Australia and Denmark, geographically at opposite ends of the planet, yet are oddly entwined. They gave us the architect for the Sydney Opera House, and we gave them their Queen.
In 2016 I was travelling around Australia when I met a young Danish couple who were doing the same thing (they covered 46,000 kms by the time they left). The biggest shock they experienced was the vastness, the sense of isolation and in some parts of the Outback the feeling that they were the only humans on earth. A bit different to life in 99% of Europe.
I think the top comment from tourists visiting us here in Denmark, especially Copenhagen, is how expensive it is, which is true. 😊 Though, some of the places are tourist traps, so the prices are nudged up a bit. The place you had your open faced sandwiches (smørrebrød), Torvehallerne, I tend to avoid, since it's VERY expensive, although it's nice quality food.
Torvehallerne is an expensive place to eat, but the quality of the food definitely reflects the prices. It's not a place I'd eat more than once as a tourist, but it's really nice to try.
There are a lot of Smørrebrød places with similar prices in CPH. Most of them will give you a proper plate, though instead of that silly piece of cardboard. There are also less "classy" options. Some supermarkets have pre-made smørrebrød and you can get them as cheap as $4.5 per piece. They are not going to have quite as extravagant toppings as what you had, though.
As a Tasmanian, I can see why Mary would have been able to slip right in to life there. What a beautiful city, reminiscent of Hobart's waterfront in places.
I love that you said mustard ketchup instead of mustard and ketchup. Many do not know that the ketchup has mustard seeds in Denmark (not even the people serving it). As a hater of mustard, it is a pain in the neck not getting ketchup ketchup in Denmark.
@@anortherner You said it yourself, with that logic anything would be "x with y and z". A burger is just a sandwich with meat in it, a pizza is just a flat pie with different toppings, aioli is just mayonnaise made from different kinds of oil, and so on and so forth. Things have specific names because they are their own thing. You'll notice that "chili mayo" still has "mayo" in it, because it really is just mayo but spicy. That is not what remoulade is, it is its own thing, doesn't even taste like mayo, even if one of the main ingredients is mayo
Interesting seeing your perspective. I'm a local, I live just north of the city. It definitely seems like you got a little ripped off with the Smørrebrød sandwiches, the ones at Torvehallerne you went to are basically the most expensive in town and its also kinda touristy and a tad fake. There are definitely more affordable places around though these generally aren't open on weekends. Like Lillians Smørrebrød near Blox, Domhusets Smørrebrød in the old town, Ritz which is very close to City hall square, or Rådhus Smørrebrød also near the city hall. All of which feature much more affordable and traditional options at around 16-45kr per sandwich, so about 2-7 dollars per sandwich depending on the place and the type of sandwich. Like these kinds of places arent usually instagram hotspots, they're more traditional, less hip, but also less of a ripoff. At Ritz for example you can get 3 different ones and a beer for 48kr total. Also yeah Christiania IDK if I'd say its harshest days are over it. There have been a lot of trouble there recently, including violent gangs like Loyal to Familia extending their reach into the freetown to do their trade, as well as their violence and conflicts with other gangs. Plus an increasing number of police crackdowns in the area. Beforehand most Christianites were opposed to police intervention but the gang problem has become so big that the police intervention is required for everyones safety. Also if youre curious the crunchy stuff on the hotdog is roasted onion slices. And the mayo style thing they put on is called Remoulade. Its a very danish thing. We used to have thousands of hot dog stands around Danish towns and cities but nowadays there aren't as many around. They're becoming more of a rarity. You can still find them at most major squares in Copenhagen but way back in the day any small town with a square would have at least one, and in cities you'd find them every few hundred meters.
About your last point. I was wondering what they were talking about Mayo on a hot dog! I never had mayonnaise on my hot dogs. Yeah, Remolade makes sense, but that is not Danish. It is French. I am pretty sure they have it in the US especially down south in Louisiana and places like that.
@@Ay_Ole They might have remoulade in France but remoulade is an absolute mainstay in the Danish kitchen whether it's for hotdogs or smørrebrød. Mayonnaise is usually only used for what we called a "French hot dog" which are the ones with the hollow bread that wraps all the way around the sausage with the sausage poking out at one end only
One of the things foreigners come away with after having visited Copenhagen is the walkability of Copenhagen. It's easy to forget that the medieval part of Copenhagen was a fortified area surrounded by a moat and bastions up to the mid 1850s. This part of Copenhagen burned down on a few occasions in 1728, 1795 and when the British navy bombed Copenhagen in 1807. Copenhagen is very much a city that was built for pedestrians. This sort of changed a little bit up through the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s but has slowly changed again so the city today is very focused on pedestrians and commuting by bicycle. At least the inner part or medieval part of Copenhagen was never designed for cars, trucks and busses. That part of Copenhagen was originally designed for horse drawn carriages and pedestrians.
The important bit you mention is that in the 1950's and 60's Copenhagen really did try to become a car heaven. but they stopped and reversed course. Most eastern US cities were built to be walkable. but because city planners didn't stop and think all of these cities haven demolished to allow for roads and parking.
The wooden creature statue in Christiania has sibling statues in WA, Australia. They are called ‘The Giants of Mandurah’ and were created by a Danish recycle artist called Thomas Dambo.
I have no idea why I watch these, when I live in Copenhagen. But I appreciated your video, always nice to see travelers who have an open mind attitude towards new things. Come back in the summer, and it will be 100 times more enjoyable! Have a great trip guys.
Fun facts: The round tower has the ramp, because the king Christian IV who built it, wanted to be able to ride a carriage up to the top 😂 Food and drinks are more expensive in Denmark, but it is not customary to tip, as minimum wage in Denmark is high enough to live off 💸 things are also expensive because there is a 25% tax (moms) on all items sold and we pay minimum 37% tax of our income. In return we have free healthcare and education including university degrees and many other benefits paid by the government 🤓
Having free healthcare and education is not only in Denmark but other European countries with way lower tax brackets. Besides is it free if you need to give so much in tax?Just wondering 🤔Not only food and drinks are more expensive here, EVERYTHING is more expensive🤯
@@perfectdoll4112 But the unions are really strong in scandinavia. Tesla in Sweden dont want to let the union have a say, so the unions are striking against them. (13 unions sympathy strikes not just the mechanic ones). So they dont even recieve their license plates for the cars, and all their other mail becuse of strikes. The dock workers dont let them ship their cars by ships. Now kommunal-union joined in and they wont handle teslas garbage waste. Denmark,Norway and Finland unions also joined the strike in sympathy, so they also wont accept tesla cars being shipped. Basically, unions are strong. Its the spine of the workingclass people
LOVE visiting Denmark! Great people, great history everywhere, make sure to learn basic polite words. Thank you, excuse me etc been 3 times, loved every visit.
Coffee is very expensive, however Danes don't buy coffee every day on their way to work, and if they do it's more often coffee at a gas station. Most people make coffee at home before going to work, or just drink free coffee at their work. So coffee shops are more for hanging out after work/school with friends on occasion, rather than a place you stop by daily. The same is true with food, though it is easier to find relatively cheap food compared to (good) cheap coffee. Torvehallerne is a really expensive food hall, you could have gone to a lot of other places with cheaper food. It's definitively designed to be boojie, but also has very high quality and delicious food! There's a lot of rumours about Christiania - like it's a lawless place - many of which are not true. The same laws apply in Christiania as everywhere else in Denmark, so they are not allow to sell drugs. But there's a fear that removing the illegal activity from Christiania will create an uprising and make it spread elsewhere, so it's been a back and forth battle for many years between the citizens of Christiana and the government (reason for the negative government graffiti). Everyone knows what goes on there, but as long as no one gets hurt it's allowed. However that has been more difficult in the recent 20 years due to worsening gang violence and multiple shootings (the recent one in 2023), so the worst days are not behind Christiania. The citizens of Christiania are considering selling more of the land to Copenhagen, to allow for greater support in getting rid of the increased violence, and to get better housing. The "crunchy, flaky, crumble thing" is just fried onions 😆 The danish hotdog is a great mixture of sweet and sour, very different from hotdogs everywhere else in the world. The winters can feel especially cold in Denmark, even if the temperature isn't that low, because we have a lot of humidity in the air which makes the wind blow a lot colder. So it's worth also checking the humidity and wind before going outside, as +2 degree celsius can feel like -10. I'm glad you enjoyed your brief time in Copenhagen! If you ever come back you should take your time to visit other parts of Denmark, there's so much more to see than just our capital city.
