About UN City

UN City is based in Copenhagen, Denmark and is the biggest UN-complex in Scandinavia. It recently opened in 2013 and hosts eleven UN agencies under its roof. Campus 1 at Marmorvej currently accommodates about 1,400 staff members and Campus 2 constitutes UNICEF’s warehouse, currently the largest humanitarian warehouse in the world.

The eleven agencies hosted at UN City are:

UNHCR
UNEP
UNFPA

UNDP
UNICEF
UNIDO

UNOPS
UN Women
WFP

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About UN City

The UN city is the workplace of around 80 interns from all over the world who are here to take a sneak peek inside the UN system and who work hard to help the UN achieve its goals. The interns represent a wide array of different cultures but share the vision of the United Nations.

The building consists of 5 floors, with each floor having 9 corridors or ‘fingers’ as they are referred to.

UN City Website: www.un.dk

UN City Instagram: @uncitycph

UN City Facebook: UN City

Working Hours

The working schedule differs across agencies but a few common trends can be identified.

The general requirement is about 40 hours a week. The UN city working hours are Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 18:00 with core hours from 10-16h. This varies across agencies and depends on your team. Each agency may have some specific requirements but in most of the cases the working schedule is extremely flexible; this might allow arrangements to have part-time job or continue with your studies while doing the internship. Working from home and taking holidays is also a possibility, with the agreement of your supervisor and the team.

The UN city is also accessible via access card 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Outside of working hours security is very strict and you may be asked to show your ID card at any given time. If you forget your keycard, not to worry, you show your ID at security and they will give you a temporary card for the day!

Dress Code

There is no specific dress code at UN City.

This is pretty much a reality of every sort of working environment in Denmark, where frequent biking and unpredictable weather tend to encourage comfortable clothing above all. Therefore there is no official dress code and formal business attire is optional. Bearing in mind that you still will be dealing with a professional environment ‘business casual’ is recommended.

Getting to UN City

UN City is located at Marmorvej 51, 2100 Copenhagen Ø and is readily accessible by bike, bus, car and train.

Public Transport

Copenhagen is well connected and the public transportation is reliable and easily accessible. There is a common pricing and zoning system, divided into coloured zones, so you can transfer freely between the Metro, the train and the bus system on the same ticket or travel card, provided that you do so within the time limit and the number of zones for which your ticket is valid.

Nordhavn Station is the S-train stop closest to the UN City. The A, B, C, E and H lines all stop at this station. Nordhavn Station is located in zone 1 (see map below). From the station it is only a 5 minute walk to the UN City (Campus 1).

You must buy your ticket before entering the train or metro. Tickets can be purchased at the station’s kiosk or ticket machine. If you do not have a valid ticket, you may face a fine of 750 DKK. Also, even if you live in zone 1 and travel to the Office or to any other destination located in the same zone (zone 1), you will still need to use a two-zone ticket. It is free to bring your bike onboard the trains. However, you are not permitted to get on or off the train with your bike at Nørreport Station during peak hours. Peak hours are Monday to Friday 07:00–09:00 and 15:30–17:00. Bikes are not permitted on the metro during peak hours. If you want to bring your bike on the metro during normal hours, you need to purchase a special bike ticket.

Instead of buying single tickets, a more common way to travel is by using a ‘Rejsekort’. These are travel cards which you can ‘top up’ with money. Every time you travel, you check in and out by scanning your card at card readers on the platform (stands with large blue circle), and the cost of your journey is automatically withdrawn from your card balance. For further information on how to buy and use a Rejsekort visit www.rejsekort.dk/?sc_lang=en (in English).

A very useful website to plan your journeys is www.rejseplanen.dk

Bicycle

Bicycles are an essential tool for moving around and enjoying Copenhagen, while saving money. Streets are extremely well arranged, with bike lanes dedicated for cyclist. Nevertheless, bear in mind that the traffic might get very intense, therefore at least at the beginning it is advisable to stay on the right side of each pathway. Moreover, the use of few simple gesture (indication for turning, palm up for stopping etc), will facilitate significantly your journeys and will help preventing accidents. Before “jumping” on your bike for the first time, it is perhaps recommended that you also familiarize yourself with the basic traffic laws for cyclists, as the fines for breaking these laws ranges from 750 to 1000 DKK per violation.

Bicycles can easily be parked at the UN city. There is a bike entrance right next to security where you can enter with your bike by simply scanning your ID card and entering your access code. Bicycles must be parked in the designated bike areas as otherwise you might risk it being moved by security. Bike tags are mandatory for all bikes that are parked at UN city, you can get the blue tags at security.

Car

The designated UN staff parking lot is located on sublevel -2 of underground parking facility, under the residential buildings next to UN City. The -2 parking level is accessible by driving down the ramp located just before the U-turn, in front of UN-City. All unmarked parking spots are available on a first-come first-served basis. Some parking spots are marked for special purposes: Electric charging, Official vehicles, Disabled parking, Motorcycles etc. The parking spots towards the back of the parking area are reserved for specific agencies and marked with the agency name. The use of these spots are determined by each agency, so please contact your respective agency focal point for usage guidelines.

The -2 level is access controlled, much like the UN-City compound itself. This means that all UN-personnel parking on the -2 level are required to use their UN-City access/ID card upon entering this parking facility. Before being able to access the designated UN subterranean parking facility on the -2 level, all personnel are required to go to the Pass & ID office, next to the reception, to have their vehicles assigned to them in the access control system, to sign the parking guidelines and to pick up a parking decal.