International Citizen Days 2019

The very first International Citizen Day took place in the heart of Copenhagen, bringing together public authorities, private organisations, and local communities for an entire day of endless inspiration on housing, job and social life.

International Citizen Day 2019

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It’s an amazing initiative by International House to connect with international citizens and we have got a chance to attend informative sessions and gain knowledge on various topics at one place.
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I was really surprised in a positive way - there was a lot of stuff to choose from, I liked the presentations, the speakers, the networking area with stands and the whole event was just amazing.
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Keep up with these events. They really help the expats and make us feel welcome and safe in our decision of doing a life in Denmark.
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Organisations

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Akademikerne

The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Akademikerne) is an umbrella organisation for its member organisations. These organisations offer services to professional and managerial staff graduated from universities and other higher educational institutions.Through their member organisations they offer: career advice, help with collective agreements, professional networks, career training and help to uphold the Danish Model.

Alfa Quality Moving

Alfa is the largest Scandinavian provider of relocation services. In 2006 Alfa opened its offices in Denmark and became the fastest growing mobility company, attracting talented and highly educated mobility specialists.

Arbejdermuseet

Arbejdermuseet is a cultural history museum in Copenhagen. The museum conveys the development of workers' everyday life and working conditions and the history of the labor movement from 1870 to the present day. The museum is located in the Workers' Association and Assembly Building from 1879, the oldest workers' assembly building in Europe.

Boblberg

Boblberg is a digital platform that helps citizens create social relations and communities. Citizens from all around the country create bubbles of shared interest and experience which they wish to share with others.

Boligforeningen VIBO

VIBO have around 6,000 public rental housing in Copenhagen and North Zealand. Most have addresses in multi-storey buildings with green common areas and good parking, but they also have terraced houses with their own gardens, close to the forest and the beach. They have homes for the elderly and youth, homes with one room and homes with five rooms. In short, they have a wide range of rentals available with space for all types of people and needs.

Bomae

Bomae cover the entire process and negotiation with both real estate agents and banks, as well as ensure that all relevant documents are reviewed by legal advisors.

Børnebasket København

Børnebasket Copenhagen is the first club to be founded (February 2015) - and has over 250 paying members in the eight departments; Østerbro Silversharks, Nordvest Eagles, Vesterbro Vikings, Amager Gators, Ørestaden Seagulls, Husum Tigers, Villa Vas and Sydhavnen Seahawks.

Copenhagen Relocations

Copenhagen Relocations is supporting people through their adventure in a new country. They offer advice on immigration and relocation solutions.

CEJ Ejendomsadministration

CEJ is among Denmark's largest property management companies. They manage 1,500 properties throughout Denmark.

Charlie's Roof

CHARLIE'S ROOF works to make your relocation to Denmark as easy as possible. Charlie’s Roof’s services will save you time and money if you are on the hunt for a room, apartment or house in Copenhagen.

Comeat

Comeat is a social dinner club for meeting new Danish and international friends, sharing food and experiences toghether. They offer a monthly membership, where you meet a group for dinner every second week, and they also organise individual dinners and events.

Copenhagen Capacity

Copenhagen Capacity is the official organization for attracting and supporting international investments and talent in Denmark and the Greater Copenhagen region.

Copenhagen Floorball Club

Copenhagen Floorball Club is Copenhagen's floorball club with teams ranging from family sports Saturdays to youth teams from u7-u18, exercise teams, 60+ and women's and men's leagues.

Copenhagen Host Program

The purpose of the Copenhagen Host Program is to help international citizens find employment that matches their skills, as well as to retain the international families who have settled in Copenhagen. This is achieved via matching between newly arrived international citizens and voluntary Copenhagen hosts.

Copenhagen International School

CIS is an IB school in the heart of Copenhagen. With over 900 students between 3-19, their goal is to educate champions of a just and sustainable world.

Copenhagen Language Centre

Copenhagen Language Centre has taught Danish and foreign languages for more than 40 years. Every year, we teach more than 12,000 people more than 30 languages. We are passionate about making the meeting between people and the encounter between cultures easy and successful. We believe in the fact that languages open doors.

Copenhagen Science City

Copenhagen Science City is an innovation district in the heart of the Danish capital with world-class science, a great business climate and high livability inspires businesses to co-locate, co-create and invest.

Copenhagen Theatre Circle

Copenhagen Theatre Circle (CTC) has been providing Copenhagen audiences with high quality drama in English since 1968. CTC is an English-language amateur theatre society with members from all over the world, united by a love of the theatre

Cph Volunteers

Cph Volunteers is a volunteer organization where volunteers are connected to festivals and events that need volunteer help.