@@OnePackWanderers don't mean to be rude, but it's not a "perspective" on Christiania. It's a very sad fact and a big problem. I live in Copenhagen and have been coming to Christiania regularly for the past 30 years. It has been an increasingly violent and dangerous place, but is still marketed to tourist as a hippie commune. All the old dealers have been arrested or have retired, leaving the criminal market in the hands of young gang members with no respect for human life. But we do like that tourist revenue... There are several reasons why it has not been shut down. And that is one of them
I live on the west coast of Denmark, and all you pretty much hear about Christiania is to do with drugs and violence - not that they report every single time Pusher Street is cleared, as it happens so often... I love Copenhagen (although it does come second to Aarhus, imho), but I'm not likely to visit Christiania any time soon. There's so much else to see in CPH and the rest of Denmark.
Half way through, and I'm loving this episode! Copenhagen, and Denmark in general, fascinates me. I'm a New Zealander, but Danish society seems to approach an ideal. I wouldn't be without the Māori aspect of our culture, though.
As a Dane - we feel the same but in reverse for New Zealand/Aotearoa. I visited your country for the first time in november. It was truly stunning. Especially Milford Sounds and Mt. Cook. But every place we went felt magical
As a Dane, who spent a month in Aotearoa (travelling through both north and south island) and has been dreaming herself back ever since, I can attest to our cultures being incredibly (perhaps surprisingly, considering the geographical distance) compatible with each other. The parts of Mãori culture that I was blessed to have shared with me was incredible. (It’s been 14 years, and I *ache* to return ♥️♥️)
@@AllistairNeil 'Old' Zealand is in the Netherlands, so no offence taken :-D However, I've been to Dannevirke, and I quite disagree though it did make me a tiny bit homesick after travelling for 5 months. That passed though as I travel further on. Now I'm homesick for the country of my heart, NZ ;-)
Denmark is definitely expensive but HOLY MOLY what a beautiful place with beautiful people!! We went to Christiania as well when we were there and we loved how colorful and eclectic it was. Super fascinating!! :)
Its not expencive if you think about how much we earn us that live here. But people always tend to never think about that. You feel like its expencive because your country has a "bad" economy compared to ours. Also people in this type of video always walk into the tourist traps lol .... no wonder you think its expencive . Even us that live here go there rarely. Resturants seem out of your price range because our culture dont go out and eat there like a "every day" type of thing. Its something you do now and then, for most rarely when celebrate or feel like treating yourself . Etc having a good time with friends or loved once. And again there is cheaper places to eat asweell lol . just move abit away from the very city center, dont even need to be that much. Just out of the pocket area all tourist always check out first.
that bridge is the location for one of the most AMAZING Nordic noir tv shows ever called The bridge in English, or bron/broen. Its been remade at least twice. Its a must watch. Saga Noren is the coolest and funniest female detective ever 😂👍
The wood troll you saw in Christiania is part of an installation by a Danish artist. He's placed a bunch of them around the world. Most of them are in Copenhagen and its surroundings but there's at least a couple on each continent. The idea is you download his troll map and go on a troll hunt to go find them. A lot of them are nicely hidden, so it's like finding a treasure. Pretty cool concept. Especially if you have kids.
Christiania is just a poor place ruled by drug sellers no matter what the police and politicians say or do! Very sad story and place😔 Happy to live in our 2nd largest city in Denmark🇩🇰❤️
If you like colorful things and really enjoy the hidden nature beauty then I would definitely recommend you guys giving Denmark another shot during SUMMER 🌞 During the summer, this country is where it truly shines! 🤩
Great vlog! Though just to clear up the christiania part: It's not an autonomous region and they still have to pay taxes, weed is also not allowed like in the rest of Denmark. It started as a project but quickly failed and has somewhat been taken over by gangs to sell weed and other stuff. Police do raids which is also why they use foldable tables so they can quickly get away.
I've been to Copenhagen a couple of times, and really love it. It's just a really pleasant, functional city. The coffee there is generally excellent, similar to what you would have found in NZ and Aus (the same applies for Sweden).
Highly recommend the viking ship museum in Roskilde in the middle of Zealand west of Copenhagen; also, the hostel right on the water is modern and very comfortable.
You seem very educated and give every city you visit thought and purpose. Thanks for the wonderful video - it will surely be well recieved amongst danes.
I love these videos! I live in central Copenhagen, close to many of the spots you show, and its just something I see everyday and take for granted. Seeing videos like this makes be appreciate my city so much and seeing it though the eyes of someone who has never been here before :') !
Another place I want to visit bc of you two. I’m si glad to see you’re keeping warm. I almost think it’s worth going in the winter bc it’s so picturesque.
While it is true that we have a lot of winter days with sub zero temps, this winter is so far a bit extraordinary. Snow is becoming a rare event in most recent years with like 4 or 5 snowfalls over the whole winter and only periods with frost the rest of the time. However, this winter we have in december and so far in january had 5 or 6 times with decent snow in larger parts of the country, though not all at the same time all over the country. Kinda curious for the rest of the winter to see how many times we will see that this winter in all.
I've been living here for many years. Copenhagen is very, very expensive even for locals. Copenhagen is great for tourists for a couple of days, afterwards you'll need to leave as it gets boring. If you come outside summer season, it's quite cold and depressive.
Hi… both.. Please come back when it’s 21 Celsius at evening/night in june and just enjoy the city life of Copenhagen - and the prices are the same - Yes, it’s expensive, but what the hell… in DK we know that…!!
Tip for taking photos with gloves on: You can use the "volume down"-button as a shutter, when you're in the camera app on iPhones, and most Androids (a few Androids use the "volume up"-button instead, or have a dedicated shutter button) :) From a Dane who also gets cold fingers in the winter, but likes to take pictures ;)
It's wild to see you guys enjoy my home-country a day before my flight to Singapore, where I'm planning on seeing a bunch of the stuff from your videos. I hope you enjoy your time in Scandinavia :)
Feeling very jealous of you right now on a Sunday morning that’s heating up towards a top of 41degrees C here in Aus (will feel like a few degrees more factoring in the humidity!) Scandinavia has been on my bucket list for decades and it doesn’t look like it will disappoint from your overview - old-worldly charming, beautifully quaint and unique! Hope you said ‘hi’ 👋 to newly crowned (Australian) Queen Mary for us! Looking forward to Sweden! Cheers!
Regarding prices keep in mind that first off Copenhagen is the most expensive city in Denmark by far, and secondly average wages in Denmark is a LOT higher (even with taxes) than in the US. Cost of living is definitely high, but wages match and we also have a robust social safety net (ie. you're get a survivable-on amount of money from the state even if you dont have a job).
Beautiful Copenhagen, one of my fav cities in the Nordics. But hey, you missed the gem city called Aarhus, which is like a smaller picturesc version of Copenhagen.
If you go back to Copenhagen. Take a look at the CabInn City hotel to stay at. The rooms are like a cabin on a ship and the rates are reasonable. Plus, it's near the train station and Tivoli Gardens. We loved it.
I stayed there with a couple of my friends, and the rooms are fine tho the breakfast could definitely be better. I’d still recommend it, even with the half bad breakfast buffet
If you go during winter, be aware that danish weather doesnt respect what you wear :) The weather is usually cold, damp and windy simultaneously so proper winterwear is necessary to enjoy being outdoors
If you get out of the touristy places, it's possible to find places that serve free coffee and less fancy smørrebrød or crustyrolls for reasonable prices. What people pay for is the view and convenience in midtown. The good addresses are insanely expensive to rent. McDonald's has long been mocking the coffee outlets for their prices here, which is easy for them as coffee isn't their main product.
A hotdog stand in Iceland has taken the title of the worlds best hotdog several times. The traditional danish grilled hotdog is almost the same combination; sweet ketchup, strong mustard, remoulade, red boiled or regular pan fried wiener, raw diced onions, crispy fried onions and topped with pickled cucumber slices. Yes, the bread is too small, it takes practice to get all that into the bun. It's the full combination that makes it a classic Danish hotdog. But of course it's possible to find hotdog stands that offer more variety.
The Danish red sausage, fun fact: In the 1930s sausage stands would dye sausages red the next day and sell them cheaply to poor people. Soon the red sausages became the most popular among sausages and eventually everyone would dye their sausages red. The red colour is carmine (E120).
Rundetårn is built with a ramp to accomodate the Muscowite Tzar Peter The Great. It was built for a state visit to enable him using his carriage to the top.
