Moving to Copenhagen and 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

https://international.kk.dk/

https://www.fyidenmark.com/

https://denmark.dk/

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

https://www.clavis.org

https://ucplusdansk.dk/

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

https://scenekunstskoler.dk/?posturl=_/schools/hellerup-international?_k=ljle52#/schools/hellerup-international?_k=ljle52

• 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

• https://hjem.foetex.dk/

• https://www.nemlig.com/

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.