HELP! We have a laundry area in our apartments here, but they never get my clothes clean (I can still see makeup on my shirts, my husbands underwear...well, lets not even go there!). I have been "prewashing" all of my clothes before I go down the 4 flights of stairs to do my laundry (and back up and back down every time I need to switch to the dryer and start a new load...me with my knee that needs replacing, OUCH!), and this is a LOT of work because we are a family of 5! Now to make matters worse, the machines are leaving little holes in all of my clothes. I thought I would save myself a lot of trouble by just going to a laundromat, but now I can't seem to find one. When I look online all I find is the Laundromat Cafe, which is more like a cafe that happens to have 4 washers (all of which, I would need...so I would have to arrive before everyone else to use all of them and with husband, kids and my school, that is probably not possible). Does anyone know of a reasonably good laundromat near Copenhagen (I am in Herlev)?
LAUNDRY!!!
dear kristen,
i am surprised that no one has responded to you yet! the place you are looking for is called a "møntvask" or "møntvaskeri." i think directly translated it means coin laundry. there are plenty of them in herlev. but if you keep going there it will get expensive. i suggest you gather your neighbors to have a chat with your landlord to fix the machine or get a new one.
Thanks! Just knowing the correct name is a HUGE help! I did find a place and it was about 4 times the cost, but my clothes were cleaner, and I didn't have to make 2 trips up and down several flights of stairs for each load. Nice to have it all done at once. With 5 people, that adds up to a lot of trips, and you can only reserve one slot at a time in our apartment complex. Thanks so much for your response! Kristen
Hi Kristen
In the long run, it will probably be cheaper for you to buy a washing machine or rent one 
There are these compact models that you open from the top ("topbetjent vaskemaskine") and they cost between 150-200 kr.pr.months to rent. Same model costs approx. 2000,- to buy. The smart thing about these models is that they're slim (half the size of a regular washing machine) and can fit in smaller kitchens/bathrooms. They are usually connected directly to the sink, so the installation process doesn't take a bulldozer 
Rent: leasy.dk/hvidevarer-og-elartikler/vaskemaskiner/vaskemaskine-topbetjent.aspx
Buy: elgiganten.dk/product/hvidevarer/vaskemaskine/AWE2316/whirlpool-vaskemaskine
All the best!
THAT sounds like the best idea! Our kitchen is quite small, but I think we could work it. The hard part is getting my husband to want it, lol
Well, he'll run out of clean underwear sometime usually it helps to put kroner and øre on the table and make your point 
Bump.
What is the cost a 1 dress shirt to laundry and iron on the cleaners in Copenhagen (city area). Also the same for a dry clean for: jeans, dress pants, coats, jackets, merino wool knitwear, etc etc? Thanks in advance.
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