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What does it take to get your hands on a cooperative apartment in Copenhagen? Is it about networking and financing from home? Meet the young residents of five apartments and hear how they got the keys.

They have joined the party: Five young people share how they secured a cooperative apartment in Copenhagen

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It is no secret that obtaining a cooperative apartment in Copenhagen is challenging.

Sales often take place through Facebook groups, Den Blå Avis (Den Blå Avis is Denmark’s largest platform for buying and selling items, similar to Craigslist in the United States), and internal listings offered to friends and family. Phrases like ’closed for inquiries’ and ’listing closed due to receiving over 75 inquiries in an hour’ are not uncommon.

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