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Squares & Statues   Copenhagen

Squares & Statues, Copenhagen

 28 Reviews  Frederik VII (1808-1863) was the King of Denmark from 1848. As a Crown Prince, Frederik lived a debauched life, which contributed to the discussions concerning the abolishment of the absolute... 

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Walking   Copenhagen

Walking, Copenhagen

 22 Reviews  If you have a spare weekend, Copenhagen would make a nice trip. A tour of the city includes usually bus tour, photo stops at a couple of scenic areas of the city, a boat ride around the harbor and... 

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Currency Issues   Copenhagen

Currency Issues, Copenhagen

 8 Reviews  Denmark is a member of the European Union, however, this does not automatically mean that its currency is the Euro. In fact, the European Union and the Euro Zone have differenct memberships.... 

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Canals and harbour   Copenhagen

Canals and harbour, Copenhagen

 33 Reviews  I am always interested in ATONs (Aids To Navigation) and a friend said they envisioned me going around with my camera and photographing lighthouses everywhere. And that's not far from the truth,... 

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Food.   Copenhagen

Food., Copenhagen

 11 Reviews  in copenhagen airport ehy have opened a traditional danish hot dog stand, so while you are waiting for your luggage upon arrival you do not need to bore yourself silly but can start embracing danish... 

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Strøget & shopping   Copenhagen

Strøget & shopping, Copenhagen

 15 Reviews  Very good people watching AND cakes can be had where Amagertorv meets Højbro Plads along the Strøget pedestrian street. Sure, it is where everyone passes up and down Strøget and therefore crowded... 

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Castles and the royal family   Copenhagen

Castles and the royal family, Copenhagen

 20 Reviews  Unfortunately when we arrived at Rosenberg Castle the procession was leaving & marching at a fast rate. So let me share the details with you so you don't miss out on this cool daily event. Every day... 

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Tourist information   Copenhagen

Tourist information, Copenhagen

 12 Reviews  Just as a general note I'd like to say that Danish people are probably the nicest and friendliest people I've met in Europe so far! They serve customers with a smile and everywhere we went there were... 

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Architecture   Copenhagen

Architecture, Copenhagen

 15 Reviews  We are blessed in Portugal by a bright sun during almost all the year. This makes us surprised by the ingenious solutions found in the north to... catch the sun. The advanced windows and balconies... 

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Mail, e-mail, telephone, internet etc.   Copenhagen

Mail, e-mail, telephone, internet etc., Copenhagen

 12 Reviews  It is almost a given that when you are visiting somewhere new people want postcards!! I found prices of the postcards varied from DKK6 or DKK20 for 4 to purchasing one at the airport for DKK10 ie:... 

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Museums   Copenhagen

Museums, Copenhagen

 11 Reviews   A wonderful museum of paintings!!! I was really excited. Also the design of the museum is quite interesting as you can see an old building inside the mordern one. It is definitelly worth to spend a... 

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Churches   Copenhagen

Churches, Copenhagen

 8 Reviews  There are a lot of interesting steeples and towers in Copenhagen. Sometimes it was hard to tell if they were religious or secular. The Town Hall has a tall tower and so does the railroad station.... 

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Tivoli & Amusement parks   Copenhagen

Tivoli & Amusement parks, Copenhagen

 14 Reviews  we stayed at the astoria hotel just behind the main rail station in copenhagen and 2mins walk form tivoli we also walked up to the zoo ( about 20mins ) which was good value tha shopping area and... 

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H. C. Andersen   Copenhagen

H. C. Andersen, Copenhagen

 13 Reviews  I learnt the most beautiful story about the amazing paper cuts H.C. Andersen was making one freezing winter night in Northern Norway, smoking Danish apple falvoured tabacco and eating biscuits dipped... 

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Breweries/Beer   Copenhagen

Breweries/Beer, Copenhagen

 12 Reviews  On my last visit (Jan 2012) I flew into CPH arriving about lunchtime. Flying is, as we all know, very thirsty work - all that flapping of the wings, soaring the thermals etc and whilst you can swoop a... 

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History & legends   Copenhagen

History & legends, Copenhagen

 9 Reviews  This is a large fountain located in Langelinie Park near one of the cruise ship docks. It is next to Kastellet and is the largest monument in Copenhagen. The fountain was donated to the city of... 

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Thoughts about Copenhagen   Copenhagen

Thoughts about Copenhagen, Copenhagen

 11 Reviews  A few impressions about Copenhagen: Definitely a coffee culture. Difficult to get a good cup of tea made the English way! Many hotels have free wi-fi for guests. Most definitely expensive for food... 

