Denmark. You can also rent additional PicCell SIM cards for other countries to which you will be traveling at a discounted processing fee to avoid high roaming rates. For more information, visit www.dis.dk/cellphones. You may also get more information at 877-235-5742 (U.S. toll-free) or info@piccelwireless.com. If you plan to bring your own cell phone from home, be sure to check if your phone will work in Denmark, the rates for placing calls in Denmark and make sure it is unlocked before leaving.
Placing International Calls We realize you will be contacting friends/family in Denmark and back home through a variety of options. We require all DIS students to have a cell phone, and recommend researching different ways to stay in touch while living in and traveling outside of Denmark. Here are basic steps to place international and local calls: From the US to Denmark: • Dial 011 • Dial 45 (Denmark’s country code) • Dial the 8-digit Danish Telephone Number
Students living with a host family or Danish roommate should ask their family/roommate before using the telephone. Both local and overseas calls are expensive, so remember to make your calls short. All direct, local and long distance calls generally appear as a single sum on your family/ roommate’s telephone bill, so it is almost impossible to split your charges from theirs. • Voice over Internet Protocol Look into downloading Skype to your computer and encourage your friends and family to download it as well. When you are both on-line, you will be able to “call” one another for free. You can also place calls from Skype to a landline or cellphone for a small fee.
Whatever your housing situation may be while in Denmark, you should become familiar with Danish addresses and street numbers to orient yourself through Copenhagen and understand the exact location of a business or residence.
From Denmark to the US: • Dial 001 + area code + 7-digit telephone number
An example of a written Danish address is: Jens Jensen Vesterbrogade 5, 2. sal t.v. 2200 Copenhagen V
Toll-free call from Denmark to the US: • Dial 00 + 1 800 XXX XXXX After you dial the number, you will hear a recording saying that the number is not toll free and you will be charged normal international dialing rates To place an international call from Denmark*: • Dial 00 + country code + area code + telephone number
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When answering the phone in Denmark, it is a common courtesy to immediately state your name, for example: “Det er Matt” (This is Matt).
Danish Addresses
Example (to dial DIS in Copenhagen): Dial 011 45 3311 0144
Emergency Local Danish Directory assistance Directory assistance outside Denmark
• Telephone Etiquette
Dial 112 Dial 118 Dial 113
The street number corresponds to the number on the building (5 in above example). The abbreviations below will help you read and understand the exact location of a building or residence: sal = floor m.f. = middle apartment
t.v. = to the left t.h. to the right
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