On Saturday 12 September 2026, Aalborg University (AAU) presented the PIPE Migrant Guide at the Internationals’ Fair at Aalborg Main Library. The fair, organised by International House Nordjylland, brings together internationals living in North Jutland with the municipal services, educational institutions, unions, language schools and voluntary organisations that support them. It was the setting for the Danish colloquial talk under Work Package 4 of PIPE, an Erasmus+ project that develops free tools for people building a new life in another country.
Short conversations at a busy stand
Because visitors moved continuously past the PIPE stand, the AAU team replaced a single scheduled talk with a series of short, informal conversations. Fifteen people took part, from countries including Iran, Greece, Ukraine, Spain, India and Pakistan. One had arrived in Denmark that same day, while others had lived here for four years or more. Around a third were migrants, refugees or asylum seekers, and the others had moved to Denmark for work, study or family.
A free guide to everyday life
The PIPE Migrant Guide, developed by AAU, is a free, gamified guide that needs no login and is available in 32 languages. It brings information on six areas of daily life into one place: healthcare and well-being, housing and living, jobs and skills, language and education, legal rights and administration, and community and culture. Step-by-step guides with country-specific information for Denmark, Germany, Spain, Greece and Italy are combined with quizzes, points and a practical task at the end of each guide.
What participants said
Participants consistently described how hard it is to deal with the many institutions involved in settling in Denmark, and to find information spread across many different sources. Having it all in one place was the feature they valued most, and several called the app an important and useful result of the project. The response was equally positive among refugees and asylum seekers and among other newcomers, which shows that the app is relevant to everyone starting out in a new country. Many participants scanned the QR codes on the spot.
Now available
The PIPE Migrant Guide can be downloaded free of charge from Google Play, where it has been available since July 2026, and from the App Store, since October 2026. In November 2026, the regional broadcaster TV2 Nord featured the app in an article about its development at AAU. All PIPE resources can be found at www.pipe-project.eu.
A conversation about the PIPE Migrant Guide at the PIPE stand.
