Denmark
Cost of Living
Cost of living
Living in Denmark is considered to be quite expensive. One of the
conditions for being granted a residence permit for studies is that you
can prove that you will have enough money to cover your whole stay in
Denmark as well as your tickets and tuition fee. The minimum sum
required by the Danish Immigration Board is at present DKK 6000 per
month. Please note that 1DKK equals to NRs.12.50 approximately.
Those, who are registered with the municipal civil registration office
in Denmark, are automatically covered by Denmark's health insurance
scheme after a period of six weeks. Hence, it is strongly recommended
that you arrange for health insurance to cover any incidental medical
bills for the first eight weeks of your stay - eight weeks in order to
be sure to be covered by insurance in case the issue of the Danish
Health Service card is to be delayed.
Price list detail below was given purely for guidelines.
Approximate prices for typical groceries:
Milk: 5-8 DKK (1 litre)
A loaf of bread: 6-16 DKK
Butter: 8-15 DKK for a package with 250 g
Eggs: ca. 12 DKK for a package with six eggs
Rice: 8-20 DKK a kg
Cheese: 30 DKK a kg and upwards
Lamb: 60-150 DKK a kg
Pork: 30-100 DKK a kg
Chicken/turkey: 30-100 DKK a kg
Soft drinks: 2-20 DKK (33 cl)
Beer: 3-7 DKK for Danish beer (33 cl) in a supermarket
Wine: 30- DKK for a bottle (75 cl)
Cigarettes: 35 DKK a package
The average budget per month could approximately be as follows:
Student accommodation: 1.900-2.500 DKK
Food and other necessities: 1.700-2.400 DKK.
Telephone: 400 DKK.
Leisure: 500-1.500 DKK.
Total: 4.800-6,000 DKK