~March 24th/25th/26th, 2017~
Alright, one day is a bit of an exaggeration, but it was still the quickest of quick trips. We arrived late Friday night, and our flight home was Sunday morning. So, we really only had Saturday to explore København (aka Copenhagen in Danish). The reason Lily and I wanted to go to Copenhagen, was because when we moved into our apartment, the only glasses that were in the cabinet were Carlsberg pint glasses. Carlsberg is a light beer, that we discovered was brewed in Copenhagen. We have used these glasses for everything, and we may be a touch sentimental…So we decided to visit the place of its founding: Denmark.
We arrived on Friday and of course had a celebratory Carlsberg beer, while we planned our Saturday. We started the day with authentic Danish pastries from a little cafe close to our hostel, and then started our trek through the city. We saw the palace and climbed to the top of the Round Tower for a view of the entire city of Copenhagen! Then from there we continued seeing the city on our way to the famous brightly colored houses of Nyhavn. This was along the canal, and it was beautiful! It was perfect weather, so it looked especially pretty. After snapping a few pictures, we headed along to coast to the statue of the Little Mermaid! Hans Christian Anderson was inspired to write this story of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, and so they had built a mermaid statue to commemorate it. It is funny though, because it is ranked as one of the top ten most underwhelming sites in Europe, however Lily and I still wanted to see it none the less.
After all that walking, we needed some lunch, so we stopped at a food cart for hotdogs. Copenhagen is known for them, and the traditional Danish hotdog has spicy horseradish ketchup, dijon mustard, remoulade sauce, yellow onions, fried onions, and pickles on it. IT WAS HEAVENLY. That is my kind of hotdog right there! After our yummy hotdogs, we made our way to the main event…the Carlsberg Brewery! It was not the best tour we have ever had, but we didn’t care, because the whole point of our visit was visiting Carlsberg. From there we walked through Christiania, which was a weird experience. This is a “hippie town” so to speak and is technically considered outside of the European Union. There are no laws, and it is a fenced in community. It was an odd place, that Lily and I weren’t the biggest fans of. I definitely wouldn’t want to be there after dark, if you get what I am saying… From there our final stop was a food market on the water called Papirøen, meaning Paper Towns. This was so fun! It was a popping atmosphere with probably 50+ food and drink stands. Lily and I split a flat bread, falafel wrap, and cheesecake for dessert. We sat outside and watched the sunset while drinking local craft beers. It was a great day in Copenhagen 🙂
The next morning we went to brunch at the cutest place before our flight home to Ireland. Even though it was a short trip, København was definitely worth it.
