If you find yourself frequenting international stores such as specialised Asian or Eastern European grocery shops, you might be a foreigner looking for a taste of home or a culinary enthusiast searching for exotic ingredients you just can't find in Danish supermarkets. With more than 500 stores across Denmark,, Netto is the most prevalent supermarket in the country, ahead of second-place Rema 1000 on around 400 (there are 900 Coop-owned stores but these are split between various chains). In the past, rules on unemployment benefits barred recipients from leaving Denmark at all, but this was changed after people who live near Denmark’s border with Germany said it raised their living expenses because they were unable to cross the border to shop at cheaper stores in Germany.