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Formalities To-do list The Personnel Department of the University has made a formalities-to-do list for you. Depends on your nationality. Essential reading, not duplicated here. Embassies List of embassies of other nations to Denmark Housing Housing officer The Niels Bohr Institute can offer some help with finding housing. Ask your employer after contract has been signed. Why not look for yourself as well. Read adds and leave your own, see links below. Pay perhaps to see new adds earlier. Useful phrases vaerelse = room, lejlighed = apartment, andelsbolig = apartment in a collectively owned building (typically Danish), leje = rent, bytte = exchange, kvm = square meter, faelles kokken = shared kitchen, egen indgang = own entrance, ikke tilladt = not allowed, husdyr = pets, mdl. = per month, held og lykke! = good luck! DBA dba.dk, “Den Blaa Avis” (“The Blue Newspaper”) for housing adds and much more. It’s the Danish E-bay, say. Other sites husvild.dk, lejebolig.dk, ... Employment for partners University University of Copenhagen Employment portal. Municipality Municipality of Copenhagen employment portal, in Danish. English jobs JobsinCopenhagen.com for English speaking professionals. Job advertisements in English newspaper Copenhagen Post, paper copies here. Money Bank account Choose a bank, open an account, obtain a Dankort, general information. “På Beløbet?” Asked in shops when you pay with a card. Means: “Pay this amount, or do you want extra cash?” Reason: using ATMs of banks other than your own costs money. Insurance Companies Find insurance companies and compare prices on this insurance guide. Ask for insurance packages (cheaper). Health Basic public health care is for free. Your yellow card or “sundhedskort” shows address of your physician. You may choose additional health insurance. Dentist Dentist is only partly included in your basic health insurance. Take additional health insurance or just pay the dentist. Repatriation Think of insurance to cover costs of repatriation in case of severe illness or worse. Liability You are advised to insure against accidentally injuring other people or damaging their property. Such an “ansvarforsikring” can save you lots of money. Legal Usually your “Ansvarsforsikring” already covers the cost of legal help. Otherwise consider an additional “retshjælpsforsikring.” Household An “indboforsikring” insures against theft, and fire or water damage. Services Danish language A large school is Studieskolen. Find others in Danish yellow pages, search for “sprogundervisning.” Learning Danish can be a subsidized way of making friends. Public library The “Hovedbibliotek” offers a reading room with international newspapers. Members can borrow books in many languages, and CDs from a huge collection. It's all for free, welcome to Denmark! Service for citizens In the “Borgerservicecentre” you can ask the local government about child care, pension, etc. Or report a change of address or physician. Weather The weather forecast for Copenhagen the Danes trust most ... Very useful is the DMI's detailed weather forecast for the next hours.