All You Need to Know About Visiting Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Visiting Copenhagen? Here's details about my recent trip including where to eat, what to see, how to get around and tips and tricks to make the most of your holiday!
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Hey! I'm Alanna - a twenty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a CZcams video every Tuesday and an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 6:30pm GMT on Twitch.
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I moved from the UK to Copenhagen last March and have absolutely no regrets so far, it's lovely here!
I am too
This is by far the most informative Copenhagen tourist video I've seen on CZcams (after watching a dozen or so guides)
Wowzers - you look awesome in this one!
Being a sometime homesick Brit living in Copenhagen for a number of years I have watched a small number of your videos and have enjoyed your observations and content. Only now I notice you also visited my adopted city too! Just seen you are heading back to Canada for a while - Looking forward to your content while you are back in your home (I have also spent a holiday in Canada with some Canadian friends from Vancouver & Winnipeg - such friendly welcoming people!), it's a strange feeling going back home after being away so long with the worldly eyes. When I return to the UK I see it very differently to what I did, I question why things are the way they are.. This never ever stops me loving the UK with its warts and all!
1€=7,46 Kr.= "danish crowns" = DKK
Nyhavn is an 400 years old "NewHarbor"
Papirøen was a street food area "Paper Island"
awesome video filled with information!!Ill keep this as a guide if i ever go there one day :p
Thanks for watching, as always!!
You can actually get a guided tour in the marble church to the top! The view is amazing😍
That sounds lovely!!
Hi, thanks for lot of practical informations :)
I'd like to ask you just... You were talking about Copenagen card. You said the trains are also included?
Don't you know if is there also included the train from Copenhagen to Malmo in Sweden? :) I'm pretty sure that not. But what if...... :-)
Watching some of your earlier videos. This one is very informative about Copenhagen which is great of course but it lacks the sarcasm I've grown to love. 🤪
The island with all the food you said you couldn't pronounce, is "Papirøen" or Paper Island in English. An old warehouse for paper for newspapers, hence its nickname. Though its real name is Christiansholm Island.
But just want to mention, the Copenhagen Street Food is running out of time on Paper Island, it will close at the end of 2017, though a new area with a somewhat different concept will emerge in 2018 another place in Copenhagen, on Refshaleøen, not that far away from Paper Island.
with the copenhagencard there is also like 20% off at alot of foodplaces i believe
Great Video! I love CPH, they have a nice annual Skateboarding championship. :)
Thanks so much for watching!! I was completely pleasantly surprised - we had booked CPH because there were cheap flights and I heard good things, but had no idea I would love it so much! :)
-Our ticket-vending mechines does also have english menus
The reason for the lack of traffic is that the tax when buying a car is 180 (one hundred and eighty) percent on top of the price (it differs for work only & work/personal use). You can tell by the number plate white, yellow and white/yellow mix).
Already subs! keep it up
I guess I don't appreciate Copenhagen enough. Currently live here but I'm moving to York this summer because of university.
Great video! :) I would recommend that you (in future videos) overlay the written name of the places you refer to. :) I'm from Denmark, and I easily understand what you mean, but I think tourists would struggle to find the "food island" or even "naihafen" :D So I think having it on screen, that the places are "Papirøen" and "Nyhavn" would help visitors alot :)
Aside from that, some general tips as well - you kinda met these issues, but probably didn't find the solutions;
- Nyhavn is crazy-expensive as you say. It is a public area however, so bring your own food or drink if you want, so long as you don't take a seat in the cafés and restaurants furniture. For example, the tap beer that can easily be 50-60 kr in Nyhavn can be had for like 10 kr in any convinience store.
- For a food-hack in Nyhavn, if you go just 150 meters North along the water, there's Kvæsthuspladsen, which typically has two cafés and three food trucks. Still expensive, but much cheaper.
- Hotels vary a lot in price and whether breakfast is included. Shop around. Generally speaking, by far the majority of hotels are really nice, clean and well serviced. Every production kitchen in Denmark needs to live up to certain standards and the staff needs certain education, so by far most locations can be trusted to maintain clean rooms and safe food production.
- You kinda skipped it, but if visitors are interested in the royal palace (Amalienborg), then that's actually right behind Frederiks Kirke that you mentioned. You can look at the Queens Guard and the palace and walk across the courtyart to the Amalienhaven (garden) behind it. From there, you can walk South along the edge of the water to Nyhavn and enjoy views of the harbour, Opera House and Papirøen.
And finally; There's a Denmark outside of Copenhagen, which has the benefits of being much cheaper and offering beautiful nature and also many attractions although obviously scattered more. Denmark is great for touring on bicycles or with public transport, but car rental is probably the easiest thing outside of major cities. So while Copenhagen itself is great for a city-break, and for shorter vacations, there's also a whole country to see around it, if you have more time to spend. If you think Copenhagen is chill, try a stroll in the evening hours of Denmarks countless beaches. :)
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That Copenhagen card sure comes in handy!
You should of showed footages of that roller coaster ride!
