Copenhagen
If in Helsinki I had one night and one day, in Copenhagen it happened to be just about a 10-hour one stopover between my flights Helsinki-Krakow on my way back to Poland. Luckily, the airport is just 15 minutes away from downtown so I could manage to take a short walk by foot and then go by boat, but not before a short visit in Freetown Christiania. So here are some very noticeable things about Copenhagen:
Copenhagen is a city tied to the water. Around every corner lies a café; some good, some great. The old meets the new everywhere you go. You have the royal palaces built in the 17th century, then you have state of the art office buildings, constructed as it seems, entirely out of glass. The city has been praised for its infrastructure and sustainability efforts and has been named the “World’s most livable city” repeatedly and Danes have been ranked World’s Happiest People over and over again.
Inside of Copenhagen you can find Christiania, a neighborhood created in 1971 with the semi-legal status of an independent community. Aside from the independent shops and stalls and quite radical taste for art, Christiana is a hot topic due to the trade of things that may or may not be illegal.
Copenhagen has mastered the art of being casually chic. Danes take design seriously. Copenhagen is known for clean, sophisticated design, which can be seen and appreciated in building complexes and chocolate bar-packaging alike. Bicyclists make the rules of the road. More than half of the city’s citizens bike every day. In general Copenhagen had a very relaxed, welcoming vibe which extended throughout the all aspects of their culture. In any case, I think that’s one of the reasons why Danes seem so cosmopolitan and open-minded.
Copenhagen
If in Helsinki I had one night and one day, in Copenhagen it happened to be just about a 10-hour one stopover between my flights Helsinki-Krakow on my way back to Poland. Luckily, the airport is just 15 minutes away from downtown so I could manage to take a short walk by foot and then go by boat, but not before a short visit in Freetown Christiania. So here are some very noticeable things about Copenhagen:
Copenhagen is a city tied to the water. Around every corner lies a café; some good, some great. The old meets the new everywhere you go. You have the royal palaces built in the 17th century, then you have state of the art office buildings, constructed as it seems, entirely out of glass. The city has been praised for its infrastructure and sustainability efforts and has been named the “World’s most livable city” repeatedly and Danes have been ranked World’s Happiest People over and over again.
Inside of Copenhagen you can find Christiania, a neighborhood created in 1971 with the semi-legal status of an independent community. Aside from the independent shops and stalls and quite radical taste for art, Christiana is a hot topic due to the trade of things that may or may not be illegal.
Copenhagen has mastered the art of being casually chic. Danes take design seriously. Copenhagen is known for clean, sophisticated design, which can be seen and appreciated in building complexes and chocolate bar-packaging alike. Bicyclists make the rules of the road. More than half of the city’s citizens bike every day. In general Copenhagen had a very relaxed, welcoming vibe which extended throughout the all aspects of their culture. In any case, I think that’s one of the reasons why Danes seem so cosmopolitan and open-minded.