Everything in Denmark is expensive for most foreigners, it's true. We Danes don't notice it that much, though, because our wages our quite high, too. So we manage. Of course, we tend to avoid the stuff that is priced for tourists, like in the center of Copenhagen, which is REALLY expensive, also for Danes. Cheers from Denmark!
no Christania is part of Denmark and have the same laws, that's why they don't want you to take photos of them doing illegal stuff-there are often police raid, they also have to pay tax, but they don't pay much to live there
yeah it's deffinetely illegal, I imagine the reason why it haven't been totally shut down yet is because all the "bad apples" go there to do the stuff they shouldn't so it doesn't spread to the rest of the city.
It definitely is expensive here, no doubt, but we're also not prone to go out to eat often, like it's a special occasion thing, and getting coffee out is mostly for when you sit down at the café. Our wages obviously also match the price range more, than for most tourists. For Christiania, you're allowed to film and take pictures everywhere but what is called "Pusher Street". The big wooden troll is also a part of a bigger project, there's a lot of different ones scattered around Denmark, and you can get a pretty good long walk out of just going around to see them, which are walks we call "troll hunting"
Sure you can take photos at Christiana. Just don't take pictures where the sell weed. People involved in illegal transactions don't like having their photo taken. I think it's the same all over the world :-) Sure, Copenhagen is expensive, but then wait until you get to Norway, if that's a part on your trip. I enjoy your channel. It's also so interesting to see your reaction to what is daily life for me. Sometimes it's difficult to appreciate what you see every day. So thanks!
3:18: I live next the the Market Halls (Torvehallerne). It's where I buy food ingredient items for special occations; Christmas, Easter, my birthday, New Year's...
So fun seeing you guys explore the Nordics! Very brave coming this time of year, too 😆 Stay warm and hope you find some cheap coffee (well, non-extortionate coffee at least...). Excited for what's to come!
The ramp in Rundetårn is allegedly cause one of our kings was too lazy to walk the stairs to the top and so he had a ramp installed, so he could have a horsedrawn carriage driven to the top 😅 or its to ease the transportation of heavy books to the observatory. Either way, they drove horses to the top of the tower 😅
If you ever come back, you should go to Vesterbro and Nørrebro just outside city center. It is where the life and heart of Copenhagen is, with all the tiny cafes, restaurants parks and bars and fun shops.
I can’t believe u guys r in Copenhagen. I just booked my Europe trip which includes Copenhagen. I have been watching a lot videos of London, Belgium, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. My trip is not until sept . I like to travel during off season . When I’m in Copenhagen I will book a day trip to Lund and malmo. Can’t wait to see ur video of Lund and malmo
If you're in Copenhagen on September 26th then go to Christiania as it's the community's birthday. There's going to be lots of people but also lots of music, art and happy vibes 😊
Min 15:30 Red Sausage, ie. Danish Magic, I could have eaten those for 3 weeks straight when visiting my grandmother. FYI:The miniature bun is simply to not get your fingers burned or dirty.
How sweet you are, and kind to our old city. It's lovely to see it through your eyes. It is rather expensive, true, but if you know where to look you find cheaper alternatives, though the expensive places are also kind of part of it. The higher prices in some areas drives the economy elsewhere and often the expensive places are started and run by people with a passion and a no compromises attitude. I'll immediately go look up your other travel videos. Malmö is also a great city. Many of us go there often, especially for the christmas markets.
Got a bit surprised you already got yourselves to Denmark. I've been watching since you guys were in New Zealand :) I actually used to live in Malmö, it's a very beautiful city! And definitely a lot cheaper than Copenhagen. I can recommend checking out the downtown area (Gamla staden) and Västra Hamnen- the area from Turning Torso to the sea. Both areas have pedestrianised streets and beautiful architecture. The Malmö castle is worth a visit, same with Slottsparken surrounding it although it's a lot nicer in summer. You don't have to go inside the museum at the castle, I think just walking around is nice! If you get there, you could drop in to the city library too. A good walking stretch is from the downtown area to Triangeln station through Davidshallsbron and Södra Förstadsgatan :) oh and there is a nice view of the waterfront at Anna Lindhs plats. For budget friendly food you should definitely go for falafel! In my opinion Värnhems falafel is the best since they make fresh bread for it but places like Möllans falafel and Jalla Jalla are good too. Otherwise Malmö Saluhall is a good food court. Uggla Kaffebar has some really good coffee, and Spoonery has some decent Swedish meatballs for a pretty decent price. Lund is a quaint small town and it's a really quick train ride from Malmö, I can recommend checking out the downtown over there, as well as Domkyrkan and the street "Adelgatan". Kulturen is a pretty neat outdoor museum that gives you an idea of how an old Scandinavian village would have looked like around the Middle Ages, entry would be about 14 USD per person. I hope you guys have fun!!
Totally love this upload , did justice to viking country , Denmark , well done , Dynamic Duo , if ya ever in Norway check out the waterfalls and fjoids , loads of them😅
For reference the crunchy flaky things on your hotdogs are fried onions. The yellow "mayonnaise" is called *remolade* which is usually made of mayonnaise, sugar, pickled cucumbers, cabbage, onions and eggyolks.
I would love to go there. I am an Aussie however I'm from Danish heritage on my Father's side of the family.. explains a lot about my expensive taste.. that I can't afford haha 😅 ❤
Do try to return to CPH in the summer. It is a much more "outdoors" vibrant city then :) We do have 6 months of darkness and cold to get through every year ;)
7:35 The main reason for the ramp is actually believed to be esthetic (inspired by the Tower Of Babel fables) rather than functional (making it easier to transport instruments etc, and a king with podagra, to the top).
Hello there :) Fun to follow your adventures in my country. Regarding your smørrebrød, you did go to Torvehallerne, which is extremely expensive. I live in Copenhagen and I never go there. Also the freetown of Christiania is not completely lawless. They have made a number of agreements with the municipality of Copenhagen, so they pay for utilities and so on. But if you ever come back, let me know and I can point you towards cheaper places.
Yes, the inhabitants of Christiania pay rent and taxes just like other Danes. But they have a lot of very cool stuff they do independently, like they had the best recycling system in Denmark for decades, and their nature-policy is awesome. The whole thing is organized as a participatory direct democracy, where they mostly reach consensus about decisions. The restaurants in Christiania are worth visitning, too.
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I was telling my wife about your adventures and we re-watched all the Australian episodes. My wife is also now a fan of you both. I told her you have both been classed as honourary Australains.
Someone from Copenhagen here. They went to one of the most fancy/touristy places to eat, it's way overpriced and anywhere else a sandwich would run you about $7 to $11
@@laurableadorable-owo9170 The comment was left in jest. (Tia can do no wrong, but that's just me 😀 ) I've traveled in the past around Europe but unfortunately I never made it to Copenhagen. 😞 Some day in the future maybe?
Thanks for showing our capital in this nice way. I was born in Copenhagen and I just love Copenhagen, but it was nice to see it through your eyes 😊👏🇩🇰🙏
Thank you so much for stopping by our small but beautiful country :) I would suggest if you ever come back, that you try "smørrebrød" (the open faced sandwiches you had) from a butcher shop instead of places like the one you went to. Those really just try to rip you off and don't actually serve the "real" kind - you just got fancy smancy ones, which don't have what we usually would eat. The ones from the butchers are usually also WAY cheaper and more delicious as it's fresh and you get value for the money. I hope next time you come back, that you come during spring or autumn as Copenhagen is just GORGEOUS at this time of year. Summer - living hell, it's too damn humid and hot at the same time and our houses are built to insulate the heat. Also during spring (around April/May) you would really get to see how the Danish outside culture blossom, and it's still outside the summer vacation time (June-August). Also - if you do feel like it, I would definitely suggest visiting some people who live here and try some homemade traditional meals. Trust me, you would like them A LOT.
@OnePackWanderers you're welcome ❤️ I wish someone from here had shown you the less tourist-y areas and what we do on a daily basis, so the price wouldn't have been as bad, but there's always another time. Also, to explain a bit of how far north you are by coming here (and the reason why I say it's super humid during summer); it's as far north as Alaska, Quebec and Edmonton in Canada. And it rains A LOT. Not to mention our weather during the whole year can range between -20C to 35C and slightly warmer. Hope you have a good weekend!
Thank you for your video! We visited Copenhagen a few years back (but only for a few days). Although it’s quite pricey (as all of Scandinavia), it is an absolutely beautiful city. Watching your video is inspiring for another, longer visit. Big cheers from Melbourne 🍷!
