COPENHAGEN! Secret Spots, Hidden Attractions and Unique Places
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- In this video, I take you around the city of Copenhagen, Denmark to uncover ten secret attractions and hidden places. These are places that you won't find in most guidebooks or Copenhagen travel vlogs and blogs. Most of these Copenhagen hidden gems are known to locals only or have wild stories that you won't hear in a normal audio guide.
From an autonomous island that may have inspired the Freetown of Christiania, to underwater statues, hidden passages, and a ruined tower named after a 13th century invader - this video shows you some really unique places to visit and you travel Copenhagen, Denmark.
I hope you're ready to explore these unique places and my favorite hidden gems in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark! Find the locals' recommendations, the less touristy, and the straight up bizarre sights of this historical and fascinating city.
Which are new attractions to you and what place do you want to go visit first?
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You should make a T-shirt saying wheres Derek? Or wheres Mike 😂 I would buy that, I'm scared of nisser 😅
4:34 *4 lakes... Not 3..
12:52 Fun fact: The word "slutteri" is an old danish word for debtor's prison. So the people who was sentenced to that prison, were only people who could pay what they owed. Hardened criminals were sent elsewhere.
I am so happy u knew the story of the protohippie/anarchists that invaded Birds island. These 4/5 lakes every Copenhageners loves was close to being destroyed during reign of Lord Mayor Urban Hansen. He had a plan to make a motorway crossing the whole city using the lakes as terrain, so Copenhagen could look more like modern USA. Lot of activism and protest killed his plan in early 1970 ties. But it was in the "11th hour"
That would have been such a mess, so glad it was torpedoed. And the modern USA highways are modeled after the autobahn, so even closer inspiration.
@@RobeTrotting A small part of the work was done. Fredens park, a narrow strip of green space along Fredensgade, is there because houses were torn down to make room for the motorway.
One of my must beloved hidden gems in Copehagen, is the garden at Copenhagen town hall. It is open at day time over the summer only, and it is a beautiful and peaceful place to take a break. You go in, at the side opening in the town hall that is towards tivoli.
Oh yes, that’s nice too. My friend from high school lives in Amsterdam and he just came to visit and we popped in there 😊
So good to see someone focusing on other beautiful places than the usual tourist hotspots. Thank you
My pleasure, thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed this one :)
Though born and grown up in Copenhagen, I learn so much from your videos. Thank you guys, you are amazing!
💜 thank you for your kind words and for watching - so glad to hear this 😊🇩🇰
Another great video Derek! Big thanks to you and Mike for putting together SO many well thought out and researched videos. We are visiting this summer for my cousins wedding in Ordrup, but also plan on renting a car and driving around Jutland. I've learned so much about my birth country from your videos! I can't tell you how much I appreciate them.
Heading to CPH next week for the DaveMatthews concert. You given some great ideas of very cool places to visit during our stay. Thanks
Amazing! Have a great time, DMB was my first concert ever 😂
Awesome video! One of my favourites so far
Copenhagen looks 😍
You guys are a wealth of information and I always learn something new from your videos - thank you!
Aw, thanks so much and thanks for watching 😊
Thanks for explaining and showing several things I wasn't aware of. ☺
PS: The phrase "Fanden er løs i Laksegade" is used for expressing imminent danger or trouble ahead. You pronounced it nicely, btw, and I only knew part of the history.
So glad you enjoyed this one and picked up a little new information 😊 I had to infer the meaning of the Laksegade phrase - so thanks for adding this, that was my assumption, but I wasn’t sure the exact context.
Fanden er løs i torskegade
As far as I recall, it was a couple of incidents in Laksegade that lead to the saying.
I'm so happy you mentioned the birth city of H.C. Andersen. It is definitely a worth visiting Odense for just that reason. And to anyone who makes the trip, be sure to visit both the house he was born and the house where he grew up (you can buy a combo ticket). The house where he was born is turned into a larger museum about his life a work, and in the gift shop you can find his literary works in almost any language imaginable.
The house where he grew up is a tiny little house, kept as it would have looked back then. There is a pasionate curator who will take you on a 15 tour throught the house and tell about his early life. It's a very unique experience and we were very impressed by the curators knowledge and I think she spoke 5 or 6 languages.
Another great video 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much ☺️
omygosh such a great video!
🥰 Thanks Mom
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Nice work!
I remember suggesting agnete og havmanden to you guys a long time ago! awesome
Just had to find the right video for it 😊 thanks 🇩🇰
I just discovered your channel a few weeks ago and subscribed today. My family and I are taking a trip to Copenhagen in about a month and love all the recommendations you have. Of course, we will be staying with a native Dane outside the City, so we will have plenty of local knowledge, but it is nice to see what is important as a tourist and as an American in Denmark. Thanks for the great content! Perhaps we will bump into you on our travels.
