As a foreign resident of Denmark, you may often find yourself travelling abroad to visit friends or family.
With the cost of goods and services so high in the Nordic country, this might mean you have chances to save money by picking up some items back home which are more expensive in Denmark.
We asked our readers in Denmark for their thoughts, and found that many don’t just pick up particular items while on visits back home, but also pay out for services during their trips.
“Technology, multivitamins, supplements, cosmetics,” are all cheaper back home according to Linda from Australia.
When it comes to shoes, however, she prefers to shop in Denmark.
That’s not the case for Debottam Bose from India, who lives in Vejle, who says he buys “clothing, shoes and accessories” on trips home, as well as getting a haircut and visiting the dentist.
Debottam said that “alcohol, chocolates, cakes” were cheaper for him to buy in Denmark. That may seem a surprise in the case of chocolate – which is one of the items to have seen the steepest price rises in Denmark in recent years, and is set to get a government tax cut.
Cinzia Tesauro comes from Rome and now lives in Aarhus. Cinzia said that she prefers to get a haircut back home, because the Danish alternative is “not that good for the price.”
Milk is cheaper in Denmark than it is in Italy, Cinzia wrote.
Eggs were cited by American reader Philip Toscano from New Jersey as perhaps the only item less expensive in Denmark than the US. Philip wrote that he picks up bulk supplies of painkillers as well as kitchen foil and paper towels during trips home, the latter two items due to superior quality.
Readers who got in touch frequently mentioned services. For instance, Nina from Slovenia, now in Copenhagen, said she makes appointments for the “dentist, hairdresser, all salon appointments” when she travels home, and that she “can't think of a single” service which is cheaper in Denmark than it is in Slovenia.
Comparing Denmark to the UK, Jackie wrote that, for her, “clothes and over the counter medication” are worth buying back home, while alcohol is cheaper in Denmark.
That was countered by another UK national however. “Beer is cheaper!” in the UK, wrote Sarah Bellabarba, who now lives in Allerød.
Sarah pointed out the availability of Amazon as an advantage in the UK compared to Denmark, and also said that hair, nails and medicine were cheaper back home.
Isabel, who is Brazilian, said that “doctors and dentists” are cheaper or better back home than in Denmark.
According to Isabel, Denmark offers nothing for a lower price than that available in the South American country.
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