Internship in Denmark 2008

Nikolaus Gerzer (5BHWII)

The Journey

On Sunday, 3rd of August 2008, I started my Journey to Sønderborg in Denmark. After my arrival at the airport in Munich, I took a flight to Hamburg. The next step to my destination was a connecting train of the Danish federal railroads to Flensburg where I had to change trains again before I reached a small village located a few kilometres north of the German border. Finally I travelled by bus for about one hour until I reached Soenderborg, after a 12 hours journey.

Sønderborg, Denmark

Accommodations

My room in the dormitory was not really big but comfortably furnished, with a private bathroom and an internet connection for my laptop. The dorm provided a tennis and a football field, a music room, an internet cafe, television areas, a fitness-room and much more. The food in the cantina was not bad, and at weekends they offered a great lunch buffet.

A normal working day

Skolejem Dormitory in Soenderborg

On my first day in Denmark, Eva Sjöström picked me up at 9:00 o`clock and we drove, after a short tour through Sønderborg, to the company where I should work. But after a few hours at work, I got tired of carrying around heavy lavatories. So I quit my job  and enjoyed 6 days of vacation. After that first week, I started working at JF STOLL, a company which produces mowers, tedders, rakes, and other farming machines. I was working at a CNC-turning and a CNC-milling machine. Work began at 6:30 am and ended at 5:30 pm.

Leisure activities

At weekends, I went sightseeing and visited some museums. Fortunately my colleagues invited me to join them nearly every weekend. We went to a festival at the harbour of Flensburg, a concert in Nordborg an much more.

Concluding I have to say that these weeks of internship in Denmark were a great experience for me and I would like to thank Professor Gernot Weissensteiner for arranging this foreign practical course and Frau Eva Sjöström for her nice support in Denmark.