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\u00bbI<\/span> am sorry it smells a bit like Brasso in this hallway. The brass has just been polished,\u00ab says Christian Bro, referring to a distinguished set of double doors that separate the entrance hall from a white staircase.<\/p>\n

SEE THE FULL ‘DORMS DISCLOSED’ UNIVERSITY POST SERIES: Reviews by student residents of dorms and residence halls in Copenhagen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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BORCHS<\/p>\n

Address:<\/strong> St. Kannikestr\u00e6de2,
\n1169 Copenhagen K<\/p>\n

borchen.dk\/\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Monthly rent:<\/strong> DKK 1662<\/p>\n

Average age: <\/strong> About 26 years old.<\/p>\n

Application process:<\/strong> send an A4 page about yourself and why you would like to live there. It is a requirement that you have passed 90 ECTS, and are enrolled at the University of Copenhagen, at HUM, SCIENCE, SUND or TEO. If you study at SAMF and JUR, you cannot apply to Borchs. And it’s a plus if attended Ribe cathedral school, like the founder Ole Borchs did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Although Borchs is a dorm that houses 19 young people, the architecture is reminiscent of a large villa that could be found in the wealthy neighbourhoods to the north of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

An orderly, law-abiding dorm<\/h3>\n

\u00bbFunny enough, when I moved in, several people came from the north of Copenhagen. Generally speaking, everyone comes from a wealthy background. All the resident are students at the University of Copenhagen. Everything is very orderly. The worst I think people do is ride their bikes through red lights, if they are feeling a bit crazy,\u00ab says Christian Bro, who can call himself an old hand because he has lived in the dorm longer than any of the other current residents.<\/p>\n

The dorm’s newest resident, Steffen Vestergaard Andersen, who is a good friend of Christian Bro’s, nuances the picture a bit.<\/p>\n

An eclectic mix of crockery, if not students<\/h3>\n

\u00bbThe residents here range from those who vote for the right-wing parties to those who vote for the extreme left-wing. There are people studying theology, biology, physics, mathematics, the various language subjects, the humanities, and so on.
\nThe best way to visualise the diversity is to look at our crockery cupboard. You can see an eclectic mix of glasses and plates in there,\u00ab says Steffen Vestergaard Andersen, who has been a visitor at the dorm for several years and moved in as a true Borch resident in February.<\/p>\n

\u00bbBut then again, Steffen and I might be sitting here in linen shirts, while in the next room, there is someone with a dishevelled…\u00ab he hesitates for a moment to find the right word, then decides on \u00bbponytail.\u00ab<\/p>\n

\u00bbBut, having said that, we have to admit that there is not that much diversity,\u00ab says Christian Bro.
\n<\/p>\n

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Dorms disclosed<\/p>\n

There are loads of dormitories, kollegiums, and student residences in Copenhagen, yet most of the information available is in Danish.<\/p>\n

Some are small, old houses with pretty gardens, others are giant concrete buildings with tiny windows.<\/p>\n

This is a review by a student reporter. But in the Dorms Disclosed series, it is the residents themselves that review the dorms that they live in.<\/p>\n

Here is an overview with links to all of the dormitory and student accommodation reviews<\/a> we have published so far, written by the people who know them the best.<\/p>\n

If you want to write an English-language review of your dorm write to uni-avis@adm.ku.dk with ‘Dorms Disclosed’ in the subject header.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The old boy’s club of Copenhagen dorms<\/h3>\n

A strong bond binds Copenhagen’s four oldest colleges, Valkendorf (anno 1589), Regensen (anno 1623), Elers (anno 1691) and Borchs (anno 1691), say Christian Bro and Steffen Vestergaard Andersen. The four old dorms are all members of Kollegiesamvirket, a network of dorms, which is abbreviated to KS in everyday speech.<\/p>\n

The story of Borchs is rarely told without a comparison to one of the other three historical dorms. For example, not more than a minute had passed after the University Post had stepped into \u00bbBorchen\u00ab or \u00bbBorchingham Palace,\u00ab as the dorm is called, before Regensen was mentioned.<\/p>\n

\u00bbThis is the best,\u00ab says Christian Bro, his arms signalling the grandeur of the College.<\/p>\n

\u00bbAnd I don’t want to tell you what we sing about Regensen. But they are not nice words. Having said that, we also stick together.\u00ab<\/p>\n

The polite pupil in class<\/h3>\n

Christian Bro and Steffen Vestergaard Andersen are experts when it comes to details about the historical Copenhagen dorms. They speak about the four colleges and tell anecdotes as though they were old friends from private school. Copenhagen’s other dorms would be students of municipal schools in this metaphor.<\/p>\n

At this hypothetical private school, Regensen is the hyperactive student full of good ideas and drive, Valkendorf is the cool student in the class, Elers is the nerdy and well-read student, while Borchs is the polite and talented one.<\/p>\n

They speak harshly about the other colleges. However, a certain ironic distance in their tone suggests that it is meant affectionately. The friendly rivalries between the dorms have existed for decades, and one tradition in particular is characteristic of the four old dorms.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe steal from each other,\u00ab says Christian Bro.<\/p>\n

Steffen Vestergaard Andersen recounts, among many other tall tales, how Regensen, because of their large number of residents, \u00bbare lively and have a strong constitution. So while the all the Borch dorm residents were sleeping like babies \u2013 or at least sleeping off the booze after a KS party \u2013 the Regensen residents sneaked in and stole all the toilet doors.\u00ab<\/p>\n

They placed the stolen goods in Regensen’s yard, and it took quite a while for the Borch residents to fetch their doors.
\n<\/p>\n

Breakfast and hand washing at the Constituent Assembly<\/h3>\n

Internally at the dorm, it is more peaceful, according to what we are told. Like in many other dorms, there are food clubs in the evening with cooking duties rotating among all the residents, and at Borchs it is customary to eat breakfast together.<\/p>\n

