Living in Basecamp

If you are lucky enough to be staying at base camp here are some very important things I think you should know.

When you move in

You will only have a mattress and the bare bones furniture, meaning you will need a pillow and bedding. There's a storage downstairs in the basement to store your luggage or bulky items.

If you need to buy anything:

• Kvicky (5 min walk)

• Netto & Fotex are near DR Byen metro station (~8-10 min walk)

• Amager Centret (~10-12 min walk), near Amagerbro metro station

  • Super Brugsen, Normal, Fotex, flower store, food court, etc.

• Rema 1000 (~8 mins walk), on the way to/from Amagerbro metro station

• Asian groceries

  • Ume (less variety but cheaper)

  • Den Kinesiske Kobmand Amagerbrogade (more expensive but a lot of variety, and the owner is really nice!)

If you move in outside of business hours, you will need to call the BaseCamp number.

Make sure that your phone has battery! When I got there, I did not have battery and someone had to come save me in the lobby...If you move in during office hours, you can go to the office in the main building with bright LED letters that spell BaseCamp. Downstairs is the basement - there are a lot of amenities! Mostly, people will play ping pong there, hang out there at night, sometimes they will also play poker. The ping pong paddles and the pickleball paddles always go missing (so do the balls) and there's nothing anyone has ever done to fix it so...just be wary of that. I believe there's also a gym.

In terms of the laundry, assuming nothing has changed since I was there in Fall 2025, you will need to download the AirWallet app. You can check in advance before you go downstairs what machines are available and what isn't. When you go down there I highly recommend not using the screen because it's very finicky. If you have any issues you can go to the FAQ and contact the support chat and they can help you as soon as possible. I believe it's 22 dkk for laundry and 17 dkk to dry.

I'm not sure I've never had any settings the way that they do, but I always washed my clothes on woolens for my knitted items, towels for toweling, and the delicate setting for other things just so it wouldn't destroy it.

A lot of people will highly recommend you don't use the dryer, but if you do I would recommend using the cotton setting and using extra dry and gentle tumble because 9 out of 10 times her clothes will come out wet or damp. Also be careful of hanging your clothes in your room because if you have mold, that is on your deposit. Be sure to open your windows throughout the day - it's okay to keep them closed at night, but be sure to keep it open in the day. You'll have pegs on the walls of your room as part of your furniture - you can move the pegs! I also highly recommend moving the yellow lamp that dangles next to your bedside on top of a high shelf on the very top with the pegs (make your own shelf). That becomes a very muted light from the top and it is the best thing I learned from one of my friends Cindy.

BaseCamp is truly an experience. The community is of amazing people, and the base buddies are real people that care about you and your experience. They will try their best to make everything as best as they can and everyone understands that management is kind of rough sometimes.

There are a lot of activities, and I highly recommend you to go. They host dinner nights - the pasta nights are my favorite with Alessio and Salvatore. There's also pumpkin carving during Halloween, and they do field trips as well during K7 week, culture night (Kulturnatten), and they also went to the deer park which I never got to go to.

BaseCamp is also situated next to a park that can have Highland cows during the summer so if you ever end up finding yourself by DR Byen metro station, you should definitely go and check that out before it's fall and it's too cold for even the cows to be out.

While based camp is situated around 30 minutes away from campus, it is incredibly safe in the area. It is a fully residential neighborhood with schools - if you face the school like I did, you will wake up to children singing and screaming at 9 AM every morning.

Honestly, it's a little too expensive for what it is, but if you end up with base camp as your raffle, take advantage of the programs they have and the people/community. Explore the area! There's Christmas festivals that happen in Amager, and we have a lot of available options for you. We don't have a Lidl near us (probably the cheapest grocery store), but we make do.

Enjoy your time in base camp! It is truly one to experience.

Bonus: Keep an eye out Too Good to Go bags from Netto by DR Byen - probably the best bags I ever got. Super Brugsen ones are not as worth your money in my opinion, but you will get more variety with them.