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Why drink Tuborg when you can have To Øl Sofa King Pale?
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Did you see my bikes, got 4 stolen from outside Tivoli Gardens
Having been addicted to Scandi dramas, particularly The Bridge, my wife and I are hoping to visit København and Malmø at some stage. What's the best time of year in terms of weather? It looked great all cold, grey and bleak on the telly, but we'd rather have warmth and comfort. How expensive are hotels?
Will we see that weird police woman and her brown Porsche?
Weird????? Dont you dare talk about Saga like that, August is the best time for the weather, Sweden is on holiday and beach life takes over. Denmark is the same weatherwise not sure if they all go on holiday.
Does it rain a lot in Denmark? I've heard it does. We'd like to do a Scandi city tour; Helsinki, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Copenhagen, Oslo. I know Norway round Oslo is glorious in summer, but concerned that Denmark will be wet.
This visit was inspired by the Scandi-noir dramas we've been watching and by my cycling buddy's wife who is half Danish and lovely. We hoped to cross the Oresund bridge but were advised that the best way to see it would be from the road and the buses are not very frequent, plus the crossing takes time because of Immigration formalities. So we binned the idea and took the fantastic metro along to the beach, near the airport, from where we could at least see the bridge a few miles away. We had a great Sunday morning walk along the beach, along with loads of fit and healthy Danes.
We also tried to find a model Porsche 911 same as Saga's but it seems that very few Danes actually watched the series so nobody really knew what we were asking about. We couldn't find any posters in a couple of good poster shops we visited.
I think your best option for a Scandi noir themed tour would be to drive; the roads are excellent and traffic light, in Copenhagen at least.
Malmo's a bit odd. I found it a bit like a Swedish Huddersfield (speaking as a man from Huddersfield). I'm sure it's a nice place to live but there wasn't much to see or do.
Can I just make it clear that for Hygge Kylling etc, the sound for the Y is not pronounced Hooge and Kooling.
Just because its the closest you can come up with does not mean its actually anywhere close to the real sound 🙂
The English double O sound is that of the Danish U
Am I the only one who was a little underwhelmed by Copenhagen?
Tivoli was nice...there was a Jazz festival on when we visited. And Nyhaven - an obvious one, but pleasant.
The centre was so/so, the pubs and nightlife I found ok...but nothing out of this world. My friends are locals too...so wasn't just that we got railroaded on the tourist trail (or maybe we did!)
Went to Malmo too. Pleasant city...but where were the people!? The place was empty!
My summary...Copenhagen was nice. But won't be hurrying back. It didn't grab me by the plums.
We've done a couple of holidays in Denmark and Sweden - plus I've had monthly trips with work to Malmo for the last 3 years.
You're unlikely to see brown porsches and odd detectives - you are likely to see a fabulous place to visit.
A few ideas
Copenhagen - Tivoli - Walt Disney's inspiration for Disneyland. Its a classy theme park. Wonderful at night/Christmas.
Copenhagen - the Blue Planet Aquarium - brand new, huge, fabulous. Probably busy and buy tickets in advance so you don't have to queue.
Malmo - the museum is surprisingly ace. looks dated from the outside but great inside.
Both - bikes! we hired a Cargo/box bike and our 3 year old loved riding in it. Brilliant way of getting around. See how mass bike transit should be done...
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The visit has confirmed what I already knew from my cycling buddy's wife - that a lot of Danish life revolves around socialising with friends and family and the cosy hygge atmosphere of the warm fire and candle light. Copenhagen isn't a great outdoor city in the way of, say, Cape Town or Rio, thanks to the weather and the long winter nights. After spending half of Friday, Saturday and Sunday there we wished we'd gone home on Sunday night rather than Monday morning. The more expensive airfare would have been more than covered by one less hotel nights and evening meal. To do it properly you need to go, stay with Danes, ride bikes and get under the skin of the country.
Copenhagen - depends on your tastes. It isn't Berlin or New York. It's a small city with a lot of nice things to do. I lived there for 5 years and never felt bored or restricted.
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Malmö Swedish Huddersfield 😀
Copenhagen clean, I found it dirty, and everyone smoked, so had to walk through tobacco clouds, and cloths stunk from being out and about, ok city preferred Gothenburg though , do love Scandinavia though ..