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Entertainment   Copenhagen

Entertainment, Copenhagen

 9 Reviews   At the Axeltorv Square you’ll find a very colourful building which houses Palads - just one of many cinemas in the Copenhagen area. Most of the cinemas shows the mainstream movies, but Cinemateket... 

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Parks   Copenhagen

Parks, Copenhagen

 8 Reviews  kongens have (the kings garden) is one of the favorite places to hang out for the people of copenhagen if it´s sunny. it´s a pleasant park situated right in the center of copenhagen and in the middle... 

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Little mermaid   Copenhagen

Little mermaid, Copenhagen

 12 Reviews   The brewer Carl Jacobsen visited the show of the Ballett "The Little Mermaid" at the Royal Theatre in 1909. One of the dancers, Ellen Price, impressed him a lot. After the show Jacobsen asked her... 

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Views   Copenhagen

Views, Copenhagen

 5 Reviews  My daughter-in-law told my granddaughter that there wouldn't be graffiti or vandalism in European cities, and my granddaughter was disappointed to find that this was not so. So she took a lot of... 

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Events   Copenhagen

Events, Copenhagen

 9 Reviews  Post Danmark Rundt (Tour of Denmark) is Denmark’s biggest cycle race. The route involves all of Denmark and has over the years turned into an international sports event where some of the best racing... 

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Weather   Copenhagen

Weather, Copenhagen

 7 Reviews  For general reference use the BBC World Average conditions. Very good guide. Here's stuff on Copenhagen: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT003490 March Average... 

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Christiania   Copenhagen

Christiania, Copenhagen

 3 Reviews  Walking through the city over the bridge and stumbing onto the unique world of Christiana, the squatters town where Amsterdam is alive and kicking (out of the bedroom - more into the gardening side of... 

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Rundetårn   Copenhagen

Rundetårn, Copenhagen

 5 Reviews  the Round Tower was built in 1637-1642. Its measuring 268m (880 ft.) and winding itself seven times around the hollow core of the tower. The top of the tower offers great views over the city's roofs.... 

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One happy nation #1

by TheView

Don’t worry be happy ….you know the song!Well sometimes and somewhere, it is just more easy to follow this positive song then others. Denmark is well one of the easiest places to be happy and there are many things to it, democracy, welfare, good economy, safety the list of things is long but Denmark is often on top of the list of happiest nations so something might have been done right …or well better compared to other places. A funny thing is that Danes often likes to complain over lots of thing but maybe that is good so we can identify and fix the problems. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/04/happiness-world-bhutan-meeting-denmark.html?track=icymi

Danish Countryside!

by lmkluque

This was taken on the west coast area of Jutland. There are so many charming scenes like this throughout Danmark that I enjoyed the opportunities to drive from one place to another.If I had been a regular tourist, I might have missed much of these views. As it happened, I was visiting friends and they were generous to drive me all round the country so I was able to see large cities, small villages, beaches at several seas and wooded lakes such as pictured here.If you have the chance to rent a car and travel around. It doesn't take too much time to get from one scenic place to another and there are lovely sights along the way.

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The Universal Meeting Place!

by lmkluque

Early in the morning the train to Danmark arrived in Copenhagen. I was instructed to meet Sten near the clock. This is the "meeting place" everyone agrees upon, so if you plan to meet up at the Copenhagen train station, tell your friend that the Clock is the place to be. Read more on my Copenhagen page It was an adventure for me to travel by train, as I had never done that before. One of my biggest fears was that I might fall asleep and miss my stop! I avoided the temptation of enjoying the trip by having a meal of bread, cheese, fruit and wine. This overnight journey would have been the perfect opportunity for such an impromptu meal. What if drinking the wine caused me to oversleep? So, no wine. I slept well but the noise, of the train being coupled and uncoupled as we reached the body of water to cross over to Danmark, woke me up a bit too early. Another hour's sleep would be nice and...

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A Long Awaited Visit

by lmkluque

Getting to know Danish people was a great reward!This livingroom is in the converted old train station of Hellum and you can read a bit more about this very small country town on my Hellum page. Fondest memory of Danmark is meeting my pen-pal, Connie and her family for the first time. Exploring her world and finding out that even though we knew each other only by letters, albeit twenty seven years of letters, we knew each other as well as if we had been living next-door to each other all our lives.The picture is of Connie’s living room where we spent hours talking about "Old Times."

