As you probably already know, Denmark is crazy expensive. The place where you'll realize this the most is buying food and groceries.
Eating out every once in a while with a group of friends is fine, but unless you have all da cash, you're not going to do this often. Fast food, however, is relatively reasonable. But, fast food places aren't very common outside central Copenhagen.
Portion sizes are considerably smaller than the US (and people wonder why there's an obesity problem...), and there are no free refills (gasp).
Since you're going to be here for atleast one semester, you're going to be doing a lot of cooking, and that means buying groceries!
There are a few different options in terms of grocery shopping. The big Danish chain is Netto. The other options are the German Aldi
The DognNetto is a mini/express version of the Netto that's open until midnight, and at convenient locations. For example, there is one on the DTU campus, about 10 minutes walk from Campus Village. However, this means that there is significantly less variety (because of the smaller physical size of the store), and the prices are usually jacked up for 2/3 of the items.
Some tips
As is custom in Europe (and a lot of the world), tax is included in the price on the tag. Value added tax (VAT), is pretty standard, and I think it's rather convenient so you know how much you're going to pay at the counter easily.
BYOB - bring your own bags. You fill up your own groceries into your bags when you go to pay, and you either bring your own bag, or you pay 2 DKK for one. The Netto bags are very sturdy, so if you get one at the beginning of the semester, you probably won't need another one.
Some items are actually equally or even lower priced than their American counterparts. For example, I bought a pack of 150 Marie biscuits (they're like digestive tea biscuits, I get hooked on them after eating a few as snacks) for less than $2. I'm fairly certain that's cheaper than the US.
Eating out every once in a while with a group of friends is fine, but unless you have all da cash, you're not going to do this often. Fast food, however, is relatively reasonable. But, fast food places aren't very common outside central Copenhagen.
Portion sizes are considerably smaller than the US (and people wonder why there's an obesity problem...), and there are no free refills (gasp).
Since you're going to be here for atleast one semester, you're going to be doing a lot of cooking, and that means buying groceries!
There are a few different options in terms of grocery shopping. The big Danish chain is Netto. The other options are the German Aldi
The DognNetto is a mini/express version of the Netto that's open until midnight, and at convenient locations. For example, there is one on the DTU campus, about 10 minutes walk from Campus Village. However, this means that there is significantly less variety (because of the smaller physical size of the store), and the prices are usually jacked up for 2/3 of the items.
Some tips
As is custom in Europe (and a lot of the world), tax is included in the price on the tag. Value added tax (VAT), is pretty standard, and I think it's rather convenient so you know how much you're going to pay at the counter easily.
BYOB - bring your own bags. You fill up your own groceries into your bags when you go to pay, and you either bring your own bag, or you pay 2 DKK for one. The Netto bags are very sturdy, so if you get one at the beginning of the semester, you probably won't need another one.
Some items are actually equally or even lower priced than their American counterparts. For example, I bought a pack of 150 Marie biscuits (they're like digestive tea biscuits, I get hooked on them after eating a few as snacks) for less than $2. I'm fairly certain that's cheaper than the US.
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