On past day trips, students have visited a maximum security prison, the Royal Danish Ballet, Viking fortresses, the representation of the European Commission in Copenhagen, and a law firm specializing in EC cases. A week-long study tour to Russia and Estonia is available to all students. An integral part of the DIS program is the homestay. Living as members of Danish families, students experience the rhythms of everyday life in Denmark. This is the best way to meet Danish people and experience Danish culture.
Students have a private room, but share facilities and chores with the family.
Although all Danes study English from the fifth grade on, family members' command of English may vary. Students may also live in the kollegium, or dormitory. Dorm students share facilities with Danish students from the University of Copenhagen or other schools. The kollegium is not located on the school premises since the university has no residential campus. The city of Copenhagen mixes the contemporary and the nostalgic, from ornate castles and cobblestones to streamlined modern architecture, from relics of fierce Viking civilization to the bittersweet Christian sensibility of Hans Christian Andersen.