Free books, newspapers and movies

• Be careful about ordering books online from abroad.  The duty tax can be high.  Use www.amazon.co.uk rather than www.amazon.com to avoid the duty.  Check out www.bookdepository.co.uk – another good deal with free delivery.
• Learn to use Denmark’s excellent library system. Besides the websites for Copenhagen [www.bibliotek.kk.dk] and Frederiksberg [http://fkb.dk/forside], search the entire of Denmark and request books, movies, music, language courses, etc, to come to your local library [www.bibliotek.dk.]. You can get a library card even if you do not have a CPR number – ask at the main library.
• Join a book group.  Borrow or exchange books with friends.
• Some booksellers carry used books.
• Buy books at the AWC Holiday Bazaar in November – great selection and deals.
• The Copenhagen Post is Denmark’s only English-language newspaper in print. Pick it up free on Thursdays and Fridays at tourist hotels or the Tourist Information Visitors’ Centre.  You can also view it online [www.cphpost.dk/].  Politiken now has an online English version [http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish].
• An increasing number of newspapers can be read free online. For example, The New York Times [www.nytimes.com/]. Or news reports, such as BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/]
• If you can read Danish, there are many other free or low-cost newspapers in Copenhagen.

Movies & DVDs

• Borrow DVDs and videos from the library (can reserve them online).
• Purchase DVDs at video stores reduced to as low as 25-30 kroner.
• Visit the Danish Film Institute – free DVD and VHS viewing [www.dfi.dk].
• Be aware that DVDs from home might not be compatible on your Danish DVD player.  You might be able to play them on your laptop that you brought from home.
• If you watch a lot of DVDs, check out www.lovefilm.dk (the Danish equivalent of the American Netflix) where, for a monthly flat fee, you watch unlimited number of DVDs.
• Check for reduced matinee prices.

TV and Radio

• Download free podcasts through your computer.
• TV schedule is provided in the free newspapers. Also, online [tvtid.tv2.dk/allekanaler]

Find more hints for life in Denmark and learn how to reduce the costs of life in Denmark.

The hints collected here and many more are covered in the "Worktrotter's Guide to Denmark".
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