Noel is probably the best person to bring to Copenhagen. Just wide eyed joy at everything going on. It was a true treat seeing you both in my hometown.
The rules listed applies to a specific area of Christiania known as "pusher street". Outside of that single small piece of "road" the rules don't apply.
Actually Tivoli is the second oldest amusement park in the world, wich inspired Walt Disney to make his theme park, and the oldest is “Bakken” located just north of Copenhagen… so there’s that.
Copenhagen has nothing to do with HC Andersen or LEGO. HC Andersen is from Odense in a completely different part of Denmark, and LEGO is from Billund, also in a completely different part of Denmark
Well, considering that HC Andersen left Odense at 14 and spent the vast majority of the rest of his life in Copenhagen - whenever he wasn't abroad - it does have a tiny bit to do with him...
@@LeonNFG To be honest, generally I think it would be better if some Danes thought more in line with one of Andersen's song lyrics... It's not "I Odense er jeg født" or "I København har jeg hjemme", but "I Danmark...". The constant bickering that usually commences whenever Copenhagen is mentioned in the media gets *really* tiring *really* quickly. Denmark really isn't big enough to have this big national divide that people - mainly from Jutland and sometimes Fuen - seem to insist on it having. (To be sure, I'm also born in Jutland, and mostly live in Denmark).
@@thejither Fully agree with this. Copenhagen isn't bad at all. I think certain people just can't live life without being against something different than them. Personally I love all of Denmark
I find it hilarious they say Copenhagen is neat, tidy and "tight"? EVERYONE from any other city in Denmark would say it is dirty, messy, chaotic and that people are much more loudmouthed, obnoxious and so on. Interesting how perspectives change depending on where you're from, in this regard. Though I suppose coming in from the UK, where London is many many times bigger than Copenhagen, there would be obvious differences like this as well.
Copenhagen have improved a lot over years, it has cleaned up the last 10-20 years. You have been able to swim in the harbour for more than a decade now. Anyway, as you say it does make a huge difference what you compare it with. I was in Nairobi a few months ago, and compared to that Copenhagen is squeaky clean, peaceful, and friendly.
As a Dane I can confirm that Copenhagen is shamefully dirty overall. When I have friends from easten europe here many say that they are chocked who much garbage there is after a weekend.
@@franksemi_modular Well it's true, that when there's a festival, or even after a Friday night, some streets are littered with plastic beer glasses etc. But in general most the time Copenhagen is quite clean.
Seeing the montage of them looking for Mike is quite funny as a Dane. They switched the order of some of the clips around, making it seem like they just drove in a giant circle until they found him again😂
As someone living here for last 2 years, their happiness seems entirely fueled by alchohol. And good balance between work and free time with good salaries also helps I guess
@@Temptation666 I don't drink either, neither does my danish wife (my reason for living in Copenhagen for 5 years), but we are both very happy and love our jobs, and have a good balance between job/free time.
Guys, I'm pretty sure it was a joke. Alcohol has it's advantages, but unions who fought for a decent wage hundreds of years ago combined with a cradle to grave welfare state does help the mood lighten up quite a bit.
😂😂😂😂😂 Noel and Richard it’s only foreigner that calls our pastry danishes. We call them Vienna bread. I was one of the very drunk 5 year old kids growing up at Carlsberg 😉😂 my father worked there in the 1970’s and quite often they found some very drunk Swedish men hiding everywhere when they were on tour to see Carlsberg. In the hallways and the basement thousands and thousands of beers was stored and quite a few men tried to hide so they could drink into oblivion 😂😂😂😂 I hope you both had a great time in Copenhagen but of cause you can’t compare Denmark to your lovely, beautiful England
Let me just clarify; Mike, the bike man, speaks a Denglish most Danes would cringe at. His accent is so thick, it's almost like he's exaggerating it to sound more funny. To be perfectly clear, Danes at the age from 10-50 speaks more fluently English than any other Scandinavian 😂
Hans Christian Andersen isn't from Copenhagen, neither is LEGO. In fact LEGO never had ANYTHING WHAT SO EVER to do with Copenhagen other than it being the capital of the same country they reside in.
theres not 2 million people living in copenhagen, that would be equal to 2 thirds of denmark living in that city alone, its actually little bit under 1 million. Though alot of people around copenhagen work in copenhagen.