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Danish Krone

by mickeyboy07

The official currency of Denmark has been around since 1873 and was formed as part of the Scandinavian Monetary Union along with Norway and Sweden who each use their own version of the Krone.Sweden is also a member of the European Union and like Denmark and the United Kingdom refuses to have the Euro as its currency,in fact Denmark had a public referendum in 2000 on adopting the Euro and it was refused by 53% of the population.However,Denmark as a nation qualifies for the right to adopt the Euro in the future should it choose to do so.The Euro can be spent in certain places such as airports and goverment venues and facilities.The Krone is divided into 100 ore.Denominations for coins are 25ore,50ore,1Dkr,2Dkr,5Dkr,10Dkr and 20Dkr.Notes are 50Dkr,100Dkr,200Dkr,500Dkr and 1000Dkr.

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Great technical museums in Danmark

by globetrott

When travelling through Danmark you will see some great vintage-cars still driving around in everyday trafic. And you will also find some great technical museums in Danmark as well:My favorite car-museum in Denmark is Egeskov with an excellent collection of cars, a seperate collection of Falck-cars (Falck is the private company in Danmark that is dealing with firefighting, rescue etc.), some airplanes, hundreds of motorbikes and a lot more.In my main photo here: A motorhome in a truck of 1953, A Danish painter had it built in order to stay for several years in Spain with his wife and 2 childrenIn my last 2 photos:The Train-museum in Odense with some excellent exhibits of royal train-coupes, cars that are running on rails etc.

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Using credit cards in Denmark

by bkrice12

My only complaint about Denmark had to do with not being able to use my credit card at all stores and restaurants. Being from the USA, my credit cards do not have the smart chip or the PIN. This was a bigger issue in Aarhus than it was in Copenhagen (because of all the tourists, perhaps) and I never feel that comfortable carrying around cash. Always ask the cashier if they accept credit cards without PINs before they start the transaction... you might have to make a trip to the ATM if you don't have enough! (Sometimes I was able to use my debit card with my PIN, but other times it didn't.)

Friendly people and well organized country

by liggjash

Structure, cleanlyness, safety an beauty. Denmark is a very well organized country with great infrastructure. The welfare system is among the highest in the world. The attitude towards the environment reflects clearly through how clean and tidy everything is. This impression you also get from the Scandinavian countries in general. The people are forward and helpful. Perhaps even more so in the provinces and the western part of the country.

Copenhagen

by traveldave

The area that was to become Copenhagen was first settled in the eleventh century, probably by farmers and cattlemen. Over time, a small settlement grew but never developed into an important town. However, in 1160 King Valdemar I gave the area to Absalon, Bishop of Roskilde. Under his rule, churches and abbeys were established, and the economy expanded due to a busy fishing trade. It was around this time that the town was named Købmannahavn, which is Old Danish for "Merchant's Harbor."Because Copenhagen controlled the approach to the Baltic Sea and the north Germanic trading towns of the Hanseatic League, the city grew in importance, wealth, and power. It also became the target of the Hanseatic League, which saw the city as a threat. Copenhagen was attacked on several occasions by forces of the Hanseatic League. Despite frequent attacks by various forces, Copenhagen continued to grow and...

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Public Holidays

by ginte

New Year's Day (January 1) - NytårsdagMaundy Thursday (Thursday before Easter) - Sk¿rtorsdagGood Friday(Friday before Easter) - LangfredagEaster Day - PåskedagEaster Monday (day after Easter) - 2. påskedagLabour Day - May 1.An unofficial public holiday observed at some work places and public offices.Common Prayer's Day (fourth Friday after Easter) - Store BededagAscension Day (40th day after Easter) - Kristi HimmelfartsdagWhit Sunday (7th Sunday after Easter) - PinsedagWhit Monday (8th Monday after Easter) - 2. pinsedagConstitution Day (June 5) - GrundlovsdagChristmas Eve (December 24 from 12noon) -Danish Christmas celebrations beginChristmas Day (December 25) - JuledagBoxing Day (December 26) - 2. juledagIf a public holiday falls on a weekend, no compensation is made. This means that shops and banks are open as normal from the Monday following the holiday.

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Hilton Copenhagen Airport  Copenhagen

 10 Reviews and 381 Opinions  Wannabe location..close to airport and steps to subway train..this property is only for business... 

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Comfort Hotel Windsor Odense  Odense

 2 Reviews and 7 Opinions  Very pleasant stay - we spent a single night here, as we were just passing through. Very hospitable... 

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Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel Arhus  Århus

 2 Reviews and 79 Opinions  I stayed at this hotel for two nights and found it an excellent place to stay in Arhus. Reception... 

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Q:  Hello everyone - I would like to know if public phones are able to receive calls throughout Denmark, or can one only call out... 

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A: There are very few of them and they are becoming fewer and fewer in a country where everyone fromthe age of 3 seems to have a cellphone. And if you find public phones... 

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