &radrag84 $n order to

get this, you must bring your passport or #) registration erti&iate and your emp'oyment

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/ebsites "hih are a'so a@ai'ab'e in #ng'ish:

"""4sandiahousing4dk

"""4housingdenmark4om

"""4'i@ingindk4dkA'i@enAhomes&orrentopenhagen4htm

"""4openhagenhousing4om """4ityapartment4dk

$n Denmark, it is the o"ner "ho pays rea' estate agent &ees not the person 'ooking &or an apartment, so

it anEt hurt to 'ook at p'aes using pro&essiona' sitesAompanies4

+e are&u' not to get sammed, "hen you 'ook &or an apartment "ithout an agentV %here are peop'e

renting out &'ats that donEt eist4 %he typia' story is that the apartment seems too good to be true 7too

big &or the prie84 %he o"ner o&ten te''s you that he is in the )K 7or abroad8 and is using a phone

number starting "ith G== -04 %his is a number that is used &rom another ountry and direted through

the )K4 %he o"ner typia''y te''s you to pay a deposit be&ore youE@e seen the apartment, so that he

kno"s you are serious about renting the apartmentE4 &ten the o"ner a'so "ants to kno" your persona'

detai's 'ike passport number et4

&* Transortation

Bicycling

+iy'ing is big in Denmark, espeia''y in the summer4 +iy'es an be bought ne" in biy'e stores

that an be &ound e@ery"here in the ity4 !o"e@er, they donEt ome heap4 Most ne" bikes ost

bet"een 2000 and 000 DKKG 7sa'es in January and Ju'y9ugust may be the best time to buy84 %he

heapest option &or ne" bikes is the supermarket K@ik'y 7heapest bikes start at 1001=00 DKK84

*eondhand bikes a'so donEt ome heap, so be a"areV %hey an be ad@ertised in: """4dba4dk

%he Po'ie ho'd an aution 7in Danish8 o& seond hand biy'es t"ie a month at:

KTbenha@ns Po'iti

11 *'otsherrens@e3

2-=0 5an'Tse

Phone: ( -= (( 22

+eome &ami'iar "ith the biy'ing ru'es beause they might be di&&erent &rom "hat you are used to in

your home ountry, espeia''y at rossings4

Public transportou an hoose bet"een buses, *togs 7trains8 and the metro4 !o" to tra@e' &rom point 9 to point +

and on'ine maps an be &ound at:

http:AA"""4re3sep'anen4dkA 73ust 'ik on the #ng'ish &'ag &or the #ng'ish @ersion8

http:AA"""4krak4dk

ou many a'so "ant to purhase a Copenhagen 9W map "hih an be obtained &rom petro' stations4

+uying tikets:

%he ity is di@ided in


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%ikets an be purhased &rom mahines at the metro or train stations and on the bus &rom the

dri@er4

ou an a'so buy a Nk'ippekortO 7a tiket @a'id &or 10 times8 &or t"o and three minutes "a'k to **$4

+us >9 stops in &ront o& **$4

*&% Money= 4redit 4ards= 7an$s and ension

%he urreny in Denmark is 7Danish8 kroner 7ro"ns8, abbre@iated as kr4 or, internationa''y DKK4 100kr

is approimate'y 1= euros4 Most redit ards are aepted in Denmark a'though you pay an additiona'

&ee4 %here are ho"e@er some stores "hih on'y aept Danish ards "ith the DK 'ogo4 Cash

dispensers an be &ound e@ery"here, and bank ards, in'uding the ones "ith a Maestro 'ogo, "ork in

these mahines.

