Denmark is famously known as the land of bacon, butter, and beer, and as unhealthy as that sounds, these wonderful Danish cooking ingredients are usually balanced out with high-quality fruits, berries, and vegetables. Gourmets from around the world laud Copenhagen's best restaurants. Staples of the Danish diet include smoked fish, havarti cheese, pickled herring, and rye bread. The most famous ... Read Full Article
Where to Stay In Copenhagen – Editor’s Picks
Where to Stay in Copenhagen Between the people, the canals, the skittering bicycles, and the brightly colored buildings, Copenhagen, Denmark is a friendly city, and it is surprisingly easy to get around considering its size. Copenhagen’s neighborhoods each have their own identity, and it’s worth taking a minute to find the best area to stay in Copenhagen that matches your style and budget. Just ... Read Full Article
Copenhagen: a First Time Visitor’s Guide
Copenhagen is an innovative coastal city that serves as a guiding light for European fashion, public transportation, gastronomy, and environmentalism. The mix of cool canals, bridges, avant-garde architecture, beautiful schooners, and a sea of bicycles make it easy for a first-time visitor to fall into step with the Danes to get the best out of Copenhagen. Copenhagen can be expensive, but we'll ... Read Full Article
Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen
"Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen, salty old queen of the sea...." On my first trip to Europe, as a teenager, I landed in Copenhagen humming the catchy tune from the movie, Hans Christian Andersen. Ever since, when I'm in Denmark I think of the song, because Copenhagen truly is wonderful. It's a beautiful harbor city of islands, museums, parks and palaces; narrow cobblestone streets, wide ... Read Full Article
Samsø Island, Denmark – Living the Green Dream
As a result of taking a “green” travel quiz, I learned just enough about a small island in Denmark to pique my interest. The question was: “According to Norse Mythology, this is the island in Denmark where Odin, the Norse God, learned Seid Magic”. Of course, I answered Faroe Islands. Wrong! The actual answer is an eco-utopia called Samso Island. Now I was on a mission to find out more about this ... Read Full Article
Denmark Tourist Information
Located in northern Europe, the country of Denmark is part of Scandinavia along with Norway and Sweden. It is the southern most of these four countries, bordered to the south by Germany. The other three sides of the country are bordered by water- the North Sea and the Baltic. Sitting on the edge of the Central European climatic zone, Denmark has a temperate maritime climate. Denmark is home to 5.4 ... Read Full Article
Copenhagen‘s Hotel Fox, a Decorator’s Dream
Copenhagen's Hotel Fox is a World Travel Awards nominee. Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the "Travel industry's equivalent to the Oscar's", the World Travel Awards are the most comprehensive and most prestigious awards program in the global travel industry, so being nominated is quite an honor. The story behind Hotel Fox is that it was once an aging hotel that Volkswagen decided ... Read Full Article
The Dazzling Museums of Copenhagen
Copenhagen has more than 50 museums, classic to kitsch, erotica to fairy tales, and not a one of them is stuffy or boring. Some have free entrance and others are free on certain days. The Copenhagen Card provides discounts on transportation and entrance fees, but it’s a good value only if you are constantly on the go. Also read: Top things to do in Copenhagen Where to stay in Copenhagen The ... Read Full Article
Visit a Happy Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
This year, when trying to beat the winter blahs, why not try something a little different than the typical tropical locations? After all, what better place to cheer yourself up than in Denmark, the official Happiest Place on Earth? For three years in a row, the World Values Survey has bestowed that title on Denmark. The elaborate survey, conducted over a number of years in countries all around ... Read Full Article