Copenhagen Tips
For a few friends of mine, I made travel tips during a recent trip to Copenhagen. For those of you who missed them, and for the sake of archiving, I’ve compiled them here sans snarky commentary from my friends.
- Spend your first 6 hours with a dürüm shawerma followed by a nap.
- Find a Colombian; have them take you to a mexican restaurant followed by a street dance party.
- If you happen to sleep in and miss the hotel breakfast, you will also miss the morning rain. Don’t worry, one of those two will be available by the afternoon.
- Learn street names by making them into things you can remember. For Example make: Østerport = Oyster point or Vesterbrogade = Vespa Bros Lane. However beware, I suffered a hashing collision the other day.
- After a hard rain, seek sunshine in a bowl of Pho.
- When overwhelmed by not speaking Danish, find a shawerma joint where the cooks love speaking arabic so much that they respond in arabic to their bewildered customers.
- If you do find a city bike available, it will likely be broken.
- [From Mark Gross] Go see Freetown Christiania before it goes away.
- [My response to #8] Don’t drink the water there.
- Ida Davidsen will show you what the Danish mean when they say “smørrebrød”.
- 4 perfect meals in Denmark (I realize one is in Århus, but I consider it worth the 3 hour train ride).
- If you do happen to see the sun one day, try not to pull a Miss Havisham freak out.
- The sales tax that you can get back at the airport upon departure is about 12%, remember that while picking up hot Danish designed goods.
- Photograph, Document, Geotag, and Share your travels with your friends!
- It’s Copenhagen not Copenhaaagen. Make sure you get that right.
- When it comes to a rain, take a cab over a train.
- [Bonus Tumblr Tip] Your credit card will work just fine there, but be prepared to tell them “I don’t have a pin, I need to sign”.
- [From Jenn Thom-Santelli] Go to Dyrehaven in Vesterbro, if you have a chance. Sønder Boulevard 72. Super fun.