Dansekapellet

Dansekapellet works to show and develop modern dance and urban dance as an art form, as well as develop and strengthen young talents in dance and choreography. We want to spread knowledge of and the joy of dance in the local community.

Dansk Erhverv (Danish Chamber of Commerce)

Danish Chamber of Commerce is the network for a broad range of business and industries in Denmark among others service, trade,  life science, logistics, green tech, IT, health care, events and recreation. They are one of the largest professional business organisations in Denmark with more than 330 employees.

Danskbureauet

The goal of Danskbureauet is to give you the best possible experience when you need to get started with – or perhaps just want to improve – your Danish.

Danske Boligadvokater

100% independent advisor. Danske BOLIGadvokater is a nationwide association of 100 lawyers, offering consumer counseling when buying/selling a home.

Danske Bank

Danske Bank is Denmark's largest bank and financial group. The bank serves private customers, small and large companies as well as institutional customers. The bank's core market is Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, where all types of customer service are provided.

Elstudio

ElStudio is a Copenhagen-based dance school where everyone is welcome. The focus is on the joy of dancing and inclusiveness in a fun and relaxed environment. With more than 30 talented dance teachers from all over the world and activities over 13 different locations across the city, ElStudio aims to be accessible for everyone who loves dancing.

Exiles Rugby

It was in 1968 that a group of enthusiastic rugby players, from various corners of the globe, all exiled in Denmark, joined together to officially form the Copenhagen Exiles Rugby Union Football Club
The inaugural committee meeting at the Pan Am office at Vesterport signified the birth of the Copenhagen Exiles as an independent rugby club. Developing "The Spirit Of The Game" in Denmark was declared as the club's "raison d'etre" and this is an aim that exists to this very day.

Expat Helpline

Finansforbundet

Finansforbundet is a trade union for all employees in the financial sector. The association organizes the entire palette of employees from the cleaning assistant in the branch to the dealer in the headquarters. Finansforbundet negotiates collective agreements, advises members and offers courses, training and membership offers of various kinds.

GTS Nordic

GTS Nordic serves contractors, agencies & end-clients with modern & streamlined solutions within payroll, EOR, relocation & more.

Global Talent, Dansk Industri

The main task for DI Global Talent is to support and develop DI's member companies within global labor mobility.

Globally Local

Globally Local assists Expats and Global Danes a meaningful integration in Denmark, while helping Danish organisations become more internationally minded.

Go Abroad

Go Abroad advises companies, HR, global employees and their families in addition to networks, organizations and private individuals. They offer training in, among other things, cultural understanding, networking and career advice.

Heimstaden

Heimstaden offer long-term rentals throughout Europe with the vision of simplifying and enriching people's lives through Friendly Homes.

Hofor

HOFOR is a Danish utility company that supplies several municipalities in the capital region with drinking water and handles rainwater and waste water.

Home

Home is a large Danish real estate chain. The chain's stores are run on a franchise basis and managed by home a/s, which is 100% owned by Realkredit Danmark and thus forms part of the Danske Bank group. The chain has 170 stores and four service centers spread across the country with more than 900 employees nationwide.

Homestead

Homestead is focusing on their extensive knowledge about the Danish rental market regarding contracts, house rules, tenants, terminations clauses and more. 

Københavns Erhvervshus

Københavns Erhvervshus offers 5 different career programs to expats.

Københavns Frisbeeklub

KFK (Københavns Frisbee Klub) is the oldest ultimate club in Denmark. KFK has been the runners up in the Danish National Championship since 2012. 

Københavns Kommune

Copenhagen is among the top 5 fastest growing big-city destinations in Europe, and is a growth engine for Denmark. The goal of the City of Copenhagen’s ‘Business and Growth Policy’ is to become Northern Europe's leading business metropolis - where growth and quality of life go hand in hand.

Københavns Museum

Københavns Museum (Museum of Copenhagen) showcases the history of Copenhagen through artifacts, people and stories.

Københavns Sport Stacking Club

Sport Stacking is a sport that is all about efficiency, concentration and time. In short, the sport involves stacking 9 or 12 specially designed mugs in predetermined sequences at the speed of light.

Lolland Kommune

Lolland is an attractive area to settle into, whether you are moving here alone or together with your family. The area has fantastic nature, a large labour market, a dynamic housing market, a well-functioning infrastructure, and a healthy culture of work-life balance. In addition, the city council has decided to establish the country’s first public, international school in the heart of Maribo, offering a high-quality, bilingual school program for your children, free of charge.

Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune

Known as City of Knowledge and situated only a 15 minutes’ drive outside Copenhagen, Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune offers world class education, strong business, superior housing, excellent shopping, forests, beaches and so much more.

Motes

The startup company Motes has developed a web app that gives travelers the opportunity to explore new cities and locals the chance to see new sides of their own city.

Nordea

Nordea is one of Denmark's leading bank and financial providers, operating throughout the Nordics. They offer bank products and insurances geared towards both private and corporate customers.

Nørrebro Bibliotek

Nørrebro Library has various voluntary activities, including language clubs, so-called 'Snakkeklubber' in several languages. They offer not only aims at language exchange, but also helps to promote rapid integration into the community including the local.

Pan Idræt

Pan Idræt have more than 25 LGQBT+ sports where you can play football, volleyball, basketball, swimming, dancing.

ProWoc - Professional Women of Colour Denmark

ProWoc (Professional Women of Colour Denmark) is a non-profit organisation working to increase the visibility and impact of women of colour in Denmark.

Q Living Copenhagen

Founded in 1996 in Copenhagen, Q Apartments is a leader of Serviced Apartments. Carefully chosen locations in Copenhagen, Q Apartments offers a range of Studios, 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments.

Relocare Group ApS

Relocare provides services that allow companies to be able to attract, onboard and retain international employees.

Rent Guide

Founded in 2016, Rent Guide was a reaction to the unsustainable development on the Danish housing market. With landlords charging incredulous amounts of money for even the smallest private rooms, their mission is to reverse that development and make sure housing prices are fair.

Statens Museum for Kunst / SMK

SMK is Denmark's national museum of art and the country's largest art museum. 700 years of art in the heart of Copenhagen.

Settwell Relocation

Settwell Relocation is an independent Danish relocation company founded in 1992. Settwell was the first company in Denmark to offer professional relocation services to companies assigning international key staff to Denmark. 

Skattestyrelsen - The Danish Tax Agency

The Danish Tax Agency (Skattestyrelsen) is responsible for ensuring that individuals and businesses pay their taxes and duties correctly and on time.

Sorø Kommune

Sorø lies in the beautiful Midtjælland landscapes surrounded by forests, fields and countless large and small lakes.

South Coast of Denmark

The south coast of Denmark has something very special to offer when it comes to sailing water and sailing experiences. Here lies Denmark's longest coastline with many cozy harbors and lots of experiences on, in and by the water. Here you sail right into stories from Denmark's history in some of Denmark's most beautiful waters, where there are short distances between the destination's ports.

Sparta

Sparta Athletics, usually just called Sparta, is one of Denmark's leading athletics clubs, based in Østerbro in Copenhagen.

Spousecare

The most important service that Spousecare provides their clients with is helping to ensure that the accompanying spouses get a social network and an everyday life in Denmark where they thrive and get  their personal wishes and needs for development fulfilled.

Studievalg Danmark, Center Hovedstaden og Bornholm

Studievalg Danmark (Study and Career Guidance Denmark) is a nationwide public guidance institution. As an international or foreign applicant into the Danish education system, you may experience different kinds of concerns or questions. Studievalg Danmark will be present at the ICD fair to help you find your way through the system and help locate the info you may need.

The International

The International is the leading printed and online English language monthly publication available throughout Denmark. They focus on Denmark’s international community and internationally-minded Danes. Their aim is to build and bridge the gap between the international and Danish communities of Denmark.

Toastmasters International Copenhagen

If you hear the word “toastmaster” for the first time, you may imagine a person who is very good at toasting bread or … drinking alcohol. In reality, Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. 

Tryg

Tryg is the the largest insurence company in Denmark and offers insurances for e.g. home, contents, cars and personal insurance.

UbuntuBiz

UbuntuBiz is a community platform that inspires and shares resources & tools for entrepreneurs to start, manage and grow their business.

 

UCplus

UCplus Language Center is an official provider of the Danish Language Education in Copenhagen. They have classes all over town, online and at 20+ educational institutions and workplaces.

Velkomstalliancen

The Welcome Alliance has been established by companies and organizations that want to take the lead by acting themselves. ​ The Alliance consists of DGI, Dansk Industri, Mærsk, Danish Refugee Council, Copenhagen Capacity, KAB and International House Copenhagen. The alliance is supported by the Tuborg Foundation.

Workindenmark

Workindenmark is the national public employment service for international candidates looking for a job in Denmark, and Danish companies searching for talented candidates.