Opening a bank account

%o open a bank aount you need to present your CP number4 !o"e@er, as getting a CP number

an take a &e" "eeks, there is a s'ight possibi'ity that the main banks 7Danske +ank, ;ordea et48 maybe ab'e to open an aount &or you based on your home address4

*ome banks "i'' not gi@e you a Dankort 7Danish bank ard8 unti' they ha@e seen that an inome omes

into the aount &or months4 ou may app'y &or the Dankort a&ter months4 $n the meantime, you "i''

be a''o"ed to ha@e a Danish Credit Card, "hih may a'so be used to "ithdra" ash4

Note! Most banks in Denmark are 'osed on *aturdays and *undays, but may be open 'onger on

%hursdays4 7$t is &air'y ommon to s"ipe out 7take a break8 "hen youEre at the o&&ie to do your banking8

Pension

%he #P$#% grant agreement means that #P$#% &e''o"s do not get a pension arranged by the #)4 %here

are se@era' options to onsider4

Keeping your pension &und in your o"n ountry4

"ing to the grant sheme, it an be di&&iu't to arrange pensions in either your home or your

host ountry4 $& you are &inding it partiu'ar'y di&&iu't to arrange a pension, ontat the #P$#%

Programme &&ie and ep'ain the situation, as a'ternati@e arrangements an be made in

ertain irumstanes 7e4g4 a 'oked bank aount that is not aessib'e to you during your

&e''o"ship84

Danish media' dotors ha@e their pension usua''y "ith the Danish pension ompany &or

dotors: 'Rgernes pensionkasse"""4'pk4dk4!o"e@er, i& you are not registered as a media'

dotor in Denmark, they annot pro@ide you "ith a pension4

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?or independent ad@ie about the best hoie in your situation you an ontat Kim 5a'entin:

http:AA"""4&inanshus4dkAKontakt 4!e is an independent &inania' ad@isor4 !o"e@er, he harges uite a

'arge amount per hour and neither **$ nor #CDC o@er this ost4

&9 Insuran4es

Public health insurance

#@eryone residing in Denmark has the right to hea'th insurane ser@ies as "e'' as hospita' assistane4

%he ser@ies in'uded in the pub'i hea'th insurane are &ree media' onsu'tation &rom a genera'

pratitioner and media' onsu'tation &rom speia'ists "ith a re&erra' &rom a P4 *er@ies a'so in'ude

subsidies &or mediations, dentist and hiroprator onsu'tations "ith a re&erra' &rom your genera'

pratitioner physiotherapy, podiatry and psyho'ogy onsu'tations4 %he subsidies @ary aording to

type o& treatment and "i'' be subtrated &rom your bi''4

;ote that it might take a "hi'e to get your CP number, and thus to be enro''ed in the Danish hea'thinsurane4 /ith the eeption o& emergeny hospita' assistane, you must pay &or any treatment you

need during the &irst "eeks in Denmark4 #migrating &rom your o"n ountry may make you not e'igib'e

&or the 7pub'i or pri@ate8 hea'th insurane in that ountry anymore4 ou might "ant to onsider a

pri@ate insurane 7e4g4 spei&ia''y &or epats8 to o@er &or the meantime4

Other insurances

%he #CDC reommends that you obtain additiona' insurane in'uding: tra@e', disabi'ity, "ork 'iabi'ity,

et4 May o& the &ormer #P$#% ?e''o"s ha@e reommended #patP'us

7https:AA"""4epatp'us4omA#ng'ishAinternationa'hea'tharemedia'insurane&orepats4htm 84

$& you "ou'd 'ike to get the additiona' insurane &rom a Danish pro@ider, you "i'' need your CP

number4 Codan 7"""4odan4dk8 and %ryg 7"""4tryg4dk8 are the t"o 'argest and most popu'ar &irms4

%he "ebsites are in Danish ho"e@er, you an a'' them &or any inuiries and they do ha@e po'iy

papers in #ng'ish4

&+ Tele0one

9gain, a CP number is o& ruia' importane &or any phone "ith a ontrat4 $& you do not "ant to "ait

unti' you get your CP number "e reommend that you get a payasyougo *$M ard &irst4 %hese an

be obtained @irtua''y e@ery"here &rom petro'Agas stations, -A11Es, supermarkets and in kiosks4

