After a three-day-trip through Netherland,
Germany and Denmark by car, we discovered Horsens and Via University College.
The University is a huge building composed of 6 blocks of classroom with a big
Hall where you can eat due to the cafeteria, and connect to the web.
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| Living room |
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| Bathroom |
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| Kitchen |
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| Bedroom |
We
installed in our furnished two-person room, two minutes from the central hall.
We discovered the surrounding of the University while walking along the Fjord of Horsens and to downtown. We enjoyed the many large houses along the coast, and we
thought that a Danish must have a good salary to be able to afford this kind of
house.
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| Horsens Fjord |
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| House on the Fjord |
And we thought about this again when we were to the supermarket, and saw
the price of some foodstuff.
The price of products is 20% higher than in France about. Of course there are differences:
Cheaper than in France
- Candles, flowers and plants
- Cheese, rye bread, fish
- Organic products generally: butter, bread, milk, eggs, flour ...
- Rental homes for the holidays
- Cigarettes (4,30€ (32kr) package)
Same price as in France
- Gasoline
- Pasta, sausages
- Beer
- Shoes
- Cafeteria, snack, fast food (hot dogs, burgers ...).
A little more expensive than in France
- Fruit juice, coffee and wine
- Meat, canned
- Clothing
- Camping, B & B (Bed and breakfast), hostels
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| Oh! It's too expensive!! |
Much more expensive than in France
- Cars
- Soda (2€ (15 kr) of the Coke bottle (1.5l) in the supermarket), mineral water or carbonated (15 kr too)
- Alcohols strong (2 times more than in
- Chips, chocolate, sweets
- Fresh fruits and vegetables (peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, cherries ...)
- Restaurants (usually around 33,60€ (250 kr) for the menu appetizer, entree, dessert)
- Hotels.
2. Where to shop?
- Supermarkets: Føtex (best), and the immense SuperBrugsen Bilka and Obs
- Smaller: Spar, DagliBrugsen, LokalBrugsen
- The Discounters: Netto (better quality), Aldi, Fakta, Alta, ...
- Grocery Stores and also a bit of food in the kiosk (selling news, tobacco, beverages)
Be careful, most stores close at 5:30 p.m. on weekdays and on Saturday at 4 p.m. Fortunately,
supermarkets, themselves, often close
to 7 p.m or 8 p.m and 10 p.m kiosk
around.
In big cities you will find department stores, like Galeries Lafayette: Salling, Store.
Glass bottles and plastic (beers, sodas,
water, sometimes wine)
are recorded: the purchase, you will be charged in addition to 1.25-4 Kr per item,
you will get back to back (machine
Returflasker or counter).
In addition, plastic bags are still paying (Applied
Ecology).
But we believe that the high prices have no
consequence for Danish people. Indeed, in a bar, we met a Danish welder of
thirty year old. He told us that he earns 200 krones per hour (~27€/h), and this is the average wage. There is no official minimum wages
but usually it is 100 krones per hour (~13.5€/h). He
also told us that people who study such as 5 years of studies after their
Bachelor starts with a salary of 400 krones per hour (~54€/h).
After this meeting, we inquired about this
difference between Denmark and France. We found that Denmark have the highest
salary of Europe, while France are in 9th position.
This following chart gives the average salaries
adjusted to the cost of living in each country in Europe:
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So we must be very careful about what we buy,
especially bananas for Eh Erasmussen! If we are other information about the
cost of living in Denmark, we add another article in this post.