Such traditions bind the residents together. That and the fact that they all have \u00bba great shared interest in living together in the best possible way,\u00ab says Steffen Vestergaard Andersen.<\/p>\n

The kitchen is the room in the dorm that most resembles a home from the 2020s. Here, neoclassical uniformity gives way to wooden cabinet doors, posters on the walls, magnets on the fridge \u2013 and, of course, mismatched crockery in the cupboards.<\/p>\n

This is where the food clubs prepare their meals, \u00bband The Constituent Assembly is right there, where I wash my hands,\u00ab says Christian Bro, pointing to a picture hanging above the kitchen sink, which shows men in black suits standing in a huddle looking into the distance.
\n<\/p>\n

Bookshelves and barrister’s wigs<\/h3>\n

All 19 residents eat together in the room the residents call Theca. A narrow room with dark green walls and heavy bookshelves, the largest of which only contains publications by former Borch residents. The exception is the Bible, which is also there.<\/p>\n

This is where the dorm’s house meetings are held. And the Meetings of Officials, as they are called, are typically very long, with votes and debates on every agenda item. Participants also sing songs from the dorm’s own songbook at meetings.<\/p>\n

\u00bbOne of the things I pay attention to \u2013 and maybe it’s just me \u2013 is whether newcomers dare to sing along to the songs, even if they don’t quite know the lyrics. Do they dare to go outside of their comfort zone and make a sacrifice for the dorm?\u00ab asks Steffen Vestergaard Andersen rhetorically.<\/p>\n

\u00bbIt sounds a bit dramatic use the word \u00bbsacrifice,\u00ab but that is what you do. When you are at Officials’ Meetings, you might wish you were at a bar with your friends rather than going through the dorm’s accounts. But you make that sacrifice to attend the meeting nonetheless. Because it’s part of living here,\u00ab he explains.<\/p>\n

Christian Bro adds that if your excuse for not coming to the meeting is your mother’s birthday, then it should at least be a round-number birthday.<\/p>\n

Paintings of the old dorm founders and in particular Ole Borchs, the main founder of the college, adorn the room. Several of the founders are from the days of barristers’ wigs, so the dorm meetings are overseen by figures who resemble judges from an English courtroom.
\n<\/p>\n

Pig or Borch resident?<\/h3>\n

One structure of the dorm that has been preserved from its early day is the option of having a friend or partner stay in your room for just DKK 1,000 a month in rent. A so-called \u00bbpig\u00ab. The two friends tell us two stories about why a roommate is called a pig.<\/p>\n

\u00bbOne story is that every resident who lived here in the old days was entitled to a pig. So that they could slaughter it for food. But when that went out of fashion and we got Netto, the rule changed to being allowed a pig in your room,\u00ab says Steffen Vestergaard Andersen.<\/p>\n

\u00bbAnd that’s the funny story. The other is that the name might come from [the Danish word for freeloader, ed] gratist,\u00ab says Christian Bro.<\/p>\n

Should you wish to become a new pig or Borch resident, you can sign up for the Borch newsletter. This will let you know when a room becomes available.<\/p>\n

You can stay in the dorm for a maximum of five years. And Christian would like to stay there longer.<\/p>\n