Hey Jason, thanks for subscribing and wishing you a great trip this summer! Hope you find Copenhagen as great as we do and maybe we'll bump into you - please say "hi" if you see us out and about!
Great video full on interesting information. Looking forward to visit those places.
Copenhagen looks lovely!
Thank you for the video. It looks like you are back on track 😉
Thanks for watching 😊
Thanks !
as a guy from cph, i love the choices you got here, great stuff
Great to hear! So glad we picked some good ones, especially from your local POV 😊🇩🇰
Damn, you went all out for this video, Derek...really well done!
Lots of great anecdotes 😉
hello from Hundested 🌸
Thank you so much. I had a lot of these in a list on my phone for ages and finally thought it was time to create something from it 🇩🇰😊
Jorks Passage is right next to ALL the Faraos Cigarer in Copenhagen!
God I LOVE GOING THERE!
Yes 🙌🏼 it’s such a cool store. We love a good costume 😊
@@RobeTrotting I love taking trips (by the B-Train) to the city, just to walk through Strøget and spend a few hours just looking around in the different Faraos Cigarer. Recently tried Mead for the first time in my life (finally) in there, as well as finally got my hands on the Pokémon Manga volumes I’ve been trying to get.
I actually usually take the train to Nørreport and start by grabbing some food at the China Box place just by Rundetårn, before starting my journey through Strøget, ending it by going to Rådhuspladsen and from there to Copenhagen Central Station where I take the train back home.
@@RobeTrottingCostumes? I know it only as one of the original nerdy comic book stores, the other being Fantask . But I guess the also sell some LARP gear and DnD stuff .
Brilliant content. The library garden became very popular as the pokemon craze hit. It has the highest concentration of pokestops in Denmark 😅
Ohhh, interesting - I didn't know that. I played it for a while because my nephews were into it (and that's the only reason haha) but never in the library garden. Now I know!
I discovered that place playing pokemon 😅 But now I go some days to relax, it's so quiet and lovely
I have often used that phrase of laksegsde but didn't know where it came from until today. Thanks!
So glad you know it now - quite a wild story! 😊
Good selection of hidden gems. Several of these are among the things I myself show friends from abroad on visit.
12:23 - The Little Mermaid, she's the great grandmother of my ex-girlfriend, her great grandfather the artist.
8:17 - Jarmer's Tower. Note to adventurous visitors: Sleeping inside the ruin at night is illegal. But probably noone would notice. If you don't snore too loud. It's located in the middle of the street away from pedestrians, and you'd be hidden behind the walls.
Thanks 🥰🥰 I love your amazing videos. I am danish and i like the way you speak danish, its cute. And you are doing great. ❤
It looks a wonderful country to live in.
Great video ❤️ I never knew the story behind “fanden er løs i laksegade”. Even though I use the expression myself. How fun! Your pronunciation is way better than you give yourself credit for. Keep it up!
It's getting better but it may be improved by saying all the syllables in a name/word as we're used to.
0:34 - *Nyhavn 5,* "Fredsfondens Hus" with the bar "Færgekroen". The white house to the left of the yellow and blue houses.
Hidden gem:
In the early 1900's this building also housed the Copenhagen office of the *"White Star Line".* From the right angles, when the sun is right, either from outside, or from inside from the bar's second floor, you can still see ship names, destinations and signal flags in the original window glass. So back in those days, let's in 1912 f.ex., you wanted to travel from Copenhagen to America with one of White Star Line's impressive ocean liners, maybe the brand new "Titanic", this is where you would buy your ticket, then travel to England to board the ship. _These modern ocean liners are perfectly safe. Enjoy the trip._
- And you, tourist in Copenhagen a hundred years later, enjoy this small hidden gem.
Oh waow! I didnt know that about H.C Andersen 😂😮 cool though 🤭🤯
Many, many years ago my older sisters ex-boyfriend came to visit my parents and myself when we were living in Greve. He made a day trip into the city, and happened upon _Jorck's Passage_ which apparantly made him giggle quite uncontrollably.... He initially read it as _Jerks Passage_ 😂😂😂😂
All jerks are welcome in Copenhagen !
Been there a lot...🤣
Even as a dane that lives not far from copenhagen. Much of this i didnt even know 🤣 Thank you for this video :D
Used to lunch with my colleagues in the Library Garden - countless tourists took pictures of us :-).
