In the different regions, special technical aids centres have been established to provide information, guidance, and expert assistance with regard technical aids. An appointment or reference is required.

Although the service and guidance of tourists do not fall within the field of activity of the aid centres, the centres will help in case of emergencies.

Contact the local tourist office, should you require help during your visit to Denmark.

An increasing number of Danish cultural institutions have an attendance scheme which provides attendant discount to people with disabilities. Most of them offer that a visitor requiring assistance may bring an attendant free of charge against showing an identity card from the Danish Association of the Blind or an attendant card from DSB (the Danish State Railways). Foreigners must inquire about the possibilities of obtaining attendant discounts with the individual institutions.

Cultural institutions with attendance schemes

The following institutions under the Ministry of Culture have per November 2003 an attendance scheme:

The Danish Radio’s ensembles
The Royal Theatre
The Danish Agricultural Museum
The Hirschsprung Collection
The Ordrupgaard Collection
The Danish Hunting and forestry Museum
The National Museum of Denmark/the Open Air Museum
The Clothing Museum (Tøjmuseet)
The National Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst)
Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall
The Danish Film Institute
The Royal Library
The Jutland Opera
Odense Theatre
Aarhus Theatre
Aalborg Theatre
The theatres of Copenhagen: The Avenu Theatre, The Betty Nansen Theatre, The People’s Theatre (Folketeatret), Gladsaxe Theatre, Nørrebro Theatre, Rialto Theatre, and Østre Gasværk Theatre
The Symphony Orchestras of Sealand, Odense, South Jutland, Aalborg and Aarhus
The Chronological collection of the Danish Kings
The Museum of Decorative Art
The Danish Maritime Museum
The Museum of Musical Instruments
The art museum, Glypoteket
The Theatre Museum
The Royal Danish Naval Museum
The Danish Manor House Museum

Wheelchair hire/technical aids for disabled people

If you are in acute need of a wheelchair or another aid, you can contact one of the below-mentioned companies:

Nordsjællands Hjælpemiddelcentral A/S (North Sealand’s Centre for Technical Aids)
Gydevang 42
DK-3450 Allerød
Tel: +45 48 17 13 55
Fax: +45 48 17 26 55
E-mail: info@nhmc.dk 

Rent of different technical aids, e.g. bed slings, bath/toilet stools, wheelchairs and rollators etc.
Price examples: Wheelchair DKK 100/EUR 13.50 per day, DKK200/EUR 27 per weekend, DKK 400/EUR 54 per week. If transportation is necessary, you have to pay it yourself.

Revacenter Århus Syd
Hjælpemiddelafdelingen (The Technical aids department)
Gunnar Clausens Vej 90
DK-8260 Viby J
Tel: +45 87 34 62 00
Fax: +45 87 34 62 62
E-mail: mail@revasyd.aaa.dk 

Rent of different technical aids, e.g. hoists, electric wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs, 3-wheeled petrol-run mopeds, minicross, etc.

Price examples:
Electric wheelchair DKK90/EUR 12 per week, 3-wheeled petrol-run moped DKK 175 – 290/EUR 23.50 – 39 per week.
Hoist with sling DKK 110/EUR 15 per week, minicross DKK 295/EUR 40 per week, manual wheelchair DKK 80/EUR 11 per week. Delivery and pick-up paid by renter. The aid must be covered by the renter’s personal liability insurance.

Dansk Plejeteknik (Danish Care Technology)
Tingvej 4
DK-4270 Høng
Tel: +45 58 85 34 40
Fax: +45 58 85 34 41
E-mail: support@danskplejeteknik.com

Rent of wheelchairs, beds, rollators , toilet stools. Prices e.g. wheelchair DKK 375/EUR 50 per month + VAT. Only rents out on a monthly basis. Delivers all over Sealand for DKK 255/EUR 34.

Repairs and spare parts

Kørestolværkstedet (The wheelchair workshop)
Borgervænget 7
DK-2100 København Ø
Tel: +45 39 16 21 56
Fax: +45 39 16 21 38
E-mail: metal@h-k-i.dk

Also repairs wheelchairs etc. on customer premises.

Revacenter Århus Syd
Hjælpemiddelafdelingen (The Technical Aids Department)
Gunnar Clausens Vej 90
DK-8260 Viby J (Århus)
Ph: +45 87 34 62 00
Fax: +45 87 62 62

Both places you have to pay cash on pick-up

Other places where you can get help

There are many good cycle shops in Denmark with workshops capable of handling most of the repairs a wheelchair need.

Further information and guidance can be obtained at:

Invalideorganisationernes brugerservice (The disability organisations’ consumer services)
Kløverprisvej 10 B
Dk-2650 Hvidovre
Tel: +45 36 75 17 93
Fax: +45 36 85 39
E-mail: service@handicap.dk
Internet: www.handicap.dk/ibs
Telephone hours: 10.00 – 12.00 (Monday to Friday)
By face to face: 13.00 – 14.00 (Monday to Friday)

Traffic rules for wheelchairs

When driven on the pavement, electric wheelchairs may have a maximum speed corresponding to walking pace (approx. 6 km/h). Wheelchairs exceeding this speed are treated as bicycles and must observe the same traffic rules.

- no driving on pavements
- use cycle paths where available
- if there are no cycle paths, use the carriageway

Rules on the use of lights are also the same as for bicycles.