[This is a review by a student reporter. But in the Dorms Disclosed series, it is the residents themselves that review the dorms that they live in. <\/em>Here is an overview with links to all of the dormitory and student accommodation reviews<\/a> we have published so far.]<\/em>
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The brass has just been polished,\u00ab says Christian Bro, referring to a distinguished set of double doors that separate the entrance hall from a white staircase.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THE FULL ‘DORMS DISCLOSED’ UNIVERSITY POST SERIES: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">Reviews by student residents of dorms and residence halls in Copenhagen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">BORCHS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> St. Kannikestr\u00e6de2,<br \/>\n1169 Copenhagen K<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/borchen.dk\/wordpress\/\/\/\">borchen.dk\/\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monthly rent:<\/strong> DKK 1662<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average age: <\/strong> About 26 years old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application process:<\/strong> send an A4 page about yourself and why you would like to live there. It is a requirement that you have passed 90 ECTS, and are enrolled at the University of Copenhagen, at HUM, SCIENCE, SUND or TEO. If you study at SAMF and JUR, you cannot apply to Borchs. And it’s a plus if attended Ribe cathedral school, like the founder Ole Borchs did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although Borchs is a dorm that houses 19 young people, the architecture is reminiscent of a large villa that could be found in the wealthy neighbourhoods to the north of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<h3>An orderly, law-abiding dorm<\/h3>\n<p>\u00bbFunny enough, when I moved in, several people came from the north of Copenhagen. Generally speaking, everyone comes from a wealthy background. All the resident are students at the University of Copenhagen. Everything is very orderly. The worst I think people do is ride their bikes through red lights, if they are feeling a bit crazy,\u00ab says Christian Bro, who can call himself an old hand because he has lived in the dorm longer than any of the other current residents.<\/p>\n<p>The dorm’s newest resident, Steffen Vestergaard Andersen, who is a good friend of Christian Bro’s, nuances the picture a bit.<\/p>\n<h3>An eclectic mix of crockery, if not students<\/h3>\n<p>\u00bbThe residents here range from those who vote for the right-wing parties to those who vote for the extreme left-wing. There are people studying theology, biology, physics, mathematics, the various language subjects, the humanities, and so on.<br \/>\nThe best way to visualise the diversity is to look at our crockery cupboard. You can see an eclectic mix of glasses and plates in there,\u00ab says Steffen Vestergaard Andersen, who has been a visitor at the dorm for several years and moved in as a true Borch resident in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBut then again, Steffen and I might be sitting here in linen shirts, while in the next room, there is someone with a dishevelled…\u00ab he hesitates for a moment to find the right word, then decides on \u00bbponytail.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBut, having said that, we have to admit that there is not that much diversity,\u00ab says Christian Bro.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":126235,"id":126235,"title":"Christian Bro og Steffen Andersen Vestergaard","filename":"fungererdettebedre-scaled.jpg","filesize":718900,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/borchs-den-paene-elev-i-kollegieklassen\/fungerer-dette-bedre\/","alt":"","author":"80","description":"Borchs Kollegium","caption":"Christian Bros v\u00e6relse er holdt i flot stil, med m\u00f8bler der passer i Borchs fornemme arkitektur.","name":"fungerer-dette-bedre","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":126233,"date":"2021-10-29 08:01:17","modified":"2021-10-29 08:19:54","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1706,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-480x320.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":320,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-1280x853.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":853,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-1536x1023.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1023,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-2048x1365.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-290x193.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":193,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-700x466.jpg","narrow-width":700,"narrow-height":466,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-990x660.jpg","extended-width":990,"extended-height":660}},"style":"extended","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"Christian Bro's room is tastefully decorated, with furniture that matches Borch's distin-guished architecture."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<div class=\"factbox\">\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Dorms disclosed<\/p>\n<p>There are loads of dormitories, kollegiums, and student residences in Copenhagen, yet most of the information available is in Danish.<\/p>\n<p>Some are small, old houses with pretty gardens, others are giant concrete buildings with tiny windows.<\/p>\n<p>This is a review by a student reporter. But in the Dorms Disclosed series, it is the residents themselves that review the dorms that they live in.<\/p>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">an overview with links to all of the dormitory and student accommodation reviews<\/a> we have published so far, written by the people who know them the best.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to write an English-language review of your dorm write to uni-avis@adm.ku.dk with ‘Dorms Disclosed’ in the subject header.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>The old boy’s club of Copenhagen dorms<\/h3>\n<p>A strong bond binds Copenhagen’s four oldest colleges, Valkendorf (anno 1589), Regensen (anno 1623), Elers (anno 1691) and Borchs (anno 1691), say Christian Bro and Steffen Vestergaard Andersen. The four old dorms are all members of Kollegiesamvirket, a network of dorms, which is abbreviated to KS in everyday speech.<\/p>\n<p>The story of Borchs is rarely told without a comparison to one of the other three historical dorms. For example, not more than a minute had passed after the University Post had stepped into \u00bbBorchen\u00ab or \u00bbBorchingham Palace,\u00ab as the dorm is called, before Regensen was mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThis is the best,\u00ab says Christian Bro, his arms signalling the grandeur of the College.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAnd I don’t want to tell you what we sing about Regensen. But they are not nice words. Having said that, we also stick together.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h3>The polite pupil in class<\/h3>\n<p>Christian Bro and Steffen Vestergaard Andersen are experts when it comes to details about the historical Copenhagen dorms. They speak about the four colleges and tell anecdotes as though they were old friends from private school. Copenhagen’s other dorms would be students of municipal schools in this metaphor.<\/p>\n<p>At this hypothetical private school, Regensen is the hyperactive student full of good ideas and drive, Valkendorf is the cool student in the class, Elers is the nerdy and well-read student, while Borchs is the polite and talented one.<\/p>\n<p>They speak harshly about the other colleges. However, a certain ironic distance in their tone suggests that it is meant affectionately. The friendly rivalries between the dorms have existed for decades, and one tradition in particular is characteristic of the four old dorms.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe steal from each other,\u00ab says Christian Bro.