That’s fun, if I worked nearby I’d lunch there too - such a gem 🤩
Can also recommend the view from atop of Christiansborg, the danish parliament. It’s free and very tourist friendly.
Also just underneath is a beautiful restaurant that serves traditional danish food with a modern twist.
Some nice tips thank you.
Nice video Robe Trotting!
Thanks so much 😊
you're welcome @@RobeTrotting
Great Video. We love hidden gems away of tourist sites. My husband and I will be traveling at the end of September. We will have a 7 hour layover in Copenhagen and will be taking the metro to the city center. Where do you suggest we tour a eat while we are there.
Fun facts about the roads leading to Copenhagen: When driving by car in the outskirts of Copenhagen near Valby, at "Gammel Køge Landevej" W. of Valby towards Hvidovre, and at "Roskildevej" passing lake "Damhussøen", you'll feel small bumps at regular intervals. Those are the edges of the old concrete slabs now covered with asphalt. Hitler built that concrete pavement, for his tanks. Before WWII "Roskildevej" was paved with *cobble stone* in decorative *half circles* resembling slices of *salami.* This is why a Danish *"spegepølsemad"* (open ryebread sandwich with salami slices) is still called *"a Roskilde Landevej"* (Roskilde country road).
If I ever get time and money to travel to denmark this is the place I want to see.
I loved the princes and the pea as a kid. It didn't dawn on me it was Danish. 😊
I am an american that likes learning ..
There's a hidden gem in this video:
You've caught the royal yacht "Danneborg mored behind the little mermaid". She's a beautiful boat!
Anyhow, all your videos are little Copenhagen gems 💎💎💎
Aww, thank you so much :)
And yes, I didn't even think to mention the Dannebrog - that would be a good one to add or at least do a short video on.
Ok. That was impressive. Lots of native Copenhageners don't know all of these places.
Since you mentioned Fugleøen and Christiania, I think you might want to explore a third occupied area of the city.
This is very much not a tourist attraction. In fact, it is quite well hidden. But it is a little bit of a gem. It is called Lorterenden, and like Christiania is had been independent since the early 70ties.
To find it you need to go to Sydhavn. Find the road to kolonihaven Musikbyen. Behind that, by the water, you will find the occupied area and the local bar. And all the nice outlaws.
You had me at local bar 🙌🏼 that sounds great! I know Sydhavn has some really cool history - I’d like to spend more time there. And thanks for watching and the kind words and suggestion 😊🇩🇰
Snublesten på dansk (har aldrig hørt det tyske ord) 😊
Tak skal I have. Jeg er blevet klædt rigtig godt på til min københavner-tur til sommer 😊
Hope you’ll have a great trip then 😊🇩🇰
Very good video, I subscribed :). Just wanna note that Christiania isn't really autonomous, they just tried to declare it themselves, but it didn't really work.
Love that you included the library garden, it really is a nice place to chill :)
Well to be fair they did have some agreements with the government that made them kinds stand out from all other Danish regions, so the somewhat have some special rules.
Thanks for watching and subscribing 🇩🇰😊 and I think you’re right that it’s hard to really accurately describe the nature of Christiania since it’s all basically at the will of the local government anyway (and kind of always has been).
Virkelig god video, jeg ser frem til a komme hjem en tur fra Boston 🇩🇰
Thanks for watching and so glad you enjoyed it! Boston is a great city and it was our first trip together way back in the early days 💜
Snublesten og ikke stolperstein 😀 keep up the good videos
It’s a German name, not a Danish or English one… we can’t just change the name of the project - but thank you 😊 and thanks for watching.
Another great hidden gem in Copenhagen is the alternative version of the Little Mermaid statue which is 750 meters away from the original. It is called The Genetically Modified Little Mermaid by Bjørn Nørgaard. Even some native Copenhageners haven't heard about it.
Yes, we went there in another video WAYYYY back when we started our channel. There's another video in the queue that we may be able to include it in :)
Wait what there is another little mermaid, never heard of it as a dane
Wonderful tips says a Copenhagener! I do believe there are 4 lakes and 10s of millions of tourists sounds a bit too high. Cheers.
6.5 million tourists per year is a better guess.
20.4 million tourists in 2019 and so far in 2023 Copenhagen is exceeding 2019 numbers. As for the lakes, they were built as three basins, so even with the crossing on Skt Jorgens Sø (the southern one) it’s considered 3 lakes 😊
Centralhjørnet is a great bar also for straight people, it's especially famous for its crazy xmas decorations which are mind blowing
Lovely video, several of these things are actually on the list of things I am gradually working on showing a friend who did not grow up in Copenhagen
Wow, I didn’t know about that regarding the plague victims - thanks for adding this 😊
I love your vids, but I gotta ask, is chapter titles auto-generated or something? Yorks passage? 😅
Not the first time I've noticed that in your vids.
