Moving to Copenhagen
Living in Denmark
Thank you to the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) for preparing the information on this page for our community!
General
Information on living in Denmark
Learning Danish for parents
If you live in Denmark and have a CPR number, you are eligible for Danish courses offered by your local municipality
•CLAVIS sprog og competence and UCplus are the two language education centres contracted by the City of Copenhagen
Other language schools
https://speakspeak.dk/ - Hellerup
Extra Curricular
After School Care Programme at ISH - for student from Pre-K to PYP 4
ISH offers a popular after school care programme for students from Pre-K up to PYP 4. You can read more here.
RYAC Leisure Club - an option from PYP 4 and up
RYAC is a Danish afterschool ‘fritids’ (leisure centre) located close to ISH. Students from PYP 4 and up can attend RYAC. There is a monthly fee, which is discounted if you live in the Kopenhagen Kommune. Click here for more information on the club. You can register through Borger Service, via this link.
Sports for Kids through Kommune
Swimming - https://www.hsk.dk/
Scenekunst - Weekly English Drama classes in Hellerup
Football - https://www.bkskjold.dk/
Ice Skating lessons - https://www.sk-kbh.dk/
Horse Riding - https://gek.dk/
Networking
Adult Networking
LINK - Social network for internationally minded women in Copenhagen
https://linkdenmark.com/
Internations - global expat networking
https://www.internations.org/go
Life in Denmark
Online Grocery Orders
What to Visit with Kids in Copenhagen
Kids Science Museum (5mins from ISH) - https://www.experimentarium.dk/
Tivoli Amusement Park - https://www.tivoli.dk/
Bakken - The Oldest Amusement Park in the World - https://www.bakken.dk/
Deer Park ( Next to Bakken) https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/planning/deer-park-gdk414367
Aquarium Den Bla Planet - https://denblaaplanet.dk/
Kids Outdoor Climbing Go Monkey (Great for Birthday Parties) - https://gomonkey.dk/
Trampoline Park - https://airtrix.dk/
Copenhagen Zoo - A Superb Zoo in the middle of the City, great animal sightings and yummy food trucks - https://www.zoo.dk/s/?language=en_US
Faelledparken - A big park with a playground, a Traffic playground where you learn to ride a bike and a water park during the summer months, right in the heart of Østerbro - https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/planning/faelledparken-gdk965111
Free inside playground Remisen in Østerbro - https://bornibyen.dk/koebenhavn/places/103-blegdamsremisen-den-indendoers-legeplads
Planetarium - https://en.planetarium.dk/
Day Trips from Copenhagen
Camp Adventure - Climbing Park and Forest Tower - A must see! https://www.campadventure.dk/en/
Hornbaek - Best beach town - https://www.tripadvisor.dk/Attraction_Review-g1370492-d15148880-Reviews-Hornbaek_Beach-Hornbaek_Helsingoer_Municipality_Copenhagen_Region_Zealand.html
Dragør - Idyllic fishing village - https://travelmelodies.com/dragor-denmark/
Møns Klint - 70 million-year-old chalk cliffs, prettiest views in Denmark - https://www.visitdenmark.com/denmark/highlights/zealand/mons-klint
Viking Museum in Roskilde - https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/
Danish Safari - https://knuthenborg.dk/en/
Kronborg castle in Helsingør - https://www.kronborg.dk/
If anyone has a suggestion for an activity to add to this page, they can email pta@ish.dk.