Shops in Denmark

Below are some of the major players in each of the various shopping categories. I am not trying to recommend any particular place for you to shop or dissuade you from other places. These are just the places that I know to be the most popular or largest retailers in Denmark.

You can make your own personal decisions and opinions on each place. Often, you may have one of two of these places conveniently located near you.

I have included the website addresses of each chain, so that you can look at their webpage and get an idea of their prices and also type of merchandise that they sell.

When we first moved to Denmark, we did not know where to look for certain items and if this list had been available it would have saved us some searching and maybe even some money and shopping mistakes. I hope this will be a benefit to those you need it.

Charlie

Grocery Stores

Netto Discount grocery chain, simple store layout, no frills, low prices, www.netto.dk

ALDI Discount grocery chain, probably the lowest prices in Denmark, no frills www.aldi.dk

Rema1000 Discount grocery chain, which is my favorite grocery store for value, www.rema1000.dk

Dagli Brugsen This is a moderate price range grocery store, which is part of the Coop group. www.coop.dk

Super Brugsen This is a large version of Dagli Brugsen and carries a bit more than groceries, including clothes and home items. www.coop.dk

Kvickly This is one of the larger chains of food stores and they are very modern and have a large selection of items often including a bakery, clothes and household items. www.kvickly.dk

Kvickly Xtra This is a larger version of Kvickly and carries a much larger selection including bicycles, furniture, garden supplies and groceries. www.kvickly.dk

Fotex A large chain which includes food, clothes and household items. Their stores are more moderately priced compared to some others. www.fotex.dk

Fakta A large chain which includes both groceries and household items. Moderately priced. www.fakta.dk

Irma This is probably the top of the line grocery store chain in Denmark if you dont include some of the large Department store markets. They have a very high standard of items and it is a bit of status symbol to shop at Irma. www.irma.dk

Bilka This is a large chain very similiar to Wal Mart or ASDA, they carry groceries, clothes, home furnishing, electronics, auto, etc. www.bilka.dk

These are the major players in the grocery store market. That is not to say there are not others, but these are the major players in Denmark.

Note: Many of the stores are supplied by the same company and have similiar items, but the prices may vary. The Coop group supplies the following stores: Dagli Brugsen, Super Brugsen, Kvickly, Kvickly Xtra, Irma and Fakta. Dansk Supermarked supplies these stores: Bilka, Fotex and Netto.

Home Furnishing

The list below deals mostly with shops exclusively selling household goods, especially furniture.

IKEA This is probably the best known chain of stores and since they are worldwide now, you are probably familiar with their wares. Pack flat, self service, good prices, you assemble at home. www.ikea.com/dk/

ILVA This is a upscale furniture store, where the quality and prices are a bit higher than the above chain, yet it is also very popular. Very designer friendly and unique items. Good bargains can be found there. Check out their sales. www.ilva.dk

BIVA is another discount furniture chain which is in close competition with IKEA when it comes to prices, they sell a large assortment of furniture, www.biva.dk

IDE Mobler – is a furniture chain with more upscale furniture and prices that reflect it, but they do have quality and the prices are not outrageous www.ide.dk

Daells Bolighus A discount furniture chain with several shops throughout Sjaelland mostly. They carry a wide variety of furniture. Mostly pack flat design. www.daells-bolighus.dk (they have no locations in Jylland)

b>Illums Bolighus This is a very nice store with designer household items. They have 2 locations - one in Copenhagen and one in Arhus. You will need some deep pockets when shopping here. www.illumsbolighus.dk

Jysk or Jysk Sengetoj as many people know or call it, is a large chain of stores which cater mostly to the bed and bath household items including beds, and some household furniture. You get some of the best prices in Denmark there. Quality can vary from cheap to very good. Worth a look! www.jysk.dk

Now there are many more stores dotted all over Denmark and you can search for "Bolighus" on the internet and find an assortment of stores and online retailers.