<\/p>\n<p>Steffen Vestergaard Andersen recounts, among many other tall tales, how Regensen, because of their large number of residents, \u00bbare lively and have a strong constitution. So while the all the Borch dorm residents were sleeping like babies \u2013 or at least sleeping off the booze after a KS party \u2013 the Regensen residents sneaked in and stole all the toilet doors.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>They placed the stolen goods in Regensen’s yard, and it took quite a while for the Borch residents to fetch their doors.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"MultiImage","images":[{"image":{"ID":126239,"id":126239,"title":"K\u00f8kkenet med, omend billedet halter","filename":"koekkenetmedomendbilledethalter-scaled.jpg","filesize":636257,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/koekkenetmedomendbilledethalter-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/borchs-den-paene-elev-i-kollegieklassen\/koekkenet-med-omend-billedet-halter\/","alt":"","author":"80","description":"Borchs Kollegium, k\u00f8kken","caption":"","name":"koekkenet-med-omend-billedet-halter","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":126233,"date":"2021-10-29 08:03:44","modified":"2021-10-29 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and hand washing at the Constituent Assembly<\/h3>\n<p>Internally at the dorm, it is more peaceful, according to what we are told. Like in many other dorms, there are food clubs in the evening with cooking duties rotating among all the residents, and at Borchs it is customary to eat breakfast together.<\/p>\n<p>Such traditions bind the residents together. That and the fact that they all have \u00bba great shared interest in living together in the best possible way,\u00ab says Steffen Vestergaard Andersen.<\/p>\n<p>The kitchen is the room in the dorm that most resembles a home from the 2020s. Here, neoclassical uniformity gives way to wooden cabinet doors, posters on the walls, magnets on the fridge \u2013 and, of course, mismatched crockery in the cupboards.<\/p>\n<p>This is where the food clubs prepare their meals, \u00bband The Constituent Assembly is right there, where I wash my hands,\u00ab says Christian Bro, pointing to a picture hanging above the kitchen sink, which shows men in black suits standing in a huddle looking into the distance.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":126245,"id":126245,"title":"Herkules og Christian Bro","filename":"uhdether-scaled.jpg","filesize":1504522,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/uhdether-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/borchs-den-paene-elev-i-kollegieklassen\/uh-det-her\/","alt":"","author":"80","description":"Borchs Kollegium","caption":"Statuen pryder haven i Borchs.","name":"uh-det-her","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":126233,"date":"2021-10-29 08:06:02","modified":"2021-10-29 08:28:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1706,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/uhdether-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/uhdether-480x320.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":320,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/uhdether-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/uhdether-1280x853.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":853,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/uhdether-1536x1023.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1023,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/uhdether-2048x1365.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/uhdether-290x193.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":193,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/uhdether-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/uhdether-700x466.jpg","narrow-width":700,"narrow-height":466,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/uhdether-990x660.jpg","extended-width":990,"extended-height":660}},"style":"extended","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"HERCULES","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"The statue adorns the garden at Borchs. "},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<h3>Bookshelves and barrister’s wigs<\/h3>\n<p>All 19 residents eat together in the room the residents call Theca. A narrow room with dark green walls and heavy bookshelves, the largest of which only contains publications by former Borch residents. The exception is the Bible, which is also there.<\/p>\n<p>This is where the dorm’s house meetings are held. And the Meetings of Officials, as they are called, are typically very long, with votes and debates on every agenda item. Participants also sing songs from the dorm’s own songbook at meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbOne of the things I pay attention to \u2013 and maybe it’s just me \u2013 is whether newcomers dare to sing along to the songs, even if they don’t quite know the lyrics. Do they dare to go outside of their comfort zone and make a sacrifice for the dorm?\u00ab asks Steffen Vestergaard Andersen rhetorically.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt sounds a bit dramatic use the word \u00bbsacrifice,\u00ab but that is what you do. When you are at Officials’ Meetings, you might wish you were at a bar with your friends rather than going through the dorm’s accounts. But you make that sacrifice to attend the meeting nonetheless. Because it’s part of living here,\u00ab he explains.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Bro adds that if your excuse for not coming to the meeting is your mother’s birthday, then it should at least be a round-number birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Paintings of the old dorm founders and in particular Ole Borchs, the main founder of the college, adorn the room. Several of the founders are from the days of barristers’ wigs, so the dorm meetings are overseen by figures who resemble judges from an English courtroom.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":126247,"id":126247,"title":"Borchs have","filename":"ogdether-1-scaled.jpg","filesize":1760785,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ogdether-1-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/borchs-den-paene-elev-i-kollegieklassen\/og-det-her\/","alt":"","author":"80","description":"","caption":"","name":"og-det-her","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":126233,"date":"2021-10-29 08:07:41","modified":"2021-10-29 08:28:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1706,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ogdether-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ogdether-1-480x320.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":320,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ogdether-1-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ogdether-1-1280x853.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":853,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ogdether-1-1536x1023.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1023,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ogdether-1-2048x1365.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ogdether-1-290x193.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":193,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ogdether-1-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ogdether-1-700x466.jpg","narrow-width":700,"narrow-height":466,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ogdether-1-990x660.jpg","extended-width":990,"extended-height":660}},"style":"extended","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"","enable_alternative_caption":false,"alternative_caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<h3>Pig or Borch resident?<\/h3>\n<p>One structure of the dorm that has been preserved from its early day is the option of having a friend or partner stay in your room for just DKK 1,000 a month in rent. A so-called \u00bbpig\u00ab. The two friends tell us two stories about why a roommate is called a pig.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbOne story is that every resident who lived here in the old days was entitled to a pig. So that they could slaughter it for food. But when that went out of fashion and we got Netto, the rule changed to being allowed a pig in your room,\u00ab says Steffen Vestergaard Andersen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAnd that’s the funny story. The other is that the name might come from [the Danish word for freeloader, ed] gratist,\u00ab says Christian Bro.