Childcare
The vast majority of children under the age of six are looked after by a childminder or a nursery from Monday to Friday. It is the task of municipal authorities to provide day care facilities, and the options vary from authority to authority.
Childcare offers 0-10 years old
Daycare 0-3 years old
- Day care (dagpleje): together with around 3-5 children the child is looked after by a childminder approved by the municipal authority. The children are cared for in private homes.
- Day nursery (vuggestue): an institution, where your child will be around a lot of other children and cared for by nursery teachers.
Kindergarten 3-6 years old
- Kindergarten (børnehave): an institution, where your child will be around a lot of other children and cared for by nursery teachers.
- Outdoor kindergarten (skovbørnehave): like a normal kindergarten with a dimension of outdoor life. Your child will spend the day in the countryside or the woods among animals.
Read more about kindergartens on the GreaterAarhus website
Integrated institutions 0-6 years old
- Integrated institution (integreret institution): an institution which covers different types of childcare; for instance a nursery and a kindergarten, a kindergarten and an after-school centre or a combination of all three types of institution. This is a good solution for siblings in the age 0-6 years.
Contact your municipality to hear more about integrated institutions
After-school clubs 6-10 years old
- After-school clubs (skolefritidsordning or SFO): an institution, where your child can be cared for after school from 1st grade till 3rd or 4th grade. Here, children can play, do their homework and participate in a number of leisure activities. SFO opening hours vary.
Read more about after-school clubs on the GreaterAarhus website
Childcare enrolment
It is your job to contact the municipal authorities to book a place for your child. In order to sign up for childcare you need a CPR number for your child and an address in Denmark. If there are not any places immediately available, the child's name will be placed on a waiting list. The earlier you put down the child's name, the greater the chance of finding a place when you need it.
Below is contact information for the childcare offices in the municipalities in which Aarhus University has departments or research centres.
Aarhus
Childcare in Aarhus - Information about the city's different childcare options.
How to put your child's name down for childcare
You can apply by downloading and completing this application form and sending it to the address shown at the form. If you do not have a CPR number yet you can e-mail the application form to: relocation@au.dk
In the form you can list your preferred childcare institutions. But you can not be guaranteed a place there, if there is none available. Therefore you can at the same time mark with a cross that you want to be guaranteed a place, which means that the municipality will offer a place in an available institution not more than half an hour of transportation-time away from your home.
Contact information
You can also contact the childcare administration
Childcare administration, Grøndalsvej 2, PO Box 4069, DK-8260 Viby J.
Email: pladsanvisningen@mbu.aarhus.dk
Personal enquiries to the childcare administration are subject to prior appointment with the childcare administrator in charge of your area. To contact your local childcare administrator, call Citizens’ Services on tel. +45 89 40 22 22 (press 4 for personal assitance) during the opening hours of the childcare administration.
- Monday and Tuesday 9 am - 12 pm
- Thursday 9 am - 12 pm and 4 pm - 5.15 pm
- The childcare administration is closed on Wednesdays and Fridays
Copenhagen
Childcare in Copenhagen - Information about the city's different childcare options and see how much they cost.
Municipality Child Care Office (Pladsanvisningen)
Frederiksborggade 15, 3. sal
Postboks 2220
1018 København K
Tel. +45 70 25 06 60
Email: pladsanvisning@buf.kk.dk
Office hours: Monday-Wednesday: 9 am - 1 pm, Thursday: 1 pm - 6 pm, Friday: 9 am - 1 pm.
Municipality of Frederiksberg
Municipality Child Care Office (Pladsanvisningen)
Frederiksberg Town Hall (Rådhus)
Smallegade 1
2000 Frederiksberg
Tel. +45 38 21 01 00
Email: pladsanvisningen@frederiksberg.dk
Office hours: Monday – Friday: 9 am – 1 pm.
Herning
Daycare in Herning - Information about the various forms of daycare offered by Herning Municipality.
Municipality Child Care Office (Pladsanvisningen)
Town Hall (Rådhuset)
Torvet 1, Entrance B
7400 Herning
Tel. +45 96 28 28 28
Email: opb@herning.dk
Office hours: Monday: 8 am - 4 pm, Tuesday - Wednesday: 8 am - 3 pm, Thursday: 8 am - 5 pm, Friday: 8 am - 12 pm.
Roskilde
Municipality Child Care Office (Pladsanvisningen)
Roskilde Town Hall (Rådhuset)
Rådhusbuen 1
4000 Roskilde
Tel: +45 46 31 30 00
Email: pladsanvisning@roskilde.dk
Silkeborg
Silkeborg Municipality (Silkeborg Kommune)
Office for daycare, children and family (Dagtilbud- børne- og Familieafdelingen)
Søvej 1
8600 Silkeborg
Tel. +45 89 70 20 07
Email: bornogfamilie@silkeborg.dk
Office hours: Monday - Tuesday: 8 am – 3 pm, Wednesday: closed, Thursday: 8 am – 5 pm, Friday: 8 am - 2 pm.
Kalø/Rønde
Citizenservice Syddjurs (Borgerservice)
Tingvej 17
8543 Hornslet
Tel: +45 87 53 50 00
Email syddjurs@syddjurs.dk
Office hours: Monday - Tuesday: 8.30 am - 3 pm, Wednesday: closed, Thursday: 8.30 am - 5 pm, Friday: 8.30 am - 12 pm.
Mailing address:
Lundbergsvej 2
8400 Ebeltoft
Web, Syddjurs Municipality: www.syddjurs.dk
Viborg/Foulum
Day care: here you can read more about different day care options offered by Viborg Municipality.
Viborg Municipality Child Care Office (Pladsanvisningen)
Prinsens Alle 5
8800 Viborg
Tel: +45 87 87 87 87
Email: boern-unge@viborg.dk
Flakkebjerg
Office for Children and adolescents (børn- og ungeafdelingen)
Torvegade 24
4200 Slagelse
Tlf. +45 58 57 36 00
Email:dagtilbud@slagelse.dk
Aarslev
Municipality of Faaborg-Midtfyn
Daycare
Tel: +45 72 53 30 00
Email: dagtilbud@fmk.dk
Child Care Office (Pladsanvisningen)
Tel: 72 53 32 33
Office hours: Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 8 am - 12 pm, Tuesday: 12.30 pm - 3.30 pm, Thursday: 12 pm - 5 pm.
Municipality of Odense
Contact Odense Citizens service (Borgerservice)
Daycare
Ørbækvej 100, blok 1
5220 Odense SØ
Tel: +45 65 51 56 78
Office hours: Monday - Wednesday: 9 am - 3.30 pm, Thursday: 9 am - 5.30 pm, Friday: 9 am - 12 pm.
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