Valby · Copenhagen

It’s our worldAn English-speaking daycare in Valby, Copenhagen

They arrive in your arms.
They leave on their own feet.

Os is Danish for us, so the name has always meant the same thing: the kids are us, and the world is theirs. We try to look at all of it from their height.

6 months to 3 years · English spoken · 8:00–16:30

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A toddler playing with building blocks on the mat at Kidz R Os

A smiling toddler reaching up during play at Kidz R Os

A child in a snowsuit playing in the sand outdoors at Kidz R Os

Opening soon

Places coming up in November

A child is leaving us. Apply now to be considered.

The flight starts here

One child has already been offered a place and start soon - those places are taken.

Settling in at our daycare in Valby

Leaving your little heart with us is not easy – trust us, we know

You will hand over someone very small, walk out of a door, and find that the walk to the bus is the longest one of the year.

We know how this goes. Somewhere around ten past ten you will check your phone. Nothing will have arrived, and you will have no way of telling whether that is a good sign or a bad one.

10:07

So we send something at ten past ten. A line and a photograph, straight to your family page. Not because there is news - because there isn’t, and you need to be told that by somebody who can see them.

And on the days it went badly, we say that it went badly.

An English-speaking daycare

Nobody here needed words to understand each other

Long before a child has a single word, they already speak the first language fluently. Being picked up. A voice they know. A face that arrives when they cry.

Our families come from all over. The grown-ups manage in English - that is the language of the gate, the parties and the parent chat. The children arrive with no shared language whatsoever, and it has never once slowed them down. They work each other out in an afternoon, the way small people do.

Love first. English comes along later, in its own time.

It is why a family who landed in Copenhagen three weeks ago is inside this community by the second morning.

Three childcare promises

Three things you are too polite to ask

So we will answer them without being asked.

“If they cry, will somebody come?”

Wherever they happen to be - the play space, the table at lunch, the sleep room in the afternoon - a grown-up they know is a few steps away. Nobody has to wait their turn to be picked up.

“Will anyone really know them?”

By name in the first hour. By what makes them laugh, which song settles them and which cup is theirs, well inside the first week.

“Will I hear how it went?”

At the door, at pick-up, from the person who was actually with them. What they ate, how they slept, and what made them happy that day.

Seen from the outside

Eight children. Three adults. A room for each part of the day.

A child who feels safe walks towards a stranger. Several of them did.

Several children approach the inspector and seem very secure in the contact.

Flere børn kontakter tilsynet og virker meget trygge i kontakten.

Københavns Kommune · Inspection visit · 18 June 2026

An inspector from Københavns Kommune comes to see what that is actually like - announced, and unannounced. We publish what they write, in full, in Danish and in English.

Read the inspection report

You go, we wave, and seven hours later you come back. In between, there is a shape to the day.

See a day in our world

Vuggestue · six months to three years

Os means us. This is the part where that matters most.

They come in being carried. One day, without announcing it, they walk out to go and find more of the world.

In between there are a hundred firsts, and not one of them belongs to us alone. The first time they pull themselves up on the low shelf. The first word that neither of us quite believes. The first friend, made before either of them had a name for it.

We find them together, and you hear about them the same day. They are yours as much as ours - that is what the name has always meant.

A child exploring the play space at Kidz R Os

Six monthsCarried in, asleep on your shoulder. Not yet certain the world is a friendly place.

A child playing outdoors in the sandpit at Kidz R Os

All the firstsStanding, then stepping. A word. A joke. The morning they forget to check whether you are still at the gate.

A quiet moment during the day at Kidz R Os

Three yearsWalking out to børnehave with their own bag, off to discover the rest of it - and telling you all about it whether you asked or not.

Our daycare staff in Valby

The same faces, week after week

A child settles because of a person, never because of a building.

So the question worth asking is not how many staff a place has, but whether the face there on Monday is the one that was there on Friday. Ours are Martyna, Janet and Deepa, and they have been here a long time.

Meet them

Daycare fees and the kommune subsidy

A healthy breakfast, a hot lunch, and something proper in the afternoon

A place costs kr 3.791 a month after the Copenhagen subsidy - see fees and subsidies.

A daycare in Valby, Copenhagen

The same gate, every morning

Small children take comfort from a route they recognise. Ours know exactly which door is theirs, and most of them could find it without help by the second month. It is at Lyshøjgårdsvej 45, 2500 Valby.

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Daycare questions, answered

The practical questions

The ones with a straight answer. The rest are best asked standing in the room.

What ages does Kidz R Os take?

Kidz R Os is a vuggestue for children aged 6 months to 3 years. Age is measured at the start date, so a child must be at least 6 months old on the day they start.

Is Kidz R Os a kindergarten or a preschool?

Neither, in the Danish sense: Kidz R Os is a vuggestue, the stage before kindergarten (børnehave). For a child under three it is the English-speaking daycare, nursery or preschool you are looking for; from 2 years 10 months a child in Copenhagen moves on to a børnehave, which we are not. The kindergarten and preschool pages on this site explain the Danish ages in full.

How much does Kidz R Os cost?

A place costs kr 3.791 a month after the Copenhagen subsidy - see fees and subsidies.

We have just moved to Denmark. Where do we start?

With how the system works: who hands out places, what the waiting list and the guarantee mean, what the kommune charges and what a private place costs after the subsidy. Our Daycare in Denmark page walks through all of it in English, and you can apply to us at the same time - a private place does not have to wait for your CPR number.

Is Kidz R Os English-speaking?

Yes. Kidz R Os is an international daycare and the working language is English. Staff also speak Danish, and Danish children are welcome - parents only need reasonable English.

What are the opening hours?

Weekdays, 08:00 to 16:30, except on the holidays listed on our Holiday Calendar.

Where is Kidz R Os?

Lyshøjgårdsvej 45, 2500 Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark.

How do I apply for a place?

Complete the enrolment form on this website. Places are offered on a first come, first served basis. You may register before your child is born by giving the expected due date.

When are invoices due?

Invoices are issued at the start of each month and are payable within 7 days of the invoice date.

How much notice must I give to withdraw my child?

Two months' written notice, given between the first and fifth of any month. The invoices for the final two months of the notice period are payable in full.

How big is Kidz R Os?

Eight children, from 6 months to 3 years, with three adults. Small, but not cramped: there is a room for playing, a room for sleeping, a dining area, a kitchen and separate toilets for the children. Kidz R Os is a small private daycare in Valby, Copenhagen, not a large institution divided into groups.

How many adults are there per child?

Three adults for eight children, which is about 2.7 children to every adult. Københavns Kommune's rules allow three adults to look after up to ten children under three years old. There are eight at Kidz R Os.

Is Kidz R Os inspected by the kommune?

Yes. Københavns Kommune supervises Kidz R Os and visits both announced and unannounced. The full inspection report is published on the website, in Danish and in English.

Arrived here looking for a kindergarten or a preschool? Those two words mean something precise in Copenhagen, and each has a page of its own.

Come into our world

Half an hour is enough. Stand in the room and watch what happens when somebody cries. Everything you actually want to know is in the answer to that.

Stand in the room