<\/p>\n<p>Should you wish to become a new pig or Borch resident, you can sign up for the Borch newsletter. This will let you know when a room becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>You can stay in the dorm for a maximum of five years. And Christian would like to stay there longer.<\/p>\n<p><em>[This is a review by a student reporter. But in the Dorms Disclosed series, it is the residents themselves that review the dorms that they live in. <\/em><em>Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">an overview with links to all of the dormitory and student accommodation reviews<\/a> we have published so far.]<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":126249,"id":126249,"title":"Ole","filename":"menogsaadether-scaled.jpg","filesize":687610,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/menogsaadether-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/borchs-den-paene-elev-i-kollegieklassen\/men-ogsaa-det-her\/","alt":"","author":"80","description":"","caption":"grundl\u00e6ggeren af Borchs Kollegie","name":"men-ogsaa-det-her","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":126233,"date":"2021-10-29 08:08:59","modified":"2021-10-29 08:27:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1706,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/menogsaadether-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/menogsaadether-480x320.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":320,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/menogsaadether-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/menogsaadether-1280x853.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":853,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/menogsaadether-1536x1023.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1023,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/menogsaadether-2048x1365.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/menogsaadether-290x193.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":193,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/menogsaadether-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/menogsaadether-700x466.jpg","narrow-width":700,"narrow-height":466,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/menogsaadether-990x660.jpg","extended-width":990,"extended-height":660}},"style":"extended","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"Ole Borchs","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"The original founder of Borchs Kollegium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"en","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Get an email with our top stories","button_text":"Sign up now","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":true,"references":[{"reference":{"ID":12399,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2013-05-23 04:10:37","post_date_gmt":"2013-05-23 02:10:37","post_content":"[There is a more recent <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/dorms-disclosed-borchs-a-well-behaved-dorm-for-well-to-do-students\/\">2021 review of Borchs Kollegium here<\/a>]\r\n\r\nStore Kannikestr\u00e6de 12, in the heart of the historical city center, a beautifully whitewashed building reaches towards the sky, an intellectual lighthouse towering between the main library and the famous Admiral Gjedde's courtyard. The dormitory currently houses 20 students of University of Copenhagen - all young, gifted, and handsome folk, who call themselves alumni of Borchs collegium.\r\n<h2>Century old frenemies<\/h2>\r\nFounded in 1691 by the multifaceted professor in philology, medicine and botany, Ole Borch, the dormitory has many traditions, some dating hundreds of years back.\r\n\r\nThese include celebrating the first snow with rum toddy in the garden and also the founder's birthday culminating in a splendid feast with abundances of port wine.\r\n\r\n<strong>SEE THE FULL 'DORMS DISCLOSED' UNIVERSITY POST SERIES: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">Reviews by student residents of dorms and residence halls in Copenhagen<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe dormitory shares strong bonds with some of the other old dormitories in the city centre - the prominent Valkendorf, Vartov, Ehlers, and Regensen, the latter being the biggest and most famous of them, and therefore also subject to a fundamental hatred from all the others. The rivalry also exists between the other small dormitories, resulting in pranks, vandalism, and theft - though always in a friendly tone.\r\n<h2>Step into Hogwarts<\/h2>\r\nThe student rooms differ in size, though not in price. Some have one big room. Others have two rooms, and the lucky few have two rooms and a mezzanine, literally making it a small apartment for the sheer price of 1.400 kroner. Incredible? Yes. Furnished? No.\r\n\r\nThe building itself stretches over five levels, three of them inhabited by humans. The ground floor holds five students sharing one kitchen, shower, and toilet. In addition to that, the library is also found here. Boasting hundreds of dusty books, some dating back before the 19th century, and a grand piano, it is quite the sight - and rather intimidating to newcomers.\r\n\r\nBut never judge a book by its cover. The first floor houses 7 people and the second 8, each floor sharing one kitchen, shower, and toilet. From the rooms facing the street, we can spy on drunken people in the street who are visiting 'Den Glade Gris' - the happy pig, in English - a place that truly lives up to its name. The alumni lucky enough to have a room facing the garden can enjoy the night's silence and the sight of other alumni studying\/sunbathing in the summer. Quite the sight, at times.\r\n<h2>To eat, to chat or to dance, that is the question<\/h2>\r\nIf you're not in the mood to cook, different food clubs will make you dinner several times a week at a cheap price. All in all, there is plenty of opportunities to eat together or just socialize around something else in the house.\r\n\r\nBesides all of this, we have a cellar where the (free) washing machine is found. Other things worth mentioning down there, is the storage rooms, the workshop, and the wine cellar(!) where residents can find agents to help them pursuing all sorts of different objectives - getting clean clothes, fixing a bike (getting dirty clothes), or starting a party.\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Dorms disclosed<\/p>\r\nThere are loads of dormitories, kollegiums, and student residences in Copenhagen, yet most of the information available is in Danish.\r\n\r\nSome are small, old houses with pretty gardens, others are giant concrete buildings with tiny windows.\r\n\r\nIn the Dorms Disclosed series, it is the residents themselves that review the dorms that they live in.\r\n\r\nHere is <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">an overview with links to all of the dormitory and student accommodation reviews<\/a> we have published so far, written by the people who know them the best.\r\n\r\nIf you want to write an English-language review of your dorm write to uni-avis@adm.ku.dk with 'Dorms Disclosed' in the subject header.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nSpeaking of parties, we also enjoy the luxury of our very own ballroom, found on the top floor. Big parties and sometimes lectures are held here, and when it is vacant we often take pleasure in a game of table tennis in the light of the glorious disco ball. In the other end of the top floor is the TV room. Alumni do not seem to find any excuse small enough to spend an hour or three in its big, soft couches, watching a movie whilst at times waiting for their hangovers to lift.\r\n<h2>Getting in<\/h2>\r\nThe alumni presently residing are responsible for running the dormitory on a daily basis. That includes garden work-days twice a year and other interchanging duties once every few months. Really, it isn't that hard and it helps establish a sense of ownership over the place, as well as shaping you up for eventually taking care of your own life, which some need more than others.