Still great though!
Yeah, it’s all CZcams’s auto-captions
“Sukkenes bro” from Nytorv Prison to the courthouse is still in use, when prisoners are transported from the prison to the court.
The building is even more impressive inside.
Question, what do your right forearm tats signify, please? We first can see them at 11:21.
I know, I am VERY curious. I do this to everyone, no worries!
It's my grandmother's signature
@@RobeTrotting Thank you for sharing such fond information. Nice to pay homage to one’s beloved relatives, isn’t it?
Great video.
Will you make a short video about your tatoos?
Thank you! I have a short about this tattoo: 🥳🇩🇰 SIX YEARS Since Moving to Denmark: How I Celebrated
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Behind the picture of the little mermaid(in the video) was the queens officail ship. It the white one.
In the summer she travells Denmark on the ship and visits the cities.
If the ship has a Danish flag with a cut in it hoisted, the queen is using the ship Ie. She should be onboard.
I am quite sure that Hans Christian Andersen also lived on the other side of the canal for a while. I believe there's a small plaque by one of the doors ...... Or am I wrong? Suddenly, I'm not sure. I'll have to check it out. 🙂
Yes, over his life he lived in three place in Nyhavn, No. 9 on the other side and I think closer to the harbor in a third place.
Thanks for your answer. For a while, I started doubting my memory. Now I don't have to go to Nyhavn to check check it out myself. 😀
My fave hidden gem in Copenhagen is Assistents Kirkegården (assistents cemetery), during the summer all manner of Danes will come to soak up the sun and enjoy a unique beauty, since the cemetery is surrounded by walls the traffic from the 2 big streets right outside are barely noticeable, it is a proper gem that NO tourists know about, if you go there bring a towel so you can lay down and soak the rays, and something to eat and drink, just dont bring boom boxes and dont be too loud, you are literally sun bathing on top of graves which may sound ghoulish, but trust me it is not :)
Yes 🙌🏼 I love Assistents
Can you also get kupon koder for other cities in denmark ? :D as a mainland dane im A JUST A BIT jelly.
We live in Copenhagen, so that’s where we focus but I’d also love to see some more creators from elsewhere in Denmark 😊🇩🇰
Cool video... Bur could you put a little more ads on please
We don’t control the ads, CZcams does.
hc andersen lived multiple places in nyhavn c:
Yes, three by my count - 20 is where he was first published and wrote some noteworthy tales.
tillykke med at få alle de stoder;; eller er du indfødt?
About invaders, you should make a video about the times the British navy attacked Copenhagen. We call it the England wars. We beat the famous Lord Nelson. (Almost)
Yeah, could be a good topic - we touch on that briefly in a recent video, “14 Facts About Copenhagen” and we explain the word ‘Copenhagenization’ and the preemptive attacks on Zealand.
That's right, shhhh!
I won't tell anyone where the secret spots, hidden attractions and unique places in Copenhagen ... except for the many fans and listeners you guys have, who will eavesdrop right along with me! 😉😉
Haha, community only 😂
There is another story to the birds Island in Sortedamssøen
In the 1980’es some squatters rowed to the Island, and claimed the same. That it was their Independent state.
Of course they could not stay, because of thirst hunger, whatever. And on the edge of the Lake the Police were ready for them,
And said they could not enter without a passport. Imagine their faces.
Krystalgade (former skidenstræde) and naboløs should be in this video
Guys, is the Freetown of Christiania still fully operational, and independent of the city surrounding it?
Or, is it like a tourist attraction and something that people mainly come to ... gawk at?
Also, have you two ever thought about living there, if it is fully autonomous and functional?
It's still a rebellious community, but the government has forced them to be more conformant and officially shut down support for the hashish sale on the street formerly known as "Pusher Street" . Drug market is now all over the city and dominated by violent gangs from Hell's Angels to the banned "Familia Blågårds Plads".
Christiania is still Christiania! But their relationship with the surrounding world has normalized:
"It's been 50 years, for Pete's sake. Just leave them to it!" That' been the attituded for 25 years now - as long as they pay for their electricity and their water, they've got the Danes on their side, so they are untouchable . Just watch Robetrotting's "Don't mess we the Danes" 🤣
It's huge area, but we usually only see pictures of the "city center", which also is where the tourist hang out: At the bars and cafes - and of course the (in-) famous Pusher Street, where half of the Copenhageners come to shop 😉😉
Getting to live there is a completely different matter, and there's pratically only one way: Fåk yourself in!
