- 1
- Studiestræde - cute area - old Latin Quarter. visits: wasteland + episode, Floss Bar, Next Door Café
- Istedgade and onto Vesterbro - main artery with some restaurants/shops
- Copenhagen’s Kødbyen (meatpacking district) - restaurants on the water
- Strøget - long pedestrian only shopping street with big brand shops. I liked the Illums Dept Store.
- 2
- Jaegersborggade - a cobbled street with restaurants, bars, and shops
- Assistens Cemetery beautiful cemetery/park in the middle of Copenhagen’s Nørrebro district
- Elmegade cute street with shops and onto Ravnsborggade
- 3
- Nyhavn a 17th-century harbor, famous for colorful row of houses.
- Freetown Christiania "anarchist" neighborhood with homemade houses, venues, and organic cafés and restaurants.
- Saw a show at Loppen.
- Cafe Månefiskeren- smoke weed and listen to jazz.
- Eiffel bar
- Rent a bike from bike shop and ride around it
Museums/Gardens:
- Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (35 mins away)
- Cisternerne Museum
- Glyptoteket - Art and sculpture museum in central Copenhagen with a glorious winter garden + Botanical Garden
- Copenhagen Contemporary Museum
- SMK - The National Gallery of Denmark
- Tivoli Gardens - a historic and beloved amusement park
MISC:
- Reffen the largest street food venue in Refshaleøen
- CopenHill a recreation area atop an active clean energy power plant.
- Lygtens Kro, Skovbar, Ungdomshuset and Sorte Rene are punk oriented spots
NOTES:
- Everyone on bikes. No one is rowdy. Kids in giant luxury bike baskets. Recycled fashions clothing everywhere for the environment. Tall thin Ralph Lauren types. Men often seen with babies. Chill quiet safe city.
- Claud’s - hairdresser
- AIRPORT - trickery! You think you are through and in the restaurants and shops, but beware there is an entirely other section where you have to go through passport control, so make sure you go all the way to the gate first!!
- Memory: Subway switch to train due to rains. Broke glasses at TSA checkpoint. Almost missed plane due to extra passport control from Brexit. Traffic at Bristol airport almost couldn’t get taxi.
nov 7 2023 ∞
nov 20 2023 +