Depends on what is meant by "Copenhagen" - which in this case seems to rely on a British observer. 2+ million people can be referring to something akin to "Hovedstadsområdet", Øresund Region or the area reach by metro/s-trains. The urban area of Copenhagen is closer to 1.3 million. Not sure how you get ~1 million.
Translation of "spurgt nørd": I'm an idiot and have nothing to add to the conversation. Also I'm slightly jealous of how knowledgeable you are, but I think I'm too cool to say that so instead I'll just try to insult you.
Be glad that you aren't forced to use absolutely hopeless, small wheeled English Brompton, folding bikes for this bike tour! If so you would never catch up! And the Mermaid of course is "life size".
These guys haven't bothered to do any research😂 Stockholm is considerably larger with up to 50% more population, and Finland is now the happiest place on earth, not Denmark. (Never was really, and I sincerely doubt Finland is now!)😅
Concerning the size of Copenhagen and Stockholm, it really depends on what forgives you go by. Copenhagen ranks higher when it comes to Metropolitan area, whereas Stockholm ranks higher in terms of city population; which is to be expected, as Copenhagen “City”, is only a fraction of the actual city, and really can’t be used in a representative comparison.
1:30 min in and the video is misinformed. Damn. Hans Christian Andersen is from Odense, and Lego is from Billund. So NO we dont have "Copenhagen to thanks for those things". Thats like saying " we have london to thanks for the invention of the x-ray and the pacemaker", meanwhile their both from Birmingham.
Centralized Decentralized government + Social Democracy i think is the main reason, but huge fan of the government model Denmark has. I feel Norway and Sweden relies too much on centralization compared to Denmark
Your wrong Hans Christian Andersen he was born on Island of Funen in city of Odense, all though he lived most of his adult life in Copenhagen, you can’t give Copenhagen all the credit for that. Your also wrong about Lego it was created by the carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen who lived in central part of Jutland in the city of Billund. So again nothing to do with Zealand ore Copenhagen. There is something you British need to understand, Denmark is not only Copenhagen. Just like England is not only London. Around 4 million Danes live outside Copenhagen you should try to go to Jutland ore Funen you will find out Denmark is much more than just Copenhagen.
It's not sunny enough to be the happiest city ! Why on Earth does that not factor into these dumb equations, it is scientifically proven that sunny days make us happier.
I live in Denmark and the weather is, well danish. But maybe not having the sun all of the time, makes you appreciate it more? I know, that every time the sun is out here, people are sitting and enjoying themselfes, on every little ince of grass. That beeing said, our country can be a shitshow, just like every other place on the earth 😊
it is based on asking a lot of people to judge how they feel themselves. It is not some scientist running equations on things like how sunny it is! It is based on how Danes self report, compared to how people in other countries self report.
@@Krydolph it is based on certain statistics, nothing at all to do with how we report ourselves. Tell you what though, I would imagine we are happier than the UK's population simply because we didn't leave the EU.