\r\n\r\nAs for the alumni, they are a mix of students from the Humanities, Theology, and Science faculties. This is due to the constitution, which only allows students from mentioned faculties to move in. Also, you have to have finished at least two years of study before you can apply.\r\n\r\nDespite that fact, we still boast a rather diverse crowd of people between 23 and 29 - only Danes at the moment - with an even gender distribution. This is entirely because we choose who moves in. Or, that is, two selected alumni read all applications every time a room is up for grabs, call some in for a talk and then pick whoever they feel fits in the best. Pure luxury.\r\n<h2>Keep an eye on KU-net<\/h2>\r\nThe location makes it easy to satisfy any need a struggling student might have. Supermarkets, clothing shops, cafes, bars, and parks are just a few of the many offers within a five-minute bike radius. Especially worth mentioning is Paludan Bogcaf\u00e9, a 30-second walk around the corner and an excellent place to study and maintain your caffeine addiction.\r\n\r\nAll in all, this must surely be the best place to stay for a student in all of Copenhagen! Though we expect everyone to participate in everyday maintenance we also get to decide many things about which direction we are moving in next. So - keep an eye out for entries on KU-net about vacant rooms, and you might just find yourself residing in our downtown chateau.\r\n\r\n<em>[This review has been written by a student reporter at the University Post.\u00a0 If you want to write an English-language review of your dorm write to uni-avis@adm.ku.dk and mark it 'Dorms Disclosed']<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong>READ ABOUT OTHER RESIDENCE HALLS AND DORMS HERE: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">Student housing reviews: Dorms and residences in Copenhagen<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"Review: Borchs Kollegium (first review)","post_excerpt":"Students review their own housing and accommodation in Copenhagen. Check out inner-city chateau Borchs this week. ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dorms-disclosed-borchs-kollegium","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-12-13 08:43:35","post_modified_gmt":"2021-12-13 07:43:35","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=12399\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":11109,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2013-10-15 07:49:11","post_date_gmt":"2013-10-15 05:49:11","post_content":"As you stroll down K\u00f8bmagergade with your caf\u00e9 latte on a Saturday afternoon, as you pass the Round Tower you will also encounter one of the oldest dormitories in Copenhagen: Regensen. It is a large historic redbrick building complete with tall windows, green gates and an archway facing K\u00f8bmagergade. This very central dormitory has the best view of the Round Tower, which can be enjoyed from several of the rooms and vibrates with life and youth .\r\n<h2>The facilities<\/h2>\r\nApproximately 100 students live at Regensen in rooms that vary from 11-25 sq.m. All rooms have a wooden floor, large windows, high ceilings, a sink and a mirror. The buildings are more than a century old and possesses a lot of charm. When you first move in, it is likely that you will end up in one of the less attractive rooms that may be small or noisy, but you will soon be able to move to a nicer room.\r\n\r\n<strong>SEE THE FULL 'DORMS DISCLOSED' UNIVERSITY POST SERIES: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">Reviews by student residents of dorms and residence halls in Copenhagen<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nA Netto can be found just 160 meters away and the central locations means you can make a quick dash to the shops before a night out.\r\n\r\nKitchens are shared with approximately 8 students, and the same goes for the restrooms. There are two large bathrooms in the basement - one for girls and one for boys - and some of the hallways have a private bathroom. There is a laundry room with unlimited access to the washing machines and dryers with soap and softener included. All rooms have an Internet connection where WIFI can be installed. The Internet connection is supplied by KU and varies a bit in terms of efficiency.\r\n<h2>Rent<\/h2>\r\nA room starts at DKK 1400 a month with heat expenses included. Such a low rental price sounds to good to be true, but it isn\u2019t. The remarkably low rent is due to an old fund which keeps the price down.\r\n\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Dorms disclosed<\/p>\r\nThere are loads of dormitories, kollegiums, and student residences in Copenhagen, yet most of the information available is in Danish.\r\n\r\nSome are small, old houses with pretty gardens, others are giant concrete buildings with tiny windows.\r\n\r\nThis is a review by a student reporter. But in the Dorms Disclosed series, it is the residents themselves that review the dorms that they live in.\r\n\r\nHere is <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">an overview with links to all of the dormitory and student accommodation reviews<\/a> we have published so far, written by the people who know them the best.\r\n\r\nIf you want to write an English-language review of your dorm write to uni-avis@adm.ku.dk with 'Dorms Disclosed' in the subject header.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nFurthermore, it is considered a scholarship to live there as King Christian IV built Regensen to support the education of talented students that may lack financial means.\r\n\r\nIn 2023, Regensen will celebrate its 400-year birthday and is now in collaboration with three other older dormitories in the city center; Ehlers, Borchs, and Valkendorf.\r\n<h2>Common areas and social life<\/h2>\r\nRegensen has several common rooms designed for both parties and hygge. There is a small library and a ping-pong table, both of which will feature as part of the set in the new movie about Simon Spies and Mogens Glistrup. Furthermore there is a soccer team, yoga, movie nights, snaps brewing, evening seminars, a choir, and much more going on. There is always some kind of party at Regensen and you are welcome to join it!\r\n\r\nIn particular, each semester has three large parties: a theme party, a lunch or cabaret, and a good old-fashioned ball. When new students you move in, it is their duty to host these grand parties and ensure traditions such as speeches, songs and even the water fight are upheld. The introductory parties are the perfect way to get familiar with the other newbies and the Klokkere will always help you get safely through the festivities.\r\n\r\nIt can sometimes be daunting moving into a new home, but a Klokkerne consisting of two older residents who act as a 'Mum and Dad' for the new residents and will carefully explain everything and answer any questions.\r\n<h2>The Societies<\/h2>\r\nAnother level of social interaction is the societies that consist of small groups within the dormitory. Each society has their own traditions, songs and tokens and they often have a dining club. There are many histories and traditions connected with these societies, but also room for inventing new ones.\r\n\r\nThere also seems to be a friendly rivalry between the different societies, resulting in mocking songs and the stealing of tokens. When you move in, you will be invited to meet the societies so that you can find one that suits you. Meeting the societies is also a great way to get introduced to the older residents. You are expected to learn the names of all 99 people you live with which may take time, but it is not impossible and illustrates the importance of social interaction at the dorm.\r\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\r\nLife at Regensen is quite special and you will build strong relationships with people from all different disciplines at KU, and a few from DTU as well.\r\n\r\nUnless you originate from the Faroe Islands you will need to have studied for 2 years before you can apply for a room. This results in an age-group that is a bit older than other dormitories. Students tend to stay at Regsensen for as long as possible, which ranges from three to five years. Most of the students living at Regensen are Danes as Danish citizenship is a requirement. But do not despair, a room is offered to an exchange student staying 1 or 2 semesters and the Jonas Thomsen Sekyeres scholarship saves a room for a non-Danish citizen for a maximum of 5 years.