%here are many pro@iders Q hek the ne"spaper, ask your o''eagues &or he'p and any o&&ers4 neheap option is %e'more 7"""4te'more4dk84 Lebara has heap *$M ards 7"""4'ebara4dk8, "here the

&ees are spei&ia''y heap &or phone a''s abroad4

&> Internet

%here are many pro@iders 7?u''rate, *ky'ine, et48 Q hek the ne"spaper &or any o&&ers, and &ee' &ree to

ask your o''eagues &or he'p4 Keep in mind that prie "i'' be re'ated to band"idth so the more you pay

the &aster the onnetion4

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&: ,anguage 4ourses

Pri@ate 'essons are, o& ourse, a @ery &ast "ay to 'earn Danish, but are uite epensi@e 7speak to **$

and #P$#%A#CDC about &unding84 %he other option is that you go to one o& the pub'i shoo's "hih is

a'so a soia' eperiene4 +e a"are that you need to ha@e a CP number to be ab'e to start "ith your

Danish 'essons at the pub'i shoo's4 %hese shoo's are not omp'ete'y &ree anymore sine January200- you ha@e to pay >00kr &or e@ery modu'e 7appro4 e@ery 12 "eeks84 Many peop'e go to

*tudiesko'en 7http:AA"""4studiesko'en4dkA 84 $& you are a resident o& ?rederiksberg, 5)? is another

on@enient option 7http:AA"""4@u&4nuAenAnodeA10 84

C'asses are typia''y a&ter "ork, 24> or 4> hours 2 times per "eek4 $& you are interested you an

speak to the department about the possibi'ity o& start Danish during "orking hours4

*&% 3urniture and 0ouse0old goods

?or heap &urniture you an a'"ays go to $K#9 7"""4ikea4dk8 and $'@a 7"""4i'@a4dk8 in ento&te 7bus

1>0* &rom ;orreport st &or $K#9 and Lyngby * tog station &or $'@a84

9'so use&u' are:

*i'@an Do$tourse'& 7D$8 shop euipment and &urniture4

Jysk 7"""43ysk4dk8 &or beds, bed'othes, things &or your bathroom 7not o& the best ua'ity84

?Tte is a 'arge Danish supermarket but they se'' a 'ot o& kithen euipment 7'ink in

supermarket setion84

*eondhand goods

Den +' 9@is 7&ree paper8 is &i''ed "ith ad@ertisements on seond hand &urniture et4

Comparab'e to ebay but on a muh sma''er sa'e is the Danish site """4'4dk

%here is a'so an indoor &'ea market a''ed det b' pakhus near the **$4 $t is open e@ery

*aturday and *unday &rom 101-4 #ntrane is 1> kr per person and the address is

!o'mb'adsgade 11, Copenhagen *outh4

N'4 9 &'ea market is a''ed 'oppenmarket4

9sk o''eagues &or addresses o& seondhand shops and &'ea markets4

*&* Suer#ar$ets

%here are a number o& supermarkets in Denmark "hih @ary substantia''y in prie and a@ai'abi'ity o&

goods4 %he heapest ha@e the most 'imited hoie4 pening times 7note that most shops and

supermarkets are 'osed on *undaysV8 and your 'oa' store an be &ound on their "ebsite4 %he main

supermarkets, &rom heapest to most epensi@e are:

Suer#ar$et ?e7site

?akta """4&akta4dk

Lid' """4'id'4dkAdkAhome4ns&ApagesAi4home

9'di """4a'di4dk

ema 1000 """4rema10004dk

;etto """4netto4dk

*uper +rugsen """4superbrugsen4dk

?Tte """4&oete4dkAPagesA?oete?rontpage4asp

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*upermarkets are the p'ae "here you take bak p'asti and g'ass bott'es &or rey'ing and you get

money bak4 *ome o& bott'e might ha@e a si

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