my second winter in Copenhagen was very thought, it felt like forever since I've haven't seen the sun from October last year until.... well 2 weeks ago. LIterally no sun, just grey skies for like almost 6 months.... it's ruff if you are from sunny area
jokes aside, denmark is listed as one of the happiest countries in the world because if you complain you become outcast, probably the least effecient country when it comes to democracy as it's not really a democracy when majority of the parties all are of the same breed and the majority people of the countries people are too silent to for anything to be done about it. Denmark has freedom of speech and expression, but still when people protest against the popular opinion in denmark they get arrested, all against human rights and danish laws. Denmark is still a lovely country and people in denmark are mostly friendly (all countries have their hooligans and bigots) but to live in denmark requires a certain self control and self denial + the ability to keep your opinions to your self unless it is of the same as the popular opinion in the country at that given time. next there of, denmark is a very capitalistic country with "paid benfits" going to the doctor in denmark is "free" but medicin is not (usually medicin is really expensive in denmark and the price can change drastically from one day to another) you do get to use emergency hospitals "for free" and denmark also has "free" education. i'm putting "free" in quotations, as in denmark you also pay the low amount of minimum 37% of your salery in taxes so nothing in denmark is free and also, you don't get paid that much to live on when attending education/school, you get paid just enough to pay for a 1 room flat, most have to work to earn money to actually live, for transport and food. If a job isnt available for you, you can LOAN money from the government with a fixed rent, and almost everyone in denmark ends up with a debt on their education LOAN that they pay off the rest of their lives besides the minimum 37% in taxes. So no, nothing in denmark is free and most of what you pay for, most people don't use it or need it and still people complain about people who do need it and look down on people who are in need of help. what i want to say with this message is, that denmark and the people of denmark are lovely, if you come as tourist and have money (they love that, as do all tourist countries) but living in denmark is something completely different, under the lovely surface of "happy society" is a dark and grey everyday feel that causes many people in denmark to be depressed, while being depressed is also an illness and is there for something you need help with and people tend to not wanting to be one of those that needs help because they are kind of looked down upon, so many people in denmark are depressed, but lies about it, not just to others but to them selves in order to stay "happy" / fitting in. And luckily you still got lovely people in denmark who are aware and who do try their best to make a difference in their everyday life trying to make communities so people can come together and not feel alone. It's a split country, but happiness is not achieved, but no doubt it's a goal many people try and reach for denmark.
It was during a strike that Danish Bakers had bakers from Vienna come up to bake bread. And we liked the results so we have continued make something like it ever since.
Dane here. A few thoughts: 1) Mike the bike guy seemed like a bit of a bell-end, and his accent was frankly ludicrous. 2) The Little Mermaid is notoriously underwhelming. Its small size usually surprises tourists, a bit like the Mona Lisa. 3) Smørrebrød is the tits. 4) Our 'snaps' is very different to the 'schnapps', with has much less alcohol, much more sugar, and is fruit-flavoured, like for example Archers. Very much an acquired taste.
Wrong - the danes didn't name the Danish pastry after them selves. In Denmark it's called "Wienerbrød" - it's in all other contries than Denmark it is called Danish.....not in Denmark
1:00 Sure Copenhagen has A LEGO-store (as does London), but the headquarter and origin of LEGO is still in rural Billund in the Danish Heartland of Jutland. However the hotel is much cooler than the one that I am writing this from.
I love this, it's like watching somebody else review my home. But Richard really did his research on our traditions. Biking everywhere, Smørrebrød and the little mermaid. P.s. I grew up close to the smørrebrød restaurant. It's hilariously expensive.
Richard, im a massive fan of both you and Noel. But no we certainly do not have to thank CPH for Lego nor H.C. Andersen. Lego is based in Billund, Jutland and H.C. Andersen is from Odense, Funen. So we might have Denmark to thank for those things, but not CPH in particular. Come on Richard
They have 4 different parkruns in Copenhagen. On June 5th there is constitution day in Denmark you will have the chance to do some parkrunning on a Friday and you might as well do the normal parkrun on parkrunday the day after.
Depends entirely on the alternative use for the space if you ask me. A park/cultural spot? - then I wouldn't mind it. More resident buildings? - then no thanks.
I think it's time now to say to all from outside Denmark, "openfaced sandwich" is for me at least, an insult, from now on I will travel the world and ask for a closed face smørebrød with a meat ball, just saying........
Well, to be fair - the sign actually said Beer sausage so it's actually not a beer and a sausage but rather just the sausage that tastes like beer. Then the price is actually more justified 🙂