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Squares & Statues Copenhagen
22 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
19 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
6 Reviews Denmark is a EU COUNTRY, BUT IT USES THE DANISH KRONER, not the euro. When you arrive at the Airport it is easy to get Kroners from the ATM machines and money exchange. Foreign exchange is...
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Canals and harbour Copenhagen
19 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
9 Reviews In Copenhagen airport they 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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Breweries/Beer Copenhagen
12 Reviews On a sunny summers day in Copenhagen, it's lovely to buy a beer or two from a local shop (7-Eleven is OK, a shop like the one in the photo is even better) and go and sit in the sunshine, either by the...
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Tourist information Copenhagen
13 Reviews we went to copenhagen between christmas and new year - the weather didn't stop us doing anything - we took winter clothing - doubt you will need that in september but make sure you take enough to...
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Thoughts about Copenhagen Copenhagen
8 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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History & legends Copenhagen
8 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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Mail, e-mail, telephone, internet etc. Copenhagen
8 Reviews Every day we walked past the Danish Head post office. This was all the mail comes, so it was a very busy place! The building is old and nice, so take a look about at the nice carvings of Horses, Lions...
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Architecture Copenhagen
13 Reviews When walking around old cities and towns, I always look up to see if there is something special. Well, in Copenhagen, there is plenty to see when you look up, but this piece of architecture rather...
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H. C. Andersen Copenhagen
8 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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Tivoli & Amusement parks Copenhagen
10 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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Churches Copenhagen
7 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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Events Copenhagen
10 Reviews While in Copenhagen I got the chance to meet Vt'er Claus for a few beers in O'leary's Sports bar with Pod. What better place than that to discuss the finer points on football and to gossip on fellow...
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Strøget & shopping Copenhagen
10 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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Copenhagen Card Copenhagen
3 Reviews The Copenhagen Card isn't a cheap card, but then, attractions and things to do in Copenhagen aren't cheap either. What I did, was had a look at the list at what was included [there is heaps], and...
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Castles and the royal family Copenhagen
13 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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Museums Copenhagen
9 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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Weather Copenhagen
5 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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Views Copenhagen
4 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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Little mermaid Copenhagen
6 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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Parks Copenhagen
6 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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Entertainment Copenhagen
5 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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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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In case of an emergency you can dial 112, which is a new european emergency number operating in many countries. It connects you to a general line so no need to dial separately for the fire department, the police, or an ambulance, or to report a sea or air accident.What is great about Denmark is also that Emergency calls from public telephone kiosks are free (no coins needed).
This might not be a news for us Europeans but I thought it might be useful to mention the difference in voltage between some countries. When you are comming to Denmark remember that the Voltage is generally 220 volts. However in many camping sites, 110-volt power plugs are also available. If your devices operate on different (for example British or American) voltage adapters and transformers may be purchased in Denmark.If you are not sure if the plug for your device is right, it's always best to check at your hotel desk before using an electrical outlet.
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
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.
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...
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."
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.
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.
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.)
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.
Hilton Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen
11 Reviews and 708 Opinions A found this a great Hilton property to use with early flights out of Copenhagen. It is an easy...
Best Western Hotel Knudsens Gaard Odense
1 Review and 11 Opinions A cosy 4 star hotel. We were glad we stayed here for the night. They have very friendly personnel....
Villa Provence Århus
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