Moving from, to, or in the City of Copenhagen

If you are moving to Copenhagen with a child younger than 3 years old, you should sign your child up on the waiting list for a day nursery or public childminder. The City of Copenhagen offers a childcare guarantee which ensures that your child will get a childcare offer within two months of signing your child up on the waiting list.

A number of places on the waiting lists in Copenhagen are reserved for new city residents. Your child can be added to the waiting list for public childcare from the date your move is registered at the Civil Registration Office (Folkeregistret).

As a newcomer to the City of Copenhagen  you can sign your child up on a waiting list for one of the reserved places (if a reserved place is still available on the waiting list for the childcare institution in question) and on another waiting list for a public childminder or day nursery where the normal waiting list rules apply. Pladsanvisningen can tell you which childcare institutions have the shortest waiting lists.

If as a new resident you would like to take advantage of the option to sign your child up on the waiting list for one of the reserved places, you must do so within 3 months of moving here.

If you are moving to the City of Copenhagen with a child older than 3 years, you should sign your child up on a waiting list for kindergarten.

If you move to the City of Copenhagen with a child aged 3-5 years, you can sign up on maximum 3 waiting lists for kindergarten if . Your child can be added to the kindergarten waiting list from the date the move is registered at the Civil Registration Office (Folkeregistret) and you and your child both has CPR numbers.

If you move to the City of Copenhagen, your child can get seniority from their 2nd birthday when you sign up your child on the waiting list for kindergarten within 3 months of moving here.  

Please note that you must call or send an email to Pladsanvisning and inform us that you have moved within the last 3 months for your child to receive seniority from its 2 years birthday.

 In any case, the general waiting list secures your child a place in a childcare option located a maximum of 4 kilometres from your home and within 3 months from registering your move with Folkeregisteret. Children of kindergarten age must have received a place in a childcare service within 3 months of registering a move at the the Civil Registration Office (Folkeregisteret).

Your child is entitled to keep their place in childcare in Copenhagen if you should move out of the municipality. Please note, that the parents’ payment contribution may change. If you choose to withdraw your child, you must give one month’s notice from the 15th or or the last day of the month.

In order to be added to a waiting list for one of the reserved places when moving in the City of Copenhagen, the distance from your old home to your new home must be greater than 4 kilometres. Pladsanvisningen (the Placement Service) can tell you the status of reserved spots on the waiting list for individual childcare options. If you would like to sign your child up on a waiting list for one the reserved places, you must do so within three months of moving.

If you move more than 4 kilometers within the City of Copenhagen, you can choose to keep your child’s current place in kindergarten or sign up for a other kindergartens.

As an internal mover in the City of Copenhagen, your child can get seniority from its 2 years birthday when you sign up your child on the waiting list for kindergarten within 3 months of moving.  

Please note that you must call or send an email to Pladsanvisningen and inform us that you have moved within the last 3 months for your child to receive seniority from its 2 years birthday.

In any case, the general waiting list secures your child a place in a childcare option located a maximum of 4 kilometres from your home and within 3 months from registering your move with Folkeregisteret. Children of kindergarten age must have received a place in a childcare service within 3 months of registering a move with the Civil Registration Office (Folkeregisteret).

You can also choose a general waiting list for kindergarten in your new district. If you chose to this, your child will be secured a place through the general waiting list in childcare service located a maximum of 4 kilometres from your new home and no later than 3 months from registering your move at the Civil Registration Office (Folkeregisteret). Please contact Pladsanvisningen if you want to use that opportunity.