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The survey, though unscientific, seems to confirm <a href=\"node\/3280\">an earlier straw survey<\/a> by the University Post that puts the average consumption at 11.8 alcohol units a week.<\/p>\n<p>Vomiting in public, bike crashes and even potentially life-threatening <a href=\"node\/9424\">dips in the ice-cold harbour<\/a> are common occurrences among international students, after a night on the town in Copenhagen. And PhDs and staff are apparently no better.<\/p>\n<p>Three out of five University of Copenhagen foreign students and staff members have either suffered black outs, vomited or damaged themselves due to excessive drinking. <\/p>\n<h2>Come to Copenhagen, and drink more<\/h2>\n<p>Seven out of ten exchange students have changed drinking habits since they came to Copenhagen. By \u2018change\u2019, the students mean an increase in consumption, the survey shows.<\/p>\n<p>Drinking is perceived as an integral part of student life in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt would be difficult to live in Copenhagen as an exchange student and not go out drinking at least once or twice a week, since you would be missing out on a major part of student social life,\u00ab explains one exchange student. <\/p>\n<p>Or, as one full degree student puts it: \u00bbThere is no student function that doesn\u2019t involve copious amounts of alcohol.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"node\/9429\">Read article: Danes are notorious binge drinkers here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstaining is a social handicap<\/h2>\n<p>Indeed, choosing not to drink can prove to be a social handicap, according to several written responses in the survey.<\/p>\n<p>A full-degree student from Ireland was shunned by her peers for not drinking:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI find the reaction here is much stronger than in Ireland when I say I don\u2019t want to drink alcohol. People have turned away and won\u2019t talk to me anymore. It is ridiculous and ignorant.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Read also article: <a href=\"node\/9426\">Hash is everywhere, but hard drugs are rare<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<p>Read also a previous article about <a href=\"node\/3280\">Erasmus students adopting Danish drinking habits here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>luci@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">signing up for the University Post&#8217;s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three out of every five international students and staff have lost their memory, vomited or otherwise harmed themselves after a night of binge 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The survey, though unscientific, seems to confirm <a href=\"node\/3280\">an earlier straw survey<\/a> by the University Post that puts the average consumption at 11.8 alcohol units a week.<\/p>\n<p>Vomiting in public, bike crashes and even potentially life-threatening <a href=\"node\/9424\">dips in the ice-cold harbour<\/a> are common occurrences among international students, after a night on the town in Copenhagen. And PhDs and staff are apparently no better.<\/p>\n<p>Three out of five University of Copenhagen foreign students and staff members have either suffered black outs, vomited or damaged themselves due to excessive drinking. <\/p>\n<h2>Come to Copenhagen, and drink more<\/h2>\n<p>Seven out of ten exchange students have changed drinking habits since they came to Copenhagen. By \u2018change\u2019, the students mean an increase in consumption, the survey shows.<\/p>\n<p>Drinking is perceived as an integral part of student life in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt would be difficult to live in Copenhagen as an exchange student and not go out drinking at least once or twice a week, since you would be missing out on a major part of student social life,\u00ab explains one exchange student. <\/p>\n<p>Or, as one full degree student puts it: \u00bbThere is no student function that doesn\u2019t involve copious amounts of alcohol.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"node\/9429\">Read article: Danes are notorious binge drinkers here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstaining is a social handicap<\/h2>\n<p>Indeed, choosing not to drink can prove to be a social handicap, according to several written responses in the survey.<\/p>\n<p>A full-degree student from Ireland was shunned by her peers for not drinking:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI find the reaction here is much stronger than in Ireland when I say I don\u2019t want to drink alcohol. 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