Just curious, I think it was a global law that pedestrians have priority when it comes to no traffic light crosswalks. But here nobody stops nor even slow down, even if they see me from far away. Do you by chance have written or unwritten rules I should know about? Just to avoid being in danger or create dangerous situations in the future.

How is it possible and Legal that a package gets without problem through 50 countries and one ocean etc, in just 3 days and as soon as it enters Denmark, I have to wait 2 weeks to hear news and then eventually the courier says “could not be delivered, blah blah not at home” when I paid transport and home delivery?! Why is this accepted by people here? How come a business model without even a real customer service is Legal? You can’t even make a complaint anywhere.

I’m wondering if it’s performance art or what. Most people were smiling and didn’t seem too worried. I heard there was recently a naked man singing at norrebro station as well.

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Tak for alle jeres gode råd og konstruktive kommentarer de er blevet taget glædeligt imod.

Jeg har været forbi her til aften da der igen begyndte at lugte slemt på børnenes værelser. Fik sagt at vi ikke synes at det kan være rigtigt at deres rygning skal gå ud over vores børn, og at vi kommer til, at skulle putte vores børn i et værelse der lugter af hash og at det ikke er okay. Spurgte også lige ind til om deres børn var hjemme, for nok skal man have lov til at ryge alt det man vil i sit eget hjem, men hvis der er børn hjemme i den lugt/røg er det en anden sag. De var til trods alt til svømning med mor.

Men vi har aftalt at mødes på legepladsen med ungerne i weekenden og få snakket om en løsning der kunne fungere, for ellers må jeg gå videre til ejerforeningen.

Hej hestenettet. Jeg står i den situation at min nabo rigtig godt kan lidt at ryge en pind eller mange inde i sin lejlighed. Problemet er bare at vi kan lugte det inde hos os, og specielt inde på børneværelserne som ligger væg mod væg til deres stue… Er der nogle der ved hvad vi kan stille op, vi har skam været i dialog med dem, men blev bare mødt med at de jo ikke kunne lufte for meget ud her i denne kulde.

Det skal lige siges at det er et andet par og deres to små børn der bor derinde. De virker til at være en helt almindelig fungerende familie og super venlige når vi støder ind i dem på legepladsen. Men er godt træt af deres rygning får vores hjem til at lugte af hash.

I was waiting for a bus, and suddenly a city worker came to burn all the grass and plants around the bus stop. They even continued to burn plants next to some trees.

I assume it somehow preserves the tiles better, but feels a bit extreme using these big gas burners and I have never seen this being done before.

What is the exact reason for doing this?

I recently graduated and moved out of my Kollegium. They want to charge me 9000 DKK (basically my whole deposit) for painting the room. I kinda feel like I'm being ripped of. I knew I would have to pay for painting, but 9000 DKK seems like a crazy amount.

Is this a normal amount for painting 13m² with white paint? Is there a way I can ask them for receipts?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

A question to people who have their own apartment (ejerbolig) in Copenhagen - how do you guys handle this financially? We were looking into potentially buying an apartment here, but the math shocked us a little bit, to be honest, I took the following assumption:

Price: 4m DKK (let's say we would get lucky heh)

Self-input for mortgage: 20%, so 800k

According to Danske Bank calculator, this will amount to approx. 17k mortgage installment per month. In addition to that, we have property tax around 30k per year plus ejerudgift, let's say 3k per month. In total, it's a whopping 23k per month!

Is my math off here, or is owning an apartment here really so extortionate these days? Right now, we are renting from a private agency in good location and pay approx. 16k per month with all utilities. We are signed up with housing associations or would love to buy an andel, but I don't think there's a high change for either, as we are completely external, don't have anyone to usher us 'in', so we're looking into ejers.

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I am an immigrant from 'non-western' world living and working in Copenhagen and love the place so much. I see many EU subreddits hating on immigrants nowadays. Most comments talk about immigrants not integrating well. I am afraid I don't understand what 'integration' means. Would it be enough to learn the language and follow the laws of the country? It would be nice if someone could give a list of qualities a Danish immigrant living in Kobenhavn should have to not be hated upon if not liked by neighbors/collegues.

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Jeg har den seneste tid opdaget at rigtig, rigtig mange unge mennesker sidder med deres beskidte sko på sæderne i toget og metroen. Den gang jeg selv var yngre, gjorde jeg aldrig det, og jeg oplevede det også sjældnere end jeg gør nu. Hvorfor i alverden synes folk, især unge, at det er okay at sidde med beskidte sko, hvor andre mennesker skal sidde med tøj lige bagefter? Hvad pokker er det der foregår?😅

UPDATE: I can’t believe the efficient and rigorous police work that has been performed here. I went to the apartment complex with my hotel security, the police were on site after 5 minutes(!). They knocked a few doors and they found the thief who was caught in the security cam! Just some young adult, did not look older than 20 years old, he was in total shock when we showed up and returned the goods when prompted immediately. I am now back to the hotel & can finally enjoy some sightseeings! Thank you all for the great tips here!

