I lived with a Danish host family outside the city of Copenhagen. The family consisted of a mom, dad, and two sons (ages 10 and 14). They lived in a smaller city called Hillerod.

I loved my host family and do not regret my decision to live with a family. However, the commute was further than the commutes of most other students and sometimes made it difficult for me to get into the city at times that I wanted to. For instance, the bus that ran from the train to my house stopped after 8pm, so if I wanted to stay out later in the city I had to either ask my host family for a ride from the train station or stay overnight with a friend who lived closer to the city. My family was incredibly welcoming and I had a wonderful relationship with them, attending many extended family gatherings and celebrations with them. However, I think DIS should try to match students with families that live in areas that are more easily accessible by public transportation, since I would have been able to be more self sufficient, relying less on my family to pick me up and less on my friends to let me sleep at their houses, had my family lived closer to the city.