We recently spent a couple of days in Copenhagen and it is eye wateringly expensive but also exceptionally beautiful, a boat trip through the canals is well worth it. We also moved over to Lund in Sweden near to Malmo which was nearly half the price for food and drink partly due to the strength/weakness of the neighbouring currencies.
The rye bread thing is called "smørrebrød". Smørrebrød are Danish open-faced sandwiches made with dense rye bread topped with various ingredients like meats, fish, cheeses, and spreads. They're known for their balanced flavours and are a popular lunch or celebratory dish in Denmark. "Smør" means butter and "brød" means bread in danish. Copenhagen is nice,- the whole of Denmark is nice. I live here and this is the best place on earth. Hands down.
Cheveyo and Tia. Thank for a front-row seat on your holidays. Keep finding the hidden beauties around you, especially when your budget limits your activity 🇭🇲🐨
The crunchy, flakey thing is also onions. It's fried onions. You can buy it in most grocery stores, and they go great on top of leverpostej (which is sort of a minced liver paté that is a stable of most kids' lunchpacks ;) ). So rye bread, leverpostej, fried flaky, crunchy onionthings. It's great. You should try it out :)
7:33 The Round Tower was built by Christian IV (not with his own hands, though), and the reason for the ramp is that it’s easier to move stuff up and down, such as astronomical observation equipment.
16:58 The flaky things are called “ristede løg”, roasted onions. I think maybe there’s some deep frying involved in making them, but not 100% sure. EDIT: And it makes sense that they’d be (or have become) more “American-style”, after that whole thing with Germany 1940-45.
Next time you come to Denmark, come visit the West Coast and you will experience the real Denmark. If you swing by we will serve you a real danish meal 😊
The bougie cardboard plates are likely for environmentally friendly alternative to using (and polluting) a lot of water washing actual plates.. Though I will say, a lot of places in CPH def. does make a spectacle of being SUUUUPER environmentally aware, cause it's very trendy on top of being good for our little blue marble.. :) I don't know how much better this alternative actually is, so don't slaughter me if I'm wrong about that bit
Never heard off or seen your channel before. Just checked it out, because I'm Danish. After watching 2 minutes, I'm absolutely sure you 2 are gonna have a bunch of beautiful children ❤ Best of luck and thanks for the video 😊
I just got reminded that in Denmark eating out is a luxury thing, unless it is grill food, so finding a place to stay that have a mini kitchen is probably going to save you a lot more in the long run :)
Cheveyo, we need a highlights video of Tia's food reactions like at 16:40 for everything she's eaten over the last couple of years. Would be good for a laugh.
New to the channel, but i have a fun fact about the idea of the skateboard in the Rundetårn. There was a danish kids tv-program 10 years ago called "Ramasjang Rally". In one of the episodes was there two teams competing to see who could push their homemade rally car (sæbekassebil) up AND down the Rundetårn. I remember it as a really epic episode, but it was very hard for one of the teams with the car being 44 kg/97 lbs without a kid in it. My arms could never.
I always feel so sorry for tourists, since you’re visiting the least charming and most expensive parts of town. Torvehallerne is ridiculously expensive, that price would be crazy for us too! Some come back in summer and visit some of the other parts of town. And bike around!
3:42 It's called smørrebrød. A direct translation would be "buttered bread", "bread with a bunch on it" (smør is butter while smørre is a pile of something) or something like that. Basically it's just buttered rye bread with different kind of toppings like deli meat etc.
7:06 Is actually a church tower for The Trinitatis Church, but also an observatory build by King Christian IV. It has no stairs, because it was meant for horse drawn carriege to transport astronomical equipment and books to the top of the tower.
The reason for the lack of stairs in Rundetårn (the Round Tower) was to make it easier to transport the heavy astronomical equipment to the top of the tower. There are also many stories of royalty riding their horses to the top of the tower. Most famous is the Russian Tzar Alexander that made the trip up the tower on horseback in 1716.
Glad you enjoyed Copenhagen. I'm an American living here since autumn 92. Love the place. Rundtårn and Nyhavn were exellent choices. Thanks for all the beautiful footage of wintery downtown Copenhagen. Next time come in the summer when the days are longer and go to the top of Our Saviors Church.(Buy tickets beforehsnd online.) Or make your base in Roskilde.❤
Rundetårn (the observatory you visited) has a ramp because the king who built it (Christian IV) wanted to be able to ride his horse/chariot to the top.
What a lovely report from two very charming travelers. I haven’t read all comments, but as a native Dane and Copenhagen’er I just want to say that 1) Yes, you SHOULD come back in the summer time during which Copenhagen is at it’s best and 2) people living in Christiania do pay tax! 😊
The artist that made that troll has been around in Denmark and made a few more trolls. The one I got in my neighbourhood is carrying a huge boulder. It's just a part of our history to dream and stress off. Comfortable living is the core of hygge.
Australia and Denmark, geographically at opposite ends of the planet, yet are oddly entwined. They gave us the architect for the Sydney Opera House, and we gave them their Queen.
I dont care about the Opera House, as long we got Mary, The most beautifull Queen in the world
It's cute they met in a Sydney pub 😊
In 2016 I was travelling around Australia when I met a young Danish couple who were doing the same thing (they covered 46,000 kms by the time they left). The biggest shock they experienced was the vastness, the sense of isolation and in some parts of the Outback the feeling that they were the only humans on earth. A bit different to life in 99% of Europe.
Queen for an iconic building?
Seems like a fair trade
🇩🇰🤝🇦🇺
@@benjaminfelixperec2214 Ahh yes, and self-serving politicians around the world are doing such a great job! 😂.
I think the top comment from tourists visiting us here in Denmark, especially Copenhagen, is how expensive it is, which is true. 😊
Though, some of the places are tourist traps, so the prices are nudged up a bit.
The place you had your open faced sandwiches (smørrebrød), Torvehallerne, I tend to avoid, since it's VERY expensive, although it's nice quality food.
We definitely got the impression Torvehallerne was expensive even by Danish standards. Was cool to experience it, though.
Torvehallerne is an expensive place to eat, but the quality of the food definitely reflects the prices. It's not a place I'd eat more than once as a tourist, but it's really nice to try.
Very expensive???
Well, compared to mcdonalds and frozen food it is.
As a danish i can say it is not that expensive unless you eat it everyday.
@@julieberthelsen389 så har du aldrig været uden for KBH 😅
There are a lot of Smørrebrød places with similar prices in CPH. Most of them will give you a proper plate, though instead of that silly piece of cardboard. There are also less "classy" options. Some supermarkets have pre-made smørrebrød and you can get them as cheap as $4.5 per piece. They are not going to have quite as extravagant toppings as what you had, though.
As a Tasmanian, I can see why Mary would have been able to slip right in to life there. What a beautiful city, reminiscent of Hobart's waterfront in places.
It's the most boring place on Earth, second to Hobart or Launceston, of course!
@@AllistairNeilSå smut du bare et andet sted hen.
@@AllistairNeil Thats not very nice
Who is Mary? 🤔
@@JimmPratt Their new Tasmanian-born Queen.
The Danish hotdogs consists of bread, sausage, mustard ketchup, Remulade (not mayo) onion, fried onions and pickles.
remoulade is mayonaise typically mixed with carrots, pickels, capers... So yea, it is actually just mayonaise mixed with different greens.
I love that you said mustard ketchup instead of mustard and ketchup. Many do not know that the ketchup has mustard seeds in Denmark (not even the people serving it). As a hater of mustard, it is a pain in the neck not getting ketchup ketchup in Denmark.
Remulade = Tarter Sauce (more or less)
@@nilausvinderskov3391 That's like saying Thousand Island is just Mayo and Ketchup mixed with other things. No, Remoulade is its own thing
@@anortherner You said it yourself, with that logic anything would be "x with y and z". A burger is just a sandwich with meat in it, a pizza is just a flat pie with different toppings, aioli is just mayonnaise made from different kinds of oil, and so on and so forth.
Things have specific names because they are their own thing. You'll notice that "chili mayo" still has "mayo" in it, because it really is just mayo but spicy. That is not what remoulade is, it is its own thing, doesn't even taste like mayo, even if one of the main ingredients is mayo
Interesting seeing your perspective. I'm a local, I live just north of the city.