Peace and love
- do come and visit. You'll love it! Also Copenhagen is a nice town 🤣🤣
It's a pretty normal area these days - it feels more like East Kreuzberg in Berlin than like a different country :)
@@RobeTrotting Huh! Good to know. We’re you guys ever tempted to live there?
I'd argue Christiania is neither secret nor hidden, since Copenhagen famous for the free-town and is a very popular destination for tourists. Otherwise good video :)
You could, and I would agree with you, but why would you when Christiania wasn’t a segment in this video, only Fugleøen was?
You're right 😊Sorry, was mixing it up with another video of yours :)
i have never been able to see the agete and the merman....
I find it easier to see when the sun is shining 🌞 🧜♂️
The water is often clearer in the winter months, and it is lit after dark, making it very easy to see and very pretty.
@@Vejgaard seems like i havent looked closely enogh : ) and i had no clue what i was looking for.
inscription says: By law, the country must be built.
I'm not an expert on this. But I'm not so sure old European cities are unplanned. The urban planning is just different than US cities.
There’s no negative connotation, they’re just referred to by the term “unplanned”. Boston is a US city that is also unplanned, and Helsinki is a newer European city that is planned.
That's not Town Hall. It's the Copenhagen Court House.
It was the city hall from 1815 until the current city hall was inaugurated in 1905.
@@RobeTrotting oh sorry. I thought it sounded like you said it IS the City Hall. Not that was. That's my fault.
10:54 Tre små kinesere på højbro-plads, sad og spillede på konstra-bas, så kom en betjent...
You could get so much closer to an understandable Danish pronunciation if you take care to say all the syllables in a name, eg LAK-SE-GA-DE and SLUT-TE-RI-GA-DE. Love the info you provide, though.
Thank you 😊 I’ve given up on Danish, I can read well-enough - I just can’t be understood and that’s fine with me haha.
@@RobeTrotting Jeg er sikker på, at du har højere ambitioner - det er faktisk ikke så svært.
Dansk er svært nok for skandinaver...🤪🇧🇻
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 Javist, men det ville hjælpe, hvis man blot sagde en eller anden lyd for hver stavelse i et ord, sådan som vi danskere har for vane.
A little not that much discussed topic about H.C Andersen, is that it's suspected that, how to say it......maybe you guys would have had a chance with him.
Samen street 😂
Salmon… 😒
@@RobeTrotting same same but different 🤗
well that was a waste of 14 minutes of my life
Good thing I don’t care your life I guess 🤷🏻♂️
you dont care my life? you mean you dont care ABOUT my life. @@RobeTrotting arent you a lovely human. I care about yours, just not this boring ass video.
Get this. He's standing in front of my family apartment building. This is where I stay when I visit. Sortedam Dossering. I've walked around that first lake since I was a young boy. That little island behind him has deteriorated since I've last seen it.
They are not hidden do your homework
Thanks Judith, you’re just so lovely! You must be a blast at parties.
Yes, there are indeed hidden gems in Copenhagen and if one is slightly interested in learning a little bit about the history of Copenhagen, there are plenty signs and places to be found.
A simple thing like the fact that Copenhagen was a fortified city up to the mid 1850s is one part. Copenhagen, or what we can call the medieval part of Copenhagen, was surrounded by bastions and a moat. The only remnants of this moat on the Sealand Island side are actually hidden in plain sight. Part of the original moat can be found in Østre Anlæg, Botanic Gardens, H.C. Ørstedparken and of all places, the lake in Tivoli.
It may be hard to believe but where H. C. Andersens Boulevard (known as Vestre Boulevard up to 1953) is a wide multi lane road today, there was a moat full of water. The last part of this moat was actually first filled in around 1880. The size of Tivoli up to the mid 1850s was only about half the size it has now. Tivoli was expanded out towards H.C. Andersens Booulevard and Tietgensgade in steps. Most of the part facing Tietgensgade and Bernstorffsgade was occupied by the first Copenhagen Central Rail Station up to 1864 when it was relocated to the area where the Cinema Palads and the rail trench at Vesterbro rail station is located today. That central rail station existed up to 1912 when the current central rail station was opened.
As someone who has only been to KBH once, this is actually a really good tour video/guide 🙂
Love your Pride-Nisse 🏳⚧🏳🌈
Thanks for watching and your kind words! This one was fun to put together, hopefully it brought up some good memories of your last visit 😊🇩🇰
Hej. 💚🧡♥
I'm hetero, and I love you (r channel). Hej hej - bye bye ! 🖐🫱🫲=🤎
Thanks 😊