Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Travel as much as you can, Erasmus year is time to get to know other places, cultures and life styles (Denmark is very well located between Scandinavia and center Europe). Try to meet international friends, your English will improve surprisingly. Despite general opinions, you can find very very friendly people in Denmark, but you have to be prepared to meet the opposite: Very cold Danish people, who don't want to talk to you or become your friend. However, my main advice is you have to enjoy Erasmus experience staying abroad the whole year!!!

Buy a bike from the Police Auction and go ecological.If you are a good cook like me then cook your own food. Supermarket food is cheap especially from shops such as ALDI and NETTO. If you are using the trains a lot ( not the S-trains) buy a wild card for discounts. As for parties everyday there is a place where you can go for free. Just check the places and you'll be always on the plus. Check SHuset in Copenhagen on Wednesdays and Park Cafe on thursdays etc...

There was no provision for on campus accomodation for international students at DTU which is very unfair considering all exchange students arriving in the UK are allocated these sometimes before they are offered to UK Students. My accomodation was superb but many students were not as lucky as i was and i feel that if more of us had been living on campus then i would have gotten to know more people. There was however opposion from danish students to allow us to stay in their halls and i would suggest a purpose built accomodation block for international students.

First of all, on campus there were lots of funs moments, as it has Campus Village, Cellar Bar on tuesdays, Red House parties every month and Kampsax student residence parties on thursdays. In Copenhagen, The Moose bar is very good to have some beers and chat with friends, Kulor Bar on fridays was very cheap (perfect for students, as Copenhagen is expensive), Copenhagen Business School parties on thursdays were very cool, and finally LA Bar, a disco-pub, not large, but near The Moose. For sightseeing, I recommend to visit Vor Frelsers Kirke church, near Christiania, and to go up to its highest point, were you can have a good view of Copenhagen. Also, Carlsberg museum is quite good, were you can taste 2 beers for 5€ (in 2006). Don't forget to visit Tivoli in Christmas!!!

*try to get a bike (used) and rather pay a little bit more, it'll save repairing expenses *public transportation is expensive, figure out quickly what suits best for you *go see Stockholm, Gothenborg (Sweden) *I went to Tallinn, Estonia and it was just wonderful * Norway is nice but very expensive; ferry trips though can be quite cheap