It definitely seems like you got a little ripped off with the Smørrebrød sandwiches, the ones at Torvehallerne you went to are basically the most expensive in town and its also kinda touristy and a tad fake. There are definitely more affordable places around though these generally aren't open on weekends. Like Lillians Smørrebrød near Blox, Domhusets Smørrebrød in the old town, Ritz which is very close to City hall square, or Rådhus Smørrebrød also near the city hall. All of which feature much more affordable and traditional options at around 16-45kr per sandwich, so about 2-7 dollars per sandwich depending on the place and the type of sandwich. Like these kinds of places arent usually instagram hotspots, they're more traditional, less hip, but also less of a ripoff. At Ritz for example you can get 3 different ones and a beer for 48kr total.
Also yeah Christiania IDK if I'd say its harshest days are over it. There have been a lot of trouble there recently, including violent gangs like Loyal to Familia extending their reach into the freetown to do their trade, as well as their violence and conflicts with other gangs. Plus an increasing number of police crackdowns in the area. Beforehand most Christianites were opposed to police intervention but the gang problem has become so big that the police intervention is required for everyones safety.
Also if youre curious the crunchy stuff on the hotdog is roasted onion slices. And the mayo style thing they put on is called Remoulade. Its a very danish thing. We used to have thousands of hot dog stands around Danish towns and cities but nowadays there aren't as many around. They're becoming more of a rarity. You can still find them at most major squares in Copenhagen but way back in the day any small town with a square would have at least one, and in cities you'd find them every few hundred meters.
About your last point. I was wondering what they were talking about Mayo on a hot dog! I never had mayonnaise on my hot dogs.
Yeah, Remolade makes sense, but that is not Danish. It is French. I am pretty sure they have it in the US especially down south in Louisiana and places like that.
@@Ay_Ole They might have remoulade in France but remoulade is an absolute mainstay in the Danish kitchen whether it's for hotdogs or smørrebrød.
Mayonnaise is usually only used for what we called a "French hot dog" which are the ones with the hollow bread that wraps all the way around the sausage with the sausage poking out at one end only
@@Ay_Ole remolade in denmark is not the same remulade that is in france
Thank you for the info. Looking forward to ur suggestions in Sept
One of the things foreigners come away with after having visited Copenhagen is the walkability of Copenhagen.
It's easy to forget that the medieval part of Copenhagen was a fortified area surrounded by a moat and bastions up to the mid 1850s. This part of Copenhagen burned down on a few occasions in 1728, 1795 and when the British navy bombed Copenhagen in 1807.
Copenhagen is very much a city that was built for pedestrians. This sort of changed a little bit up through the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s but has slowly changed again so the city today is very focused on pedestrians and commuting by bicycle.
At least the inner part or medieval part of Copenhagen was never designed for cars, trucks and busses. That part of Copenhagen was originally designed for horse drawn carriages and pedestrians.
The important bit you mention is that in the 1950's and 60's Copenhagen really did try to become a car heaven. but they stopped and reversed course.
Most eastern US cities were built to be walkable. but because city planners didn't stop and think all of these cities haven demolished to allow for roads and parking.
The wooden creature statue in Christiania has sibling statues in WA, Australia. They are called ‘The Giants of Mandurah’ and were created by a Danish recycle artist called Thomas Dambo.
There are also 4 similar wooden statues by the same Danish artist on the island of Sentosa in Singapore!
There are 100 trolls in 17 countries.
There is one even bigger in front of the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle
They are scattered throughout many Danish cities and nature spots actually!
i think there is about 30 of these wooden trolls in Denmark
Glad you enjoyed Copenhagen. Living here often we forget all the lovely angles, buildings, experiences we have here. Thank you for showing it :)
I have no idea why I watch these, when I live in Copenhagen. But I appreciated your video, always nice to see travelers who have an open mind attitude towards new things. Come back in the summer, and it will be 100 times more enjoyable! Have a great trip guys.
Fun facts:
The round tower has the ramp, because the king Christian IV who built it, wanted to be able to ride a carriage up to the top 😂
Food and drinks are more expensive in Denmark, but it is not customary to tip, as minimum wage in Denmark is high enough to live off 💸 things are also expensive because there is a 25% tax (moms) on all items sold and we pay minimum 37% tax of our income. In return we have free healthcare and education including university degrees and many other benefits paid by the government 🤓
Small correction. There is no legally defined minimum wage. Everything is based on agreements between unions individuals and the industry
Having free healthcare and education is not only in Denmark but other European countries with way lower tax brackets. Besides is it free if you need to give so much in tax?Just wondering 🤔Not only food and drinks are more expensive here, EVERYTHING is more expensive🤯
Moms = VAT
@@perfectdoll4112 But the unions are really strong in scandinavia. Tesla in Sweden dont want to let the union have a say, so the unions are striking against them. (13 unions sympathy strikes not just the mechanic ones). So they dont even recieve their license plates for the cars, and all their other mail becuse of strikes. The dock workers dont let them ship their cars by ships. Now kommunal-union joined in and they wont handle teslas garbage waste.
Denmark,Norway and Finland unions also joined the strike in sympathy, so they also wont accept tesla cars being shipped.
Basically, unions are strong. Its the spine of the workingclass people
I was told that it was so he could ride his horse up it, but a carriage makes more sense. It was said by Sandi Toksvig from QI.
LOVE visiting Denmark! Great people, great history everywhere, make sure to learn basic polite words. Thank you, excuse me etc been 3 times, loved every visit.
Tak! Im from Denmark and i love when people talk positive about us😂I just can’t help watching people visiting Denmark 🇩🇰
Oh thank you very much, and yes, I am a really great danish person if I must say!🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰❤️
Coffee is very expensive, however Danes don't buy coffee every day on their way to work, and if they do it's more often coffee at a gas station. Most people make coffee at home before going to work, or just drink free coffee at their work. So coffee shops are more for hanging out after work/school with friends on occasion, rather than a place you stop by daily. The same is true with food, though it is easier to find relatively cheap food compared to (good) cheap coffee.
Torvehallerne is a really expensive food hall, you could have gone to a lot of other places with cheaper food. It's definitively designed to be boojie, but also has very high quality and delicious food!
There's a lot of rumours about Christiania - like it's a lawless place - many of which are not true. The same laws apply in Christiania as everywhere else in Denmark, so they are not allow to sell drugs. But there's a fear that removing the illegal activity from Christiania will create an uprising and make it spread elsewhere, so it's been a back and forth battle for many years between the citizens of Christiana and the government (reason for the negative government graffiti). Everyone knows what goes on there, but as long as no one gets hurt it's allowed. However that has been more difficult in the recent 20 years due to worsening gang violence and multiple shootings (the recent one in 2023), so the worst days are not behind Christiania. The citizens of Christiania are considering selling more of the land to Copenhagen, to allow for greater support in getting rid of the increased violence, and to get better housing.
The "crunchy, flaky, crumble thing" is just fried onions 😆 The danish hotdog is a great mixture of sweet and sour, very different from hotdogs everywhere else in the world.
The winters can feel especially cold in Denmark, even if the temperature isn't that low, because we have a lot of humidity in the air which makes the wind blow a lot colder. So it's worth also checking the humidity and wind before going outside, as +2 degree celsius can feel like -10.
I'm glad you enjoyed your brief time in Copenhagen! If you ever come back you should take your time to visit other parts of Denmark, there's so much more to see than just our capital city.
Interesting perspective on Christiana, thanks for sharing!
@@OnePackWanderers don't mean to be rude, but it's not a "perspective" on Christiania. It's a very sad fact and a big problem. I live in Copenhagen and have been coming to Christiania regularly for the past 30 years. It has been an increasingly violent and dangerous place, but is still marketed to tourist as a hippie commune. All the old dealers have been arrested or have retired, leaving the criminal market in the hands of young gang members with no respect for human life. But we do like that tourist revenue... There are several reasons why it has not been shut down. And that is one of them
I live on the west coast of Denmark, and all you pretty much hear about Christiania is to do with drugs and violence - not that they report every single time Pusher Street is cleared, as it happens so often...
I love Copenhagen (although it does come second to Aarhus, imho), but I'm not likely to visit Christiania any time soon. There's so much else to see in CPH and the rest of Denmark.
Half way through, and I'm loving this episode! Copenhagen, and Denmark in general, fascinates me. I'm a New Zealander, but Danish society seems to approach an ideal. I wouldn't be without the Māori aspect of our culture, though.
