February at the Student Café

For recently arrived international students, the Student Café is one of the first places to get to know. There is cheap beer (when you show your University of Copenhagen student card), live music and a chance to meet other international students every Wednesday evening.

See pictures from the international night here.

Student café gets a make over

The Student Café (Studenterhuset), a favoured bar and hang-out spot for University of Copenhagen students, will temporarily close its doors on 4 June for five months of renovations. It will re-open on 30 October 2010.

The popular International Night on Wednesdays, along with other concerts and events, will continue for the rest of May.

While Studenterhuset is known for it’s free-flowing alcohol, manager Kristian Skjøth Madsen, hopes the renovations will serve as a make-over for its atmosphere.

More than just cheap beer

Life, love and language issues

Psychology student Mary Chan (21) from the USA got off to a chaotic start on her first day in Denmark, rushing straight from the airport to her first class. But since then Copenhagen has made a good impression.

See also picture gallery to the right.

»The first week was hectic because I arrived about two hours before my first class started so I had to rush to class. Actually I didn’t feel jetlagged because I was so excited,« says Mary to the University Post.

Difficult to meet Danes

No point in learning Danish

For full-degree student Riccardo Mioli from Italy, learning Danish seemed like a good idea when he first arrived in Copenhagen. Now, one year later, he has changed his mind.

»In the beginning I wanted to learn Danish. But after 6 or 7 months here, when I still didn’t know any Danish, it seemed like a waste of time to start. Now I have given up.«

It is easy to survive in Copenhagen only speaking in English, and the Danes quickly switch over if they hear someone struggling with the tricky guttural Danish pronunciation, he says.