Welcome to Kolding

Welcome to Kolding is a one point of entry for all international citizens who are planning to move to or already living in Kolding municipality and international expats who are working in Kolding municipality.

On this website, you can find information about moving to Denmark and Kolding, what Kolding has offer, how to enrol your child in daycare and school, work and much more.

Newcomer service

Are you new to Kolding Municipality, or are you thinking about moving here? We are here to answer all of your questions.

As newcomer you most likely have lots of stuff to figure out and many questions, such as:

  • Where can I live?
  • Is there a job for my partner?
  • What can I do in my leisure time?
  • What are my daycare and school options in Kolding?

Newcomer events

As an international newcomer to Kolding Municipality, you’re invited to join our welcome events. Here, you can learn more about your new hometown and get practical information about living as an international resident in Denmark and Kolding.

Read more about our newcomer events

Meet the team

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Free offers for newcomers

As a newcomer in Kolding municipality, we want to give you an opportunity to experience the many cultural and leisure activites in the municipality. In our welcome brochure we offer you free tickets to an assortment of activities such as museums, cinemas and sports events.

You can pickup the welcome brochure at the City Hall in Kolding, the municipal  Citizen Service or at the  libraries in Kolding, Vamdrup, Christiansfeld and Lunderskov. You must bring the welcome letter that you received either digitally in your E-boks or physically by post.

 

Bus in Kolding

Free public transportation for newcomers

As a newcomer, you can get a Rejsekort and travel for free on public transport with Sydtrafik for two months.

The Rejsekort is an electronic ticketing card that can be used across the different public transport operators. The free Rejsekort for newcomers is valid throughout Sydtrafik’s operational area, which stretches from the Danish/German border in the south to Varde, Billund and Vejle in the north. The card is valid for travel on all Sydtrafik buses and Arriva trains in the municipalities of Tønder, Esbjerg and Varde.

The card can be used by all members of the household, but only gives free travel to a single adult, who additionally can bring two children under the age of 12 for free. Please note that the card must be applied for within three months of moving to Kolding municipality.

Read more about the requirements and how to get the card on Sydtrafik’s website

If you have any questions regarding the travel card for newcomers, please contact Sydtrafik who administers the free travel card scheme.