As a Dane - we feel the same but in reverse for New Zealand/Aotearoa. I visited your country for the first time in november. It was truly stunning. Especially Milford Sounds and Mt. Cook. But every place we went felt magical
As a Dane, who spent a month in Aotearoa (travelling through both north and south island) and has been dreaming herself back ever since, I can attest to our cultures being incredibly (perhaps surprisingly, considering the geographical distance) compatible with each other. The parts of Mãori culture that I was blessed to have shared with me was incredible. (It’s been 14 years, and I *ache* to return ♥️♥️)
Dude, New Zealand is way better than 'old' Zealand. Even Dannevirke is more exciting than Copenhagen😂
@@AllistairNeil 'Old' Zealand is in the Netherlands, so no offence taken :-D
However, I've been to Dannevirke, and I quite disagree though it did make me a tiny bit homesick after travelling for 5 months. That passed though as I travel further on. Now I'm homesick for the country of my heart, NZ ;-)
@@birtheoldenborg9324 No it isn't. The Dutch province is spelled Zeeland. Zealand is the island in Denmark with the capital Copenhagen.
Denmark is definitely expensive but HOLY MOLY what a beautiful place with beautiful people!! We went to Christiania as well when we were there and we loved how colorful and eclectic it was. Super fascinating!! :)
Right?! Was blown away by how cool it was.
Ya’ll spent a good amount of time in Denmark last summer, right?
when you exit the tourist traps prices are more reasonable( 2 pcs “smørrebrød” in my town 44 dkr or 7 USD.
Expensive, what about New York, Los Angeles, London, try to convert $ to Dkr ..
Its not expencive if you think about how much we earn us that live here. But people always tend to never think about that. You feel like its expencive because your country has a "bad" economy compared to ours. Also people in this type of video always walk into the tourist traps lol .... no wonder you think its expencive . Even us that live here go there rarely.
Resturants seem out of your price range because our culture dont go out and eat there like a "every day" type of thing. Its something you do now and then, for most rarely when celebrate or feel like treating yourself . Etc having a good time with friends or loved once. And again there is cheaper places to eat asweell lol . just move abit away from the very city center, dont even need to be that much. Just out of the pocket area all tourist always check out first.
Prolly got really stoned... that's why you thought this hell hole was cool😂.
that bridge is the location for one of the most AMAZING Nordic noir tv shows ever called The bridge in English, or bron/broen. Its been remade at least twice. Its a must watch. Saga Noren is the coolest and funniest female detective ever 😂👍
You said it. To my mind, the best police drama ever made.
she is weard in her psyke...dont se becaurse ofher dark mood.
The wood troll you saw in Christiania is part of an installation by a Danish artist. He's placed a bunch of them around the world. Most of them are in Copenhagen and its surroundings but there's at least a couple on each continent. The idea is you download his troll map and go on a troll hunt to go find them. A lot of them are nicely hidden, so it's like finding a treasure. Pretty cool concept. Especially if you have kids.
He just recently made his troll number 100. Very well hidden somewhere, and it’s huge.. Not even sure if it is in denmark or not
Christiania is just a poor place ruled by drug sellers no matter what the police and politicians say or do! Very sad story and place😔 Happy to live in our 2nd largest city in Denmark🇩🇰❤️
If you like colorful things and really enjoy the hidden nature beauty then I would definitely recommend you guys giving Denmark another shot during SUMMER 🌞 During the summer, this country is where it truly shines! 🤩
Great vlog! Though just to clear up the christiania part: It's not an autonomous region and they still have to pay taxes, weed is also not allowed like in the rest of Denmark. It started as a project but quickly failed and has somewhat been taken over by gangs to sell weed and other stuff. Police do raids which is also why they use foldable tables so they can quickly get away.
I've been to Copenhagen a couple of times, and really love it. It's just a really pleasant, functional city. The coffee there is generally excellent, similar to what you would have found in NZ and Aus (the same applies for Sweden).
Highly recommend the viking ship museum in Roskilde in the middle of Zealand west of Copenhagen; also, the hostel right on the water is modern and very comfortable.
Even 30 years ago when my then girlfriend now wife were backpacking, Copenhagen was super expensive. But oh so pretty!
Copenhagen is our favorite ever!! Enjoy friends🎉
You seem very educated and give every city you visit thought and purpose. Thanks for the wonderful video - it will surely be well recieved amongst danes.
You guys are so sweet. Hope you had a good time here!
Welcome to Scandinavia hope you enjoy the cold and snow. Much love from gothenburg sweden 🇸🇪 ❤
Looks great! Never thought of Denmark being on my bucket list but would definitely like to visit now.
Best time to come is May. The city really opens up and you can enjoy being outside.
Don't bother. Massively boring.
@@AllistairNeiljust out of interest. Where are you from?
@@AllistairNeil why have you written 50 comments on this video? Also, where are you from, do tell?
I love these videos! I live in central Copenhagen, close to many of the spots you show, and its just something I see everyday and take for granted. Seeing videos like this makes be appreciate my city so much and seeing it though the eyes of someone who has never been here before :') !
Know the feeling.
This! I feel like Im missing out on the amazement 😅
Wow you guys are amazing filmmakers. The videography, charming hosts, pacing, music, happy vibe, and travel insights are all top notch.
Another place I want to visit bc of you two. I’m si glad to see you’re keeping warm. I almost think it’s worth going in the winter bc it’s so picturesque.
While it is true that we have a lot of winter days with sub zero temps, this winter is so far a bit extraordinary. Snow is becoming a rare event in most recent years with like 4 or 5 snowfalls over the whole winter and only periods with frost the rest of the time. However, this winter we have in december and so far in january had 5 or 6 times with decent snow in larger parts of the country, though not all at the same time all over the country. Kinda curious for the rest of the winter to see how many times we will see that this winter in all.
I've been living here for many years. Copenhagen is very, very expensive even for locals. Copenhagen is great for tourists for a couple of days, afterwards you'll need to leave as it gets boring. If you come outside summer season, it's quite cold and depressive.
Hi… both.. Please come back when it’s 21 Celsius at evening/night in june and just enjoy the city life of Copenhagen - and the prices are the same - Yes, it’s expensive, but what the hell… in DK we know that…!!
Tip for taking photos with gloves on: You can use the "volume down"-button as a shutter, when you're in the camera app on iPhones, and most Androids (a few Androids use the "volume up"-button instead, or have a dedicated shutter button) :)
From a Dane who also gets cold fingers in the winter, but likes to take pictures ;)
It's wild to see you guys enjoy my home-country a day before my flight to Singapore, where I'm planning on seeing a bunch of the stuff from your videos. I hope you enjoy your time in Scandinavia :)
The reason the Observatory tower you visited has a ramp and not stairs was because the king wanted to ride his horse up.
Feeling very jealous of you right now on a Sunday morning that’s heating up towards a top of 41degrees C here in Aus (will feel like a few degrees more factoring in the humidity!)
Scandinavia has been on my bucket list for decades and it doesn’t look like it will disappoint from your overview - old-worldly charming, beautifully quaint and unique!
Hope you said ‘hi’ 👋 to newly crowned (Australian) Queen Mary for us!
Looking forward to Sweden!
Cheers!
No coronation. Not crowned. Frederik was proclaimed King and Mary automatically became queen consort.
We missed the ceremony by just a few days! But also I think accommodation would've been completely booked in a hundred mile radius 😂
Regarding prices keep in mind that first off Copenhagen is the most expensive city in Denmark by far, and secondly average wages in Denmark is a LOT higher (even with taxes) than in the US. Cost of living is definitely high, but wages match and we also have a robust social safety net (ie. you're get a survivable-on amount of money from the state even if you dont have a job).
Beautiful Copenhagen, one of my fav cities in the Nordics. But hey, you missed the gem city called Aarhus, which is like a smaller picturesc version of Copenhagen.
Århus is fantastic! The city also has a castle Maselisborg there , which belongs the old queen (Margrethe)
If you go back to Copenhagen. Take a look at the CabInn City hotel to stay at. The rooms are like a cabin on a ship and the rates are reasonable. Plus, it's near the train station and Tivoli Gardens. We loved it.
Yes, or Wake Up close to the central station.
I stayed there with a couple of my friends, and the rooms are fine tho the breakfast could definitely be better. I’d still recommend it, even with the half bad breakfast buffet
Take the train back over and go to Tivoli Gardens. I have only been there in summer, love to see it in winter if open
if you're going in winter I suggest their christmas opening, it's kinda magical and the definition of hygge really starts to sit with you.
