About WareDGo

Status:

Expatriate  

Gender:

Male

Currently Lives:

Acre, Brazil

Citizen Of:

United States

Past Expat Posts:

Japan

Indonesia

Denmark

Some Forum Posts:

Denmark: Minimum salary for a family of 4:

I would count on rent of around DK14000/monthly for somewhere slightly in the suburbs, utilities of around DK2000/monthly (including oil) and a weekly grocery cost of around DK2000. This gives a total of around D290000/yrly, so if you rec'd a DK600,000/yrly salary at 25% tax (job card status), you would have around DK 160,000 or around DK13,000/month of cash for savings, staple goods and incidentals. If you have a car and/or the company does not pay for transportation, this will take out a huge chunk.

Denmark: International School Help !:

I've had the same problem. We've applied to 4 schools and all are on waitlist. An option would be to put your kid(s) in a public school which also has courses in English for the time being.

Denmark: Rental prices:

I found that a good (and familiar) place to look is http://copenhagen.craigslist.org . There are a few good listings in there plus you can place a (free) posting telling what you want. We did that and received several replies, one of which I think we will take.

Denmark: televisions in Denmark:

I have a new television that uses NTSC and PAL-M/N. I have heard that Denmark uses PAL-B. Does anyone know if there is a converter that I can buy that will work there?

Denmark: Considering Denmark with Maersk:

Hey, I too work for Maersk and am consideirng moving to HQ in Esplanaden. I've lived there before, working with Maersk, a couple years ago. Despite them saying that you have to come on a local contract, I am sure that they will offer you a lot of assistance that you'll need to arrange for your visa, housing, etc. At least I know that this is what they are doing for others that they have offered a similar package to (some in my office). They have a few housing brokers who can take you around and show you apartments, but I know that there are a LOT of other expats there who are always looking for roomates. Transportation will be easy - you are never really far from the train station or bus and you should buy a cheap (used) bike there. I did all 3 and it worked great. If you want a lot more info. look me up (DPA009 in our network) and I can give you a call.

Denmark: American Moving To Denmark, looking for tips:

You can bring American appliances as long as they are less than 500W as you can find voltage adapters here. A 500W adapter is around $100, but would suggest bringing adapters with you as you might need quite a few. American televisions that are within a year or so old would work fine here as long as they are multi-system as most are. Check the voltage, though most are multi-voltage as well. I brought a TV from Brasil and it worked fine here, though Brasil was a different system and voltage. Bring warm clothing...as warm and as many as you can as you will need them. You can buy them here, but quality is not that great and all horribly expensive. Bring long johns as they will come in handy, especially when riding a bicycle in the winter. Bring bicycles, not cars. If you can convert and register your car here, it will cost as much as if you were to buy a used one here. Just don't do it. Bring a lot of medicines with you - aspirin, cold medicines, etc as they are unavailable here without a doctor's prescription. Just fill up a suitcase and hope that Customs doesn't open it. Let me know if you need any more specific information.

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12/5/2007

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