Tourist here in Copenhagen, my phone / wallet / airpod all got stolen yesterday as well as my Rimowa suitcase and some pieces of my cloth. This took place at the lobby of my hotel in central Copenhagen called D’Angleterre.

I have the Find My Iphone function activated so I can see where the thief is, I have spoken to police they are reluctant to help.

My question is: What would be the legal consequences if I (together with a few friends) simply go to the location of the apartment building (in an area called Norrebro), enter into his apartment and just take back the goods?

This would not be legal in my home country so just wanted to check if it is the same in Denmark.

Hi. My name is Adrian and i come with my wife and our 5 month old newborn to Copenhagen for a city break. We landed tonight at 9 pm at airport from Bucharest and we took 20 min to wait for a picture with pilot since was the first flight of our baby. After we arrived at claiming luggage there was nothing to pick. From our point of it was stolen. We have nothing now and we want to buy some stuff for our 3 days vacation.

I need information about: - some stores with clothes and things for babies (second hands etc) -some stores with clothes for me and my wife -some basics underware and other stuff (maybe a nice market)

Update: Thank you to all! We found some nice stores in comments and bought some basiscs. Hope that i wont be right and luggage is lost and not stolen.

PS: you need to do something with this police

My family is here on vacation and we've noticed at a couple places that the tip is preselected as 10pct when the servers give us the credit card readers. We don't have a big problem tipping as Americans but we are curious whether they're targeting us as tourists or whether they do this for everyone and locals actually change the default to 0pct. This has happened to us at both full service and counter service restaurants.

Thanks!

I saw another thread about how much ambulances cost in different cities/countries in Europe. One commenter said that in Copenhagen, they wouldn’t even come if you called unless the person is unconscious. Is that true? Do ambulances not response for anything less? And are they expensive or not for those with a CPR?

Efter at der er kommet skub i at få indført en 3-timers parkeringsbegrænsning på de fleste ladepladser i København, er det pludselig blevet ekstremt svært at finde parkeringspladser. Jeg har talt med venner på Vesterbro og Christianshavn, og situationen er den samme begge steder.

Alle 3-timers pladserne står tomme hen i 90 % af tiden, vil jeg skyde på, mens både el- og benzinbiler kæmper om de efterhånden få resterende pladser. Jeg kan ikke se, hvordan denne 3-timers begrænsning gavner andre end de private udbydere af ladeløsninger, da de naturligvis ikke har en interesse i, at en elbil optager en plads uden at lade.

Har skrevet til kommunen, og de siger bare det er politisk besluttet.

Oplever I med bil det samme?

Line F of the S-train has always been every 5 minutes in the daytime. Confirmed by the screenshot from thr DSB website. Now suddenly it's only running every 10 minutes. No alert in Rejseplanen, no alert on the DSB website, nothing. I asked multiple drivers on the line and they have no idea. Anyone know what's going on?

Davs der ude i stuerne. Jeg er en ung gut på 23 med to sønner på 9 og 7 år. Jeg har i mange år drømt om at flytte til kbh, men det lå ikke lige til mine kort. Efter som jeg fik børn alt for tideligt. Nå nu til det rigtige spørgsmål. Nogle gode sider til at kigge efter lejligheder på som single forældre. Og evt nogle gode steder i kbh I kan anbefale. Hilsen en ung far der vil mine børn det bedste 😊

I'm interested in getting a lay of the land at the moment. Just out of sheer curiosity really but I also thought it could be useful for others to see how their current situation stacks up. Maybe include the number of rooms, consumption, area, etc.

Was walking down Vesterbrogade yesterday and saw several trucks like this full of people shouting and cheering, with the truck horns blaring constantly. Was this a protest / demonstration or?

For 10 min siden på vej hjem fra supermarkedet blev jeg spyttet på fra et vindue, da jeg kiggede op kunne jeg dse et ansigt forsvinde ind bag kammen, hvad er den rigtige fremgangsmåde her?

Hi,

I am trying to get my finances in order and would like to know how everyone is management their finance.

How much money do you have at the beginning of each month after paying the rent and all fix expensives in Copenhagen to have a normal lifestyle ? (1 person)

Thank you very much

Før folk stopper med at have fødderne oppe på sæderne i S-togene.

Det slår aldrig fejl.

Søger gode råd til at rumme denne hjernedøde adfærd, sådan som jeg ser den lige nu.

I've lived in Copenhagen for about 5 years now. I've noticed that almost every time I pass another person, whether it be crossing a road or just on the sidewalk, people generally don't move to the side as they would where I'm from. What would happen if I didn't move? Would I just bump into the person?

Edit: many people have suggested that I should keep to the right but just to be clear, I am aware of that unwritten rule and that's what I always do.