If you go during winter, be aware that danish weather doesnt respect what you wear :)
The weather is usually cold, damp and windy simultaneously so proper winterwear is necessary to enjoy being outdoors
The crunchy "stuff" in the hot-dogs are fried onions, so one eats 2 type of onions: fresh + fried in the same serving
If you get out of the touristy places, it's possible to find places that serve free coffee and less fancy smørrebrød or crustyrolls for reasonable prices.
What people pay for is the view and convenience in midtown. The good addresses are insanely expensive to rent.
McDonald's has long been mocking the coffee outlets for their prices here, which is easy for them as coffee isn't their main product.
A hotdog stand in Iceland has taken the title of the worlds best hotdog several times. The traditional danish grilled hotdog is almost the same combination; sweet ketchup, strong mustard, remoulade, red boiled or regular pan fried wiener, raw diced onions, crispy fried onions and topped with pickled cucumber slices. Yes, the bread is too small, it takes practice to get all that into the bun.
It's the full combination that makes it a classic Danish hotdog. But of course it's possible to find hotdog stands that offer more variety.
The Danish red sausage, fun fact: In the 1930s sausage stands would dye sausages red the next day and sell them cheaply to poor people. Soon the red sausages became the most popular among sausages and eventually everyone would dye their sausages red. The red colour is carmine (E120).
Rundetårn is built with a ramp to accomodate the Muscowite Tzar Peter The Great. It was built for a state visit to enable him using his carriage to the top.
What a ridiculously photogenic city!
Everything in Denmark is expensive for most foreigners, it's true. We Danes don't notice it that much, though, because our wages our quite high, too. So we manage. Of course, we tend to avoid the stuff that is priced for tourists, like in the center of Copenhagen, which is REALLY expensive, also for Danes. Cheers from Denmark!
no Christania is part of Denmark and have the same laws, that's why they don't want you to take photos of them doing illegal stuff-there are often police raid, they also have to pay tax, but they don't pay much to live there
yeah it's deffinetely illegal, I imagine the reason why it haven't been totally shut down yet is because all the "bad apples" go there to do the stuff they shouldn't so it doesn't spread to the rest of the city.
It definitely is expensive here, no doubt, but we're also not prone to go out to eat often, like it's a special occasion thing, and getting coffee out is mostly for when you sit down at the café. Our wages obviously also match the price range more, than for most tourists. For Christiania, you're allowed to film and take pictures everywhere but what is called "Pusher Street". The big wooden troll is also a part of a bigger project, there's a lot of different ones scattered around Denmark, and you can get a pretty good long walk out of just going around to see them, which are walks we call "troll hunting"
Sure you can take photos at Christiana. Just don't take pictures where the sell weed. People involved in illegal transactions don't like having their photo taken. I think it's the same all over the world :-) Sure, Copenhagen is expensive, but then wait until you get to Norway, if that's a part on your trip. I enjoy your channel. It's also so interesting to see your reaction to what is daily life for me. Sometimes it's difficult to appreciate what you see every day. So thanks!
3:18: I live next the the Market Halls (Torvehallerne). It's where I buy food ingredient items for special occations; Christmas, Easter, my birthday, New Year's...
So fun seeing you guys explore the Nordics! Very brave coming this time of year, too 😆 Stay warm and hope you find some cheap coffee (well, non-extortionate coffee at least...). Excited for what's to come!
The ramp in Rundetårn is allegedly cause one of our kings was too lazy to walk the stairs to the top and so he had a ramp installed, so he could have a horsedrawn carriage driven to the top 😅 or its to ease the transportation of heavy books to the observatory. Either way, they drove horses to the top of the tower 😅
If you ever come back, you should go to Vesterbro and Nørrebro just outside city center. It is where the life and heart of Copenhagen is, with all the tiny cafes, restaurants parks and bars and fun shops.
I can’t believe u guys r in Copenhagen. I just booked my Europe trip which includes Copenhagen. I have been watching a lot videos of London, Belgium, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. My trip is not until sept . I like to travel during off season . When I’m in Copenhagen I will book a day trip to Lund and malmo. Can’t wait to see ur video of Lund and malmo
Try to get a table at Sticks and Sushi - rooftop restaurant at the Tivoli Hotel. Amazing view of the inner harbor and lovely food. Enjoy your stay.
If you're in Copenhagen on September 26th then go to Christiania as it's the community's birthday. There's going to be lots of people but also lots of music, art and happy vibes 😊
Min 15:30 Red Sausage, ie. Danish Magic, I could have eaten those for 3 weeks straight when visiting my grandmother. FYI:The miniature bun is simply to not get your fingers burned or dirty.
Welcome to Denmark. Hope you had a wonderful time here :)
How sweet you are, and kind to our old city. It's lovely to see it through your eyes. It is rather expensive, true, but if you know where to look you find cheaper alternatives, though the expensive places are also kind of part of it. The higher prices in some areas drives the economy elsewhere and often the expensive places are started and run by people with a passion and a no compromises attitude.
I'll immediately go look up your other travel videos. Malmö is also a great city. Many of us go there often, especially for the christmas markets.
Got a bit surprised you already got yourselves to Denmark. I've been watching since you guys were in New Zealand :)
I actually used to live in Malmö, it's a very beautiful city! And definitely a lot cheaper than Copenhagen.
I can recommend checking out the downtown area (Gamla staden) and Västra Hamnen- the area from Turning Torso to the sea. Both areas have pedestrianised streets and beautiful architecture. The Malmö castle is worth a visit, same with Slottsparken surrounding it although it's a lot nicer in summer. You don't have to go inside the museum at the castle, I think just walking around is nice! If you get there, you could drop in to the city library too.
A good walking stretch is from the downtown area to Triangeln station through Davidshallsbron and Södra Förstadsgatan :) oh and there is a nice view of the waterfront at Anna Lindhs plats.
For budget friendly food you should definitely go for falafel! In my opinion Värnhems falafel is the best since they make fresh bread for it but places like Möllans falafel and Jalla Jalla are good too. Otherwise Malmö Saluhall is a good food court. Uggla Kaffebar has some really good coffee, and Spoonery has some decent Swedish meatballs for a pretty decent price.
Lund is a quaint small town and it's a really quick train ride from Malmö, I can recommend checking out the downtown over there, as well as Domkyrkan and the street "Adelgatan". Kulturen is a pretty neat outdoor museum that gives you an idea of how an old Scandinavian village would have looked like around the Middle Ages, entry would be about 14 USD per person.
I hope you guys have fun!!
This is really helpful, thank you for taking the time to write it 😊
@@OnePackWanderers You're welcome 🥰
Thank you for suggestions. Will try them in a couple of weeks
Photographic quality high, and the young couple seems to be unwavering joyful. Keep it like that!
Totally love this upload , did justice to viking country , Denmark , well done , Dynamic Duo , if ya ever in Norway check out the waterfalls and fjoids , loads of them😅
I can see a beautiful postcard coming of those colourful buildings! Lovely video guys!
So beautiful ..I’ll be there in summer .. I think winter is beautiful …Kaplan having fun your so lovely you two ❤️❤️🙋🏻♀️
For reference the crunchy flaky things on your hotdogs are fried onions. The yellow "mayonnaise" is called *remolade* which is usually made of mayonnaise, sugar, pickled cucumbers, cabbage, onions and eggyolks.
I think that big troll sculpture is made by the artist Thomas Dambo. I'd love to see one in person!
@@KurtFrederiksen awesome. I just found out there are some in Australia too, but unfortunately they are 3,500km from my home 😅
Nice video! Copenhagen is a great city. I had the pleasure of living there for a year and attending college at the age of 22. Great memories.
I would love to go there. I am an Aussie however I'm from Danish heritage on my Father's side of the family.. explains a lot about my expensive taste.. that I can't afford haha 😅 ❤
Ha ha😂
Do try to return to CPH in the summer. It is a much more "outdoors" vibrant city then :) We do have 6 months of darkness and cold to get through every year ;)
dang - y'all should have done dinner at Freetown Christiania - Morgenstedet - awesome vegan/vegetarian food, organic and cheap!
7:35 The main reason for the ramp is actually believed to be esthetic (inspired by the Tower Of Babel fables) rather than functional (making it easier to transport instruments etc, and a king with podagra, to the top).
Hello there :) Fun to follow your adventures in my country. Regarding your smørrebrød, you did go to Torvehallerne, which is extremely expensive. I live in Copenhagen and I never go there.
Also the freetown of Christiania is not completely lawless. They have made a number of agreements with the municipality of Copenhagen, so they pay for utilities and so on.
But if you ever come back, let me know and I can point you towards cheaper places.