Totally! I was so excited that I hardly got the camera out.. Hopefully I'll get better at these travel-blog-type-things!
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Kroner means crowns, so feel free to call it that :) Next up should be Aarhus (also in Denmark). It is the cultural capital of Europe this year.
Sounds lovely! Would love to head back to Denmark, sooner rather than later!!
You can fly to Aalborg, and then go on gomore.dk and find someone who is driving anyway, and have an open spot. It's usually cheaper than the train, and you get to talk to some danes. :)
Nice video, I'm sure Denmark loves you as well :-)
If you ever get back to Denmark, Visit the Copenhagen Zoo, The original Legoland(in the city Billund), The Kronborg castle in Helsingør, and the amusement park Bakken (cheaper than Tivoli garden and free entrance) AND.. It's the worlds oldest park, where Tivoli "only" is the second oldest :-)
That sounds lovely! I hope to get back someday :) Thanks for watching!
Have I mentioned it's ok to say crowns? And it's ok to translate the names, such as "Paperisland" for Papirøen?
Sorry for the horrible weather. It has been exceptionally bad this summer; actually the worst since 1979! Usually it's sunny and around 25 degrees in august. So to experience "the real" and very lively and lovely Copenhagen summertime, you have got to come back :)
I definitely need to come back!!
Visit Singapore! You'll love it..
1 English pound is about 10 danish/norwgian/swedish krone
Have you noticed that to the Canadian ear it always sounds like brits are adding an er to end of some words thats prob why you were confused
Nyhaven is lovely especially late afternoon and evening.... lots of interesting taverns selling more kinds of Carlsberg beer than I thought could exist. Oh my goodness everything is sooo expensive in Nyhaven. The Street Market or Stroget Pedestrian Zone the world's longest outdoor pedestrian market, begins up hill near Tivoli Garden. Walk along Strogart downhill and at the base is the Little Mermaid statue. I hope you got the chance to wander along this Avenue. Nyhaven is very close to this mermaid statue. Food! Lots of great food, especially dairy--did you get a chance to sample the yogurt, milk, cheese, and ice cream that is to die for? There are polser or street sausage vendors everywhere and polse with or without bun are delicious and inexpensive (polser look like a footlong hot dog but they're different). Did you sample these? The Copenhagen card. What a great concept. Denmark pays for much of its social service with a VAT paid by non-residents, which helps explain why stuff is so expensive. The card apparently eliminates the VAT and for $59. US dollars is a hell of a deal.
Yes definitely dont buy breakfast at hotels but then again I never had a great experience with hotel brunches anywhere in the world.. Copenhagen is one of the great food capitals in Europe plenty of places you can have a great breakfast within a more humble price range
I found that brunch all you can eat was included with the hotel rate. Maybe that's changed.
Yeah also a lot of Danes don't eat out. It's mostly tourists who use the restaurants. Again most Danes make their food at home.
Also yeah the Wooden coaster in Tivoli Gardens is quite unique. it was from 1914 to be exact and is therefore the oldest still standing roller coaster in Europe and the third oldest in the entire world. Also Walt Disney visited Tivoli Gardens many times and took inspiration from it when designing a little place called Disneyland, don't know if you've heard about it? But yeah if the 2 places seems just a little bit similar that's why.
Also that place on the Island is litterally called "Copenhagen Streetfood"... yeah... The places is actually moving soon as the halls on Paper Island are going to get thorn down by next year and get replaced by Skyscrapers. The new location will be a bit further up north
Also BTW There's a place right outside Nørreport Station (aka. The Direct middle of the city) called Torvehallerne (aka the Square Halls in English) which is a giant indoor food market serving delicious products from all over eastern Denmark (even though it's a bit on the expensive side but at least you get good quality.). The Meatpacking District is also booming in the food industry as of late so if you're a food aficionado definitely visit those 2 places.
Also if you've got A LOT of time in Copenhagen then why not take the ferry to the Island of Bornholm? It's a beautiful Island located in the Baltic Sea and a great place to experience countryside Denmark. (Don't worry they do have their own airport.). But again if you're going to Denmark for like a week then you could split it up to like 4-5 days in Copenhagen and 2-3 days on Bornholm. You get a way different feeling out there compared to Copenhagen.
I always think these kinds of videos are funny. I’m always surprised by the things people choose to see in Copenhagen. I spend very little time in the city center (only go to work and shop there) and would really recommend going further away from the center
I’m always sad to see people miss open sandwiches and our national dish (fried pork and parsley sauce).
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Kroner is plural. Krone is singular. And Tivoli hotel is pronounced teevooli. Hi (hej) is pronounced almost the same way as in English, only shorter.
Eating out is terribly expensive, compared to other large european cities. But so remember that the pay is higher in Denmark than fx. America. Unfortunately so are the taxes.
I’m glad you enjoyed the city, feel free to come back. ;)
Thanks so much for watching!! We only had such a sort time (and money) but would have loved to see more of Denmark itself - maybe next time :)
when in nyhavn. do bring youre own beer. buy them cheap form a kiosk. and bring them there. but you cant sit in chairs. but just sit on the blocks of wood neer the water. just as good. and way way cheaper.
ps. 80 DKK = 9.90 GBP so basicly just move the decimal..more or less..
