Copenhagen (Denmark)

Copenhagen To celebrate a recent birthday (I forget the exact number) my wife treated me to a weekend away. I say treated me but we actually cashed in ten years worth of MY hard earned Airmiles and she paid the balance, but it's the thought that counts. We had intended to visit Vienna but upon realising that our visit would coincide with the semi finals of the Euro 2008 tournament - you know, the one we didn't qualify for - we decided that rather than share a romantic weekend away (sans children) with two hundred and fifty thousand tanked up footie fans (half of whom would be mightily annoyed ... more

COPENHAGEN My family and I had a lovely midweek winter break in Copenhagen, although there were a couple of hiccups (none the fault of Copenhagen itself) that I will come to later. Copenhagen is both the largest city and capital of Denmark, a small country of 5.2 million people.Greater Copenhagen has a population of about 1.5 million people. The city is located on the island of Sealand (Zeeland) just across the Oresund Straight from Malmo, Sweden. A new bridge/tunnel was = completed in July 2000 linking those two countries. It is the largest city in Scandinavia and is also the seat of ... more

This is a bit of a hotchpotch review. I will admit that I haven't spent enough time in Copenhagen to write comprehensively about the place, only 5 days, but I'm hoping that what I have to say will complement other people's reviews on ciao. In particular, I can introduce the Copenhagen jazz festival, as this was the reason why I went to the city in the first place. Copenhagen is a lovely city. To me, it's almost the exact opposite of London, which I have to admit is a city that I don't like at all. London, in four words: grey, dirty, claustrophobic, and unsafe. Whereas Copenhagen just seems ... more

Copenhagen may not be most people’s immediate idea of a holiday destination, but for anyone who enjoys history and culture, it is a city to rival any of the larger European capitals. I visited the city when I stayed there on a long weekend about eighteen months ago, and found it to be welcoming and friendly in a way that most cities simply do not manage, and a thoroughly memorable experience. Denmark is often described as “hyggelig” (cosy, warm, inviting), which is certainly true, and I would recommend members to visit it – if you can afford the 25% VAT, that is! A ... more

Not one of the most favoured tourist destinations in Europe compared with some of the more tropical(ish) climates of cities in the rest of Europe, Copenhagen, or Kobenhavn as it's known in Danish, suffers from the misfortune of frequently damp weather and high prices. Copenhagen is about 910 km from the UK, located on an island/region known as 'Zealand' off mainland Denmark (Jutland), in the most southwestern part of Scandinavia. Being so close to both the Baltic Sea and North Sea, it is frequently wet and windy in Copenhagen, even during the summer. While sitting out the rain in a park café ... more