I feel like everyday I am learning something new about Denmark. Today, for example, I had a few hours to kill in between classes and I decided to experience some danish shopping on one the longest pedestrian shopping street in Europe, Strøget.
The salesperson in one store started speaking really fast in Danish and I was lost- I had to ask "English, Please?" To which I got a friendly "Ohhh, Ok!" and we continued the conversation in English. After she saw my huge not-so-Danish backpack, she asked me if I was American and if I wanted a receipt with the tax information on it because VAT or MOMS, as the Danes call it, is not added at the register (and therefore on the receipt) like in the states- a whopping 25% sales tax is already added in to the price that you see on the tag.
She asked me this because apparently, if you live outside of the EU, you can get a tax-free refund on items purchased in Denmark! Sure, there are a lot of rules and regulations to this policy (that I won't take the time to list here but the website is http://www.eurorefund.com/) but this is certainly something to look into for my future purchases!
So now I know, and now you know, this Dane was extremely kind and taught me about MOMS and a way to save some Kroner!
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