Yes, the inhabitants of Christiania pay rent and taxes just like other Danes. But they have a lot of very cool stuff they do independently, like they had the best recycling system in Denmark for decades, and their nature-policy is awesome. The whole thing is organized as a participatory direct democracy, where they mostly reach consensus about decisions.
The restaurants in Christiania are worth visitning, too.
I am planning to visit Copenhagen this year. Could you please give some recommendations of cheaper places?
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@@robertspanjers7888 For eating, just stay outside of The city central. It’s a tourist trap. Anywhere else is less expensive 😅
I was telling my wife about your adventures and we re-watched all the Australian episodes. My wife is also now a fan of you both. I told her you have both been classed as honourary Australains.
A sandwich for $26 ? Tia has every right to take those utensils !!! 5:50
Someone from Copenhagen here. They went to one of the most fancy/touristy places to eat, it's way overpriced and anywhere else a sandwich would run you about $7 to $11
@@laurableadorable-owo9170 The comment was left in jest. (Tia can do no wrong, but that's just me 😀 ) I've traveled in the past around Europe but unfortunately I never made it to Copenhagen. 😞 Some day in the future maybe?
Thanks for showing our capital in this nice way. I was born in Copenhagen and I just love Copenhagen, but it was nice to see it through your eyes 😊👏🇩🇰🙏
Thank you so much for stopping by our small but beautiful country :)
I would suggest if you ever come back, that you try "smørrebrød" (the open faced sandwiches you had) from a butcher shop instead of places like the one you went to. Those really just try to rip you off and don't actually serve the "real" kind - you just got fancy smancy ones, which don't have what we usually would eat. The ones from the butchers are usually also WAY cheaper and more delicious as it's fresh and you get value for the money.
I hope next time you come back, that you come during spring or autumn as Copenhagen is just GORGEOUS at this time of year. Summer - living hell, it's too damn humid and hot at the same time and our houses are built to insulate the heat. Also during spring (around April/May) you would really get to see how the Danish outside culture blossom, and it's still outside the summer vacation time (June-August).
Also - if you do feel like it, I would definitely suggest visiting some people who live here and try some homemade traditional meals. Trust me, you would like them A LOT.
Excellent advice - thank you!
@OnePackWanderers you're welcome ❤️ I wish someone from here had shown you the less tourist-y areas and what we do on a daily basis, so the price wouldn't have been as bad, but there's always another time.
Also, to explain a bit of how far north you are by coming here (and the reason why I say it's super humid during summer); it's as far north as Alaska, Quebec and Edmonton in Canada. And it rains A LOT. Not to mention our weather during the whole year can range between -20C to 35C and slightly warmer.
Hope you have a good weekend!
12.37 yes they have their own city state!
Loved this. Copenhagen looked beautiful x
Thank you for your video! We visited Copenhagen a few years back (but only for a few days). Although it’s quite pricey (as all of Scandinavia), it is an absolutely beautiful city. Watching your video is inspiring for another, longer visit. Big cheers from Melbourne 🍷!
You guys are awesome! Looks super charming, beautiful.
We recently spent a couple of days in Copenhagen and it is eye wateringly expensive but also exceptionally beautiful, a boat trip through the canals is well worth it.
We also moved over to Lund in Sweden near to Malmo which was nearly half the price for food and drink partly due to the strength/weakness of the neighbouring currencies.
Quuen of Denmark is an Aussie!
Born in Hobart, Tasmania of all places. It gets "pretty cold" there in winter also😂 🇭🇲🐨
The rye bread thing is called "smørrebrød". Smørrebrød are Danish open-faced sandwiches made with dense rye bread topped with various ingredients like meats, fish, cheeses, and spreads. They're known for their balanced flavours and are a popular lunch or celebratory dish in Denmark. "Smør" means butter and "brød" means bread in danish. Copenhagen is nice,- the whole of Denmark is nice. I live here and this is the best place on earth. Hands down.
Cheveyo and Tia. Thank for a front-row seat on your holidays. Keep finding the hidden beauties around you, especially when your budget limits your activity 🇭🇲🐨
The crunchy, flakey thing is also onions. It's fried onions. You can buy it in most grocery stores, and they go great on top of leverpostej (which is sort of a minced liver paté that is a stable of most kids' lunchpacks ;) ). So rye bread, leverpostej, fried flaky, crunchy onionthings. It's great. You should try it out :)
Wow you were soo nice. Thanks for visiting Denmark. And the way you reviewed those hotdogs was next level!! ❤
7:33 The Round Tower was built by Christian IV (not with his own hands, though), and the reason for the ramp is that it’s easier to move stuff up and down, such as astronomical observation equipment.
16:58 The flaky things are called “ristede løg”, roasted onions. I think maybe there’s some deep frying involved in making them, but not 100% sure.
EDIT: And it makes sense that they’d be (or have become) more “American-style”, after that whole thing with Germany 1940-45.
Next time you come to Denmark, come visit the West Coast and you will experience the real Denmark. If you swing by we will serve you a real danish meal 😊
The giant wooden troll in Christiania is made by Thomas Dambo , world famous for his sculptures. There are many in Denmark but also in the US
The bougie cardboard plates are likely for environmentally friendly alternative to using (and polluting) a lot of water washing actual plates..
Though I will say, a lot of places in CPH def. does make a spectacle of being SUUUUPER environmentally aware, cause it's very trendy on top of being good for our little blue marble.. :)
I don't know how much better this alternative actually is, so don't slaughter me if I'm wrong about that bit
Never heard off or seen your channel before. Just checked it out, because I'm Danish.
After watching 2 minutes, I'm absolutely sure you 2 are gonna have a bunch of beautiful children ❤
Best of luck and thanks for the video 😊
I just got reminded that in Denmark eating out is a luxury thing, unless it is grill food, so finding a place to stay that have a mini kitchen is probably going to save you a lot more in the long run :)
7.11 is Rundetårn,
Rund=Round
Tårn=Tower
The "e" between the 2 nouns are called a well-soundness letter.
Cheveyo, we need a highlights video of Tia's food reactions like at 16:40 for everything she's eaten over the last couple of years. Would be good for a laugh.
New to the channel, but i have a fun fact about the idea of the skateboard in the Rundetårn. There was a danish kids tv-program 10 years ago called "Ramasjang Rally". In one of the episodes was there two teams competing to see who could push their homemade rally car (sæbekassebil) up AND down the Rundetårn. I remember it as a really epic episode, but it was very hard for one of the teams with the car being 44 kg/97 lbs without a kid in it. My arms could never.
I always feel so sorry for tourists, since you’re visiting the least charming and most expensive parts of town. Torvehallerne is ridiculously expensive, that price would be crazy for us too! Some come back in summer and visit some of the other parts of town. And bike around!
Better still... don't bother😂
3:42 It's called smørrebrød. A direct translation would be "buttered bread", "bread with a bunch on it" (smør is butter while smørre is a pile of something) or something like that. Basically it's just buttered rye bread with different kind of toppings like deli meat etc.
7:06 Is actually a church tower for The Trinitatis Church, but also an observatory build by King Christian IV. It has no stairs, because it was meant for horse drawn carriege to transport astronomical equipment and books to the top of the tower.
The reason for the lack of stairs in Rundetårn (the Round Tower) was to make it easier to transport the heavy astronomical equipment to the top of the tower. There are also many stories of royalty riding their horses to the top of the tower. Most famous is the Russian Tzar Alexander that made the trip up the tower on horseback in 1716.
Glad you enjoyed Copenhagen. I'm an American living here since autumn 92. Love the place. Rundtårn and Nyhavn were exellent choices. Thanks for all the beautiful footage of wintery downtown Copenhagen. Next time come in the summer when the days are longer and go to the top of Our Saviors Church.(Buy tickets beforehsnd online.) Or make your base in Roskilde.❤
2.50 uhmm henriks sausage! onr of the best night snacks
Rundetårn (the observatory you visited) has a ramp because the king who built it (Christian IV) wanted to be able to ride his horse/chariot to the top.
What a lovely report from two very charming travelers. I haven’t read all comments, but as a native Dane and Copenhagen’er I just want to say that 1) Yes, you SHOULD come back in the summer time during which Copenhagen is at it’s best and 2) people living in Christiania do pay tax! 😊
The artist that made that troll has been around in Denmark and made a few more trolls. The one I got in my neighbourhood is carrying a huge boulder. It's just a part of our history to dream and stress off. Comfortable living is the core of hygge.