\r\n\r\nTo get a spot at Regensen you need to apply through KU. There will be a notification at the end of each semester with the application form. A small committee from the dormitory will then assess your application.\r\n\r\n<em>[If you want to write an English-language review of your dorm write to uni-avis@adm.ku.dk and mark it 'Dorms Disclosed']<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong>READ ABOUT OTHER RESIDENCE HALLS AND DORMS HERE: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">Student housing reviews: Dorms and residences in Copenhagen<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"Review: Regensen","post_excerpt":"Students review their own housing and accommodation in Copenhagen. This is what it is like to live in one of the oldest dormitories in Copenhagen, Regensen ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dorms-disclosed-regensen","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-10-26 10:24:28","post_modified_gmt":"2021-10-26 08:24:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=11109\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":124404,"post_author":"80","post_date":"2021-10-11 10:11:59","post_date_gmt":"2021-10-11 08:11:59","post_content":"<span class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span>he 4. Maj Kollegiet ['4th May dorm'] in Frederiksberg was founded almost 70 years ago to house the descendants of Danish World War II resistance members. However, this kinship requirement was recently abolished, so now anyone enrolled in a SU-eligible course can apply to live here \u2013 although being related to a resistance member will still improve your chances of getting in.\r\n\r\n<strong>SEE THE FULL 'DORMS DISCLOSED' UNIVERSITY POST SERIES: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">Reviews by student residents of dorms and residence halls in Copenhagen<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<h3>A dorm within a dorm<\/h3>\r\nLike a set of nesting dolls, 4. Maj Kollegiet has another dormitory within it, namely the tiny Hassagers Kollegium, which is home to 10 students. Hassagers Kollegium, which pre-dates 4. Maj Kollegiet, was founded by Dorothea Hassager. Here, the entry requirements are a little different. Unlike the 4. Maj Kollegiet, which is open to all students, Hessagers Kollegium is only open to students who have completed 120 ECTS credits at the University of Copenhagen.\r\n\r\nThe residents share common areas with those from 4. Maj Kollegiet, and they help to preserve the traditions of the dorms.\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">4. MAJ KOLLEGIET OG HASSAGERS KOLLEGIUM<\/p>\r\n<strong>Address:<\/strong> Frederiksberg Bredegade 13B, 2000 Frederiksberg.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/4maj-hassager.dk\/hassager\"> www.4maj-hassager.dk (in Danish)<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Monthly rent:<\/strong> DKK 2,375\r\n\r\n<strong>Average age:<\/strong> 23-24 at 4. Maj Kollegiet and 24 at Hassagers Kollegium\r\n\r\n<strong>Application process:<\/strong> 4. Maj Kollegiet has a waiting list on the dorm\u2019s website. You have a better chance of getting in if you can prove you are related to member of the Danish World War II resistance. To apply for a spot at Hassagers Kollegium, you have to write a motivated application via the University of Copenhagen (read more here).\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>The most Danish dorm<\/h3>\r\nMay Ling Foo, who lives at Hassagers Kollegium, jokingly calls the 4. Maj Kollegiet \u00bbthe most Danish dorm,\u00ab but also emphasises that both dorms try to be as inclusive as possible.\r\n\r\nHolger Wilhelm Ils\u00f8e, who lives in 4. Maj Kollegiet, agrees.\r\n\r\n\u00bbWe all share the common background that our grandparents were active during the resistance struggle,\u00ab he says. \u00bbHistory is tangible here.\u00ab\r\n\r\nTherefore, the most important moment of the year is May 4th at 20:36, when everyone stops whatever they are doing to listen to the message of freedom from 1945. This happens during the annual May 4th party, which residents spend at least a week planning each year.\r\n\r\n\u00bbThe day is steeped in tradition,\u00ab says Holger Wilhelm Ils\u00f8e. In the morning, the residents hoist the Danish flag, Dannebrog, and eat breakfast together, and in the evening, candles are lit around the entire building. Then there is a gala dinner with a three-course menu, which is thoroughly tested at rehearsal dinners several days in advance.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Dorms disclosed<\/p>\r\nThere are loads of dormitories, kollegiums, and student residences in Copenhagen, yet most of the information available is in Danish.\r\n\r\nSome are small, old houses with pretty gardens, others are giant concrete buildings with tiny windows.\r\n\r\nThis is a review by a student reporter. But in the Dorms Disclosed series, it is the residents themselves that review the dorms that they live in.\r\n\r\nHere is <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">an overview with links to all of the dormitory and student accommodation reviews<\/a> we have published so far, written by the people who know them the best.\r\n\r\nIf you want to write an English-language review of your dorm write to uni-avis@adm.ku.dk with 'Dorms Disclosed' in the subject header.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>Reading room, \u00bbif you like that sort of thing\u00ab<\/h3>\r\nDuring the year, the building\u2019s 'birthday' is celebrated on September 18th, and residents at Hassagers Kollegium keep up the tradition of baking copious amounts of cake to mark Dorothea Hassager's birthday on September 25th.\r\n\r\n\u00bbWe prioritise traditions quite a lot,\u00ab says May Ling Foo from Hassagers Kollegium, but she also says that it is not the type of place where there is a party every weekend.\r\n\r\n\u00bbI feel there is room for everyone here.\u00ab\r\n\r\n\u00bbWe also want to exemplify the ideals of the resistance struggle. For example, we do not want to discriminate,\u00ab adds Holger Wilhelm Ils\u00f8e. \u00bbSo we make a lot of effort to include as broad a range of the population as possible, in terms of education and social background.\u00ab\r\n\r\nTherefore, the dormitory has a requirement for equal gender distribution, and the application process focuses on ensuring that residents come from different parts of Denmark. The dorm is also open to students from all educational programmes.\r\n\r\nFor DKK 2,375 a month, the residents get access to a shared kitchen, toilet, and bathroom as well as a balcony with a view of what May Ling Foo calls, \u00bbCopenhagen's most beautiful garden.\u00ab\r\n\r\n\u00bbWe also have a reading room, if you like that sort of thing,\u00ab adds Holger Wilhelm Ils\u00f8e with a smile.\r\n\r\n<em>[This review has been written by a student reporter at the University Post. If you want to write an English-language review of your dorm write to uni-avis@adm.ku.dk and mark it 'Dorms Disclosed']<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong>READ ABOUT OTHER RESIDENCE HALLS AND DORMS HERE: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">Student housing reviews: Dorms and residences in Copenhagen<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\n<!-- end of module 2 -->\n","post_title":"Review: 4. Maj Kollegiet and Hassagers Kollegium \u2014 dorms within a dorm","post_excerpt":"Students living in these Frederiksberg dorms commemorate Denmark's liberation with a gala dinner and celebrate the founder's birthday with copious amounts of cake. The dorms share same building, one inside the other, like nesting dolls. ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dorms-disclosed-4-maj-kollegiet-and-hassagers-kollegium-dorms-within-a-dorm","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-10-26 10:12:08","post_modified_gmt":"2021-10-26 08:12:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=124404","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":9954,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2014-02-09 06:00:00","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-09 05:00:00","post_content":"Whenever I have friends or family over who haven\u2019t visited me before, I tell them to look for the huge orange and gray box right next to KUA. I might also have used the word \u2018ugly\u2019 as a descriptive \u2013 and there is no doubt that the exterior of Bikuben Kollegiet (the 'Beehive') is unusual. Sitting between the old 19th century blocks of Amagerbro and the sandy-coloured university complex, Bikuben Kollegiet definitely stands out.