That is such a good idea!! Thanks for watching :)
Kopenhagen is beautiful! The worlds capital of cycling!
Enjoyed watching this video a lot and left you a subscription :-)
I'm a travel vlogger myself, all over the world! This week I will start travelling again to Portugal, Spain and Italy before I head out to the US
But who gets confused where Kopenhagen is? It is the capital of a country... :D
Thanks so much for watching! Enjoy your travels - sounds like an incredible trip!!
Allanas first video, it 2021 it become 1 million subscribers
20 pounds for breakfast! Do they sprinkle gold on your cereal for that?
If the language is a problem for people, don't worry about visiting us, as long as you speak at least some english...
We have two official languages we are taught throughout our school years, danish and english, so 95% of danes can speak and understand english to at least a passable degree, and if you are struggeling with trying to say something in danish, we will often ask you if you speak english, and if you say yes, then we just switch to that.
Most danes also at least understand a bit of french or german, as it's also mandatory to chose one of the two while in school, but we don't get them as early as english, so we are generally not as strong in those two as in english...
Also, pretty much every device expected to accomodate travelers like ATMs, ticket machines and terminals used for payment in stores are generally able to be set to at least the three main languages: Danish (our own language), English (the generally accepted international language) and german (by far our biggest source of tourism, not counting norway and sweden, as they generally understand danish anyway).
And if all else fails, the international language of pointing and using body language works just as well here as in the rest of the world...
LOVE YOU! As a dane - youre the fiirst that says whot not and wathts yes! youre EPIC!- and this is my video! People that see this vdeo! Listen to0 her! And visit Jylland - Copenhagen is the capital- witch is in sjælland. But also visit jylland :) If you arrive i Vejle (Jylland) write me :)
You completely srewed up with the currency.
- A dane
45 KRONER FOR A BEER? where the hell did you buy that???? you can get a beer for like 4 kroner in a normal store...
We only ever got beer from restaurants but I can assume it would be a lot cheaper from a store. Thanks for watching!!
It was a good video! Vert unformational. But yeah that's probably why haha ^^. Danish restaurants are not cheap!
@@AdventuresAndNaps Yea 45 kr is actual on the cheeper side.
If you order some beers from micro brewers, or any none standard pilsner, you can easily pay 70 kr or more kr.
Still cheeper than Norway. Thank god.
I think the cheepest beer i have seen in bars or restutants is 30 kr, which is not usual, and only the cheepest kind of beer.
before Brexit 100 Danish Kr. was about 10£
With only 5 month's to go (29/3/2019) it's currently at 84 Danish Kr to about £10, which actually isn't that bad.
Before Brexit the EU doom-mongers predicted the economy would fail blah blah blah, but fluctuations _are_ expected during a transition period & it's looking ok.
If you love the EU thats cool but myself with many others see it for the corrupt dictatorship that is. :)
So you can actually use Euros in larger chain operated shops, but your change will be in Danish Kroner(DKK) at a shit exchange rate. But really there's no reason to bring Kroner, as all shops accept credit cards. Also everybody speaks English, and everything is in English.
True! I was really surprised there was so much English everywhere.
Right it's just that you said ''I don't speak Danish'' in a context which made it sound like it was a serious problem. You see I love that Copenhagen sees so many visitors now, but I want them to actually approach us and not rely on guided tours and tourist groups, see :)
About the kr. then 1 pound is fairly equal to 10 kr. so just think of it in British pounds minus a zero at the end.
So 45 kr. = 4,50£ for instance. It's not the most accurate technique but it's close enough. and 1 € equals 7,5 kr. And honestly it sounds like you went for some... not the best deals around town. Yeah you may find a Smørrebrød (those openfaced Rye sandwiches) for like 60-70kr. but honestly that's like Royal family prices. The average Dane probably wouldn't give more than 30kr. for something like that and that's even if they feel like going expensive.
Thanks so much for this!! Super helpful :)
Wow you're so pretty.. Couldn't take my eyes off the whole time... But your accent is definitely not Canadian..?? BTW I have lived in Toronto !
Canada had lots of accents, just like the UK :) Mine is typical of Ontario/mid-Canada, which sounds different from a Newfie or a Quebecer!
+ Adventures and Naps Hmm.. Thanks for the update.. Didn't knew so many accents existed in Canada.. Do you speak French by any chance? Did you like Scandinavia? Any plans to move to mainland Europe?
You have a lovely Cnadian accent, and yes it is typical of Ontario.
you dont need cash any where, so whats the problem, use a visa
I don't think it's an issue with the Danish Krone, more of an issue with your math(s)!
Yeah, if you're from the UK, it's you get 8 Kroner(s), for one british pound
it doesnt sound like a fun place
Are there lots of hot chicks there?
LOL your corince is one of the moust stabil in the worl not funny at all!