roskilde cohousing

On Saturday I had my first Danish co-housing experience! Peder, a good friend of Mikaels, invited me to his parents house in Roskilde. It was the 19th birthday party for their cohousing community "Kaphoj." There they live in a cozy little house clustered around a central building where they share meals together everyday! They are amazingly organized and treat each other like true family, which they nearly are after sharing every meal together for the last 19 years! There are 21 households living altogether, some have just 1 person, others have familys of 4 or five. In the shard facility, some of the older teenagers were occupying the guest bedrooms, so they could fell a little more independent although they aren´t quite ready to move awav from home. The common house had a wonderful basement with washers, dryers, industrial freezer and refridgerator, a pantry that was stocked like a small restaurant with all the best bulk organic foods, and finally a woodshop with a huge variety of tools and materials. On the ground floor was the kitchen and dining room. They fed approximately 40 people every night, so it was a pretty big place with all the cooking utensils you could imagine. They have it organized so that everyone is expected to help cook 2 times a month, and clean up after the meal 3 times a month. The rest of the month you can just show up and be served like you were in a restaurant with all of your best friends and family.