\r\n\r\nThe University Post has reviewed the Bikuben dorm a second time. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/dorms-disclosed-bikuben-the-quirky-beehive\/\">the later review here.<\/a>\r\n\r\n<h2>Brown, orange and concrete<\/h2>\r\nThe building was completed in 2006 which means that the dorm offers all the amenities a student can hope for. There is a fitness room, party hall, lounge, study room and several outdoor terraces. The topmost terrace is on the sixth floor and offers a great view over Copenhagen and Amager \u2013 perfect for New Year\u2019s Eve parties and summer night barbeques.\r\n\r\n<strong>SEE THE FULL 'DORMS DISCLOSED' UNIVERSITY POST SERIES: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">Reviews by student residents of dorms and residence halls in Copenhagen<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nThere are six floors, and each is a little different. However the student rooms are much the same. Each person gets a bathroom and a kitchenette, and the room itself is spacious and white. Concrete is an integral part of the building\u2019s design which means that the ceilings in the rooms are made of this material, and that most rooms have a wall which is partly made of concrete.\r\n\r\nThe design of the common areas is dominated by browns and oranges. This design decision is often frowned upon by the inhabitants who find it a bit odd that anybody would choose these 1970's colors to match the dorm's expensive and modern furniture. Thankfully, the common kitchens are a neutral white, and \u2013 as anybody who has ever lived in an old Copenhagen apartment will be able to appreciate \u2013 there are dishwashers!\r\n<h2>Halloween, Christmas and social life<\/h2>\r\nLike the architecture, the social life on each floor is different. The most accurate description would be that it is what you make of it. Bikuben Kollegiet has its private Facebook group where people often post if they are having a kitchen party or if they are showing a movie in the lounge. Usually everybody is invited, and it is always a pleasure when a new face shows up.\r\n\r\nIf you want a social dorm life it is a great idea to join one of Bikuben\u2019s many committees. My recommendation would be the Party Committee as they get together regularly to organize Bikuben\u2019s parties.\r\n\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Dorms disclosed<\/p>\r\nThere are loads of dormitories, kollegiums, and student residences in Copenhagen, yet most of the information available is in Danish.\r\n\r\nSome are small, old houses with pretty gardens, others are giant concrete buildings with tiny windows.\r\n\r\nIn the Dorms Disclosed series, it is the residents themselves that review the dorms that they live in.\r\n\r\nHere is <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">an overview with links to all of the dormitory and student accommodation reviews<\/a> we have published so far, written by the people who know them the best.\r\n\r\nIf you want to write an English-language review of your dorm write to uni-avis@adm.ku.dk with 'Dorms Disclosed' in the subject header.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nLast semester Bikuben had two official parties: The Halloween Party and the Christmas Lunch. Both were preceded by pre-parties: The Pumpkin Party where we carved pumpkins for Halloween decorations, and the Christmas Decoration party where the Baking Committee served cakes and everybody folded Christmas hearts and Christmas stars.\r\n<h2>Life on the 4th floor<\/h2>\r\nMy floor is one of the most social in the dorm. Most of the time you\u2019ll find people hanging out in the kitchens and the common rooms, and we regularly organize events as well as consume a lot of boxed wine. This means that we have what we call \"Red Wine Friday\", which does not necessarily have to be on a Friday.\r\n\r\nSometimes we celebrate Red Wine Friday three times a week. On our floor, most days of the week are connected with a particular kind of alcohol: Cocktail Monday, Tequila Tuesday, Vodka Saturday and so on. We did however deem it necessary to develop Abstinence Wednesday too.\r\n\r\nEach Monday we have the official dinner club where the residents of the fourth floor cook for each other. Often many impromptu dinners happen too as a lot of the residents like to cook and make use of the opportunity to get many people together in order to be able to afford an excellent dinner on a student budget.\r\n<h2>A modern home<\/h2>\r\nWhile the beauty of Bikuben Kollegiet can be discussed, there is no doubt that it is a great luxury to live in a modern building. While the old Copenhagen apartments are charming, you can\u2019t help but appreciate the fact that an elevator takes you to your floor, that a dishwasher is right at hand or that the building is isolated so well that you hardly ever hear your neighbours.\r\n\r\nAnd in the dark winter evenings when you see, not the orange and the gray colors, but the welcoming irregular squares of light shining from the box, Bikuben is an especially nice place to call home.\r\n\r\n<em>[This review has been written by a student reporter at the University Post.\u00a0 If you want to write an English-language review of your dorm write to uni-avis@adm.ku.dk and mark it 'Dorms Disclosed']<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong>READ ABOUT OTHER RESIDENCE HALLS AND DORMS HERE: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">Student housing reviews: Dorms and residences in Copenhagen<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"Review: Bikuben Kollegiet (first review)","post_excerpt":"Some may call Bikuben Kollegiet ugly, but underneath the 70s-style colour palette you find ultra modern facilities and in the summer there are rooftop parties","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dorms-disclosed-bikuben-kollegiet","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-10-26 10:23:33","post_modified_gmt":"2021-10-26 08:23:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=9954\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}}],"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":3792,"name":"Student life","slug":"student-life","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3792,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":160,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":4891,"name":"boligmarkedet","slug":"boligmarkedet-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4891,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":5122,"name":"Borchs","slug":"borchs-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5122,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":218,"name":"dorms disclosed","slug":"dorms-disclosed","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":218,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":55,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":4892,"name":"kollegieliv","slug":"kollegieliv-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4892,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":5123,"name":"Ole Borchs","slug":"ole-borchs-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5123,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":4897,"name":"tour de chambre","slug":"tour-de-chambre-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4897,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw"}],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":14,"name":"Portrait Article","slug":"portrait_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":14,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":802,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/fungererdettebedre-1280x853.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127309"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128770,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127309\/revisions\/128770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}