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6. Practical Information
Living expenses in Denmark
It is expensive to live in Denmark. Many students
work during their studies to pay for their everyday
needs. Since this is not possible for exchange
students, it is important that you are aware of the
cost of living well in advance.
There are no especially inexpensive eating places
for students - or in general, it is not possible to eat
out every day on a student budget. At most Danish
institutions of higher education, you will find student
canteens or cafés; they may be cheap, but not
much, and they only offer a limited variety of foods.
A Student’s Budget
All amounts are in DKK
Monthly expenses:
Rent (including heat) ............................. 2.000
Transportation .......................................... 570
Books ........................................................ 400
Food & household expenses ................ 1.500
Laundry..................................................... 120
Clothing..................................................... 300
Set aside for quarterly expenses
(e.g. electricity & phone) .......................... 200
Leisure and sundry (tobacco, beer,
magazines, cinema, dentist, medicine) ... 530
Total ....................................................... 5.620
The following pages will provide you with relevant
information addresses and phone numbers.
Please note that all this information is from April
1999 and therefore subject to change. There is no
guarantee that all the information is correct, so we
advise you to get detailed information yourself.
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Transportation
Busses from Lyngby Station to and from the
Technical University of Denmark
The 590P and 591P, the “shuttle busses”
(“Pendulbussen"), with departure every five minutes
in the morning from Lyngby Station and in the
afternoon from DTU. The 300S has departures
every 10 minutes in the morning from Lyngby and in
the afternoon from DTU. The 190 has departures
every 20 minutes during the day. The trip takes
about 10 minutes.
The 150S is a direct bus which goes on the express
way from DTU and the Copenhagen city centre.
Also a small local train stop in Lyngby, on the
Toftebæksvej Street near the shopping mall on a
local train line running between Jægersborg and
Nærum. It does not run all the way into
Copenhagen; the train is unofficially called Grisen
(“The Pig”).
The commuter train line to Copenhagen and
suburbs leaves from Lyngby Station. There is a
ticket office in the railway station building.
If you use public transportation a lot, you can save
money by buying a card good for all travel on the
commuter system for a month, or you can buy a
punch ticket, of which there are several types and
prices (blue, yellow, pink or grey depending on how
far you want to travel). Do not forget to punch them
by inserting them in the yellow ticket machines each
time, or you risk a DKK 500 fine.
Another possible form of daily transport is the
bicycle, now achieving long-forgotten popularity as a
cheap, clean and efficient means of transportation.
Most main roads, both in town and in the country
side, usually have separate bicycle paths. Remem-