Explore Copenhagen Without Breaking The Bank! 

My feedback from a consistent Copenhagen visitor. 1) Cph card is only worth it if you plan on doing many “touristy things”. Otherwise, separately paying for the small city metro pass for transit and individually paying for attractions is way more worth it. Additionally Cph card only gives you admission to Tivoli gardens but no rides. I did the calculations for each of my trips to Copenhagen and its way cheaper to just buy the Tivoli admission and ride pass separately from the Cph card. Same goes for the zoo. 2) for bike rental, and specifically donkey bike, if you are from north america or asia and only have access to esim and dont have access to texts (outside of apple imessage) you wont be able to use the service. Its better to go with a company like tier or rent private for a day. 3) to save money on food dont go to restaurants. Rather go to food markets like reffen or my favourite Broensgadekoekken. Dont buy alcohol from these places. Open carry of alcohol is legal so go to a grocery store and buy a bottle of wine or a 6 pack and you can get 6 times the amount of alcohol for the same price. 4) If you enjoy nature, go to visit Traktørstedet Vestamager in the Amager Nature Centre. Admission is free and you can go up close to beautiful sheep and cows roaming a wetland just outside of an urban centre. Breakfast is cheap and delicious. Additionally take transit north to Dyrehaven (Deer Park) for Sightseeing and Cycling. It’s free and you can see hundreds of wild deer. 5) avoid coffee at coffee shops. It is an absolute rip off. About $8 USD per coffee. Pastries are an exception that is worth the cost at locations like Kobenhavns bakery, Lille, etc. 6) Don’t stay right downtown Cph. I highly recommend East Amager close to the airport and 10 minutes downtown. The benefit of staying in East Amager is being right on the beach!!!

Just some more tips from a local if anyone is curious. If you still want a narrated boat tour on the cheap, you actually can. You'll see the big flashy white and yellow canal boats a lot but go down a bit further and you'll find a more rustic and cheap dock. Specifically at Holmens Kirke near Christiansborg palace and the Stock exchange, or on the southern side of Nyhavn opposite the colourful buildings. There you'll find the blue "Nettobåde" or "Netto boats". These light blue canal boats have tours less frequently and slightly fewer options, but cost less than half of the other canal tours. These are more commonly used by native Danes than the other ones but still have english narration. And yeah Bakken is also cheaper than Tivoli Gardens. If you wanna go and ride the rides though, they have wristbands that are cheaper than paying per ride, but the earlier you buy a wristband the cheaper it gets. Sometimes you can save as much as 15 euros by booking one for a specific day early rather than going up on the train and getting there. Speaking of that, Bakken is just a 15 minute train ride from downtown on the C-line but its located outside the valid area of the City Pass daypass. At least the 80kr one. So if you wanna go to Bakken, you either need to pay a normal train fare from the edge of the city pass validity in Hellerup to the end of the line, or get a City Pass large. The City Pass Large is twice as expensive but cover all of the capital region instead of just the inner city. Very useful if you plan on visiting attractions around Copenhagen instead of just in it, like the Roskilde Cathedral, the Viking Ship museum in Roskilde, Kronborg Castle, the Maritime museum, and Danish museum of Technology in Elsinore, Frederiksborg castle and the Gribskov forest in Hillerød, or the many seaside towns like Hundested, Tisvildeleje, Gilleleje, or Hornbæk. Also just a correction. The Roller coaster at Bakken is not the oldest in Denmark. Its from 1932, but the mountain roller coaster within Tivoli Gardens is actually even older. That one is from 1914 and is the oldest roller coaster in all of Europe and the 3rd oldest in the whole world.

A recommendation: the tower of Christiansborg Palace is open to the public. It is he tallest tower in the city, it is free, and there are elevators.

It is a blessing to be born in a Scandinavian country. What a life!

Thanks for sharing. It is worthing visiting Copenhangen.

Great day, love it!

Thank you! We used the tips from your video and enjoyed Copenhagen 🤗

Thank you for making such a helpful video - Much appreciated :)

Thank you for the video!

A wonderful city! And some great points of interest covered in the video - well done.

Darn. I wish you have released this video earlier. Last week we were there for 3 nights :( But one thing that is not mentioned here and I think everyone should check is the Copenhagen Card. It gives you unlimited public transport and free admissions to almost every attraction and museum. The most value for money is the 72 hours option but since it is calculated by hours and not calendar days you can make the most of it with 48 and even 24 hour options. Don't go back without seeing sights such as Rosenberg castle, Roundtower, Amelienborg, Church of our saviour, Tivoli etc. just to make it cheap. Most probably you won't visit Copenhagen a second time.

We don't call hotdogs "pølser" in Danish. Pølse just means sausage, and pølser is just plural (sausages). They are just called hotdogs like in English

Love it!

Very nice

Thank you for posting this. My daughter is currently there and this is very helpful.

Airbnb, buy at a supermarket, and walk

If you want cheap drinks, you can go to Old Irish Pub near Tivoli. Sunday - Thursday they sell you a pint of Carlsberg for just shy of 3€ (20kr) all night. Friday and Saturday it´s till 9.00 PM (21), but till 11 PM (23) you can get 2 alike cocktails for the price of 1. A great place for any football fan aswell, as they broadcast most games. As you mention the life in København can be very expensive, so as a 🇩🇰 I also try my best to find the cheaper joys.. PS: next time you feel like eating a hotdog in København, you should go to Johns Hotdog stand close to the central station. Its the best ever!!

Definitely depends when you go. Copenhagen was freezing during the winter.

This is a great video. Thank you for sharing!

Superb Tips.

Wooow So cool ❤❤❤

Excellent.

Went there for the first time last weekend, for four days. I already miss this city! An interesting spot not shown in the video is Fristad Christiania (free).

My favorutite city ive ever been to, great place

Great video, thank you!! Looks like a wonderful city to see :)) My dream is to visit Copenhagen fashion week one day :))

OMG! we were just planning to go here. Much needed video and great tips. Thanks a lot!

Glad to watch this video! I'm going next week so this is definitely helpful because I'm already breaking the bank just from booking my airbnb

Great video thanks. We are heading here next week so was very useful! Sounds like we need to rethink how much money we might spend…. 😅

Stay in malmo and get the train in. It saved us €100 per night.

Amaazing! Copenhagen is my favorite city in Scandinavia... Yeah.. I have just visited Copenhagen again on 16-17 August, 2023. My son who visited for some days has told me that it is more expensive there than in Stockholm. I see... I had a lunch for 2 persons - it cost me 638 Danish Crown.. Then when I see statement from my account it cost 1014 Swedish Crown - Not surprised at all. 💗 Thank you for sharing Next year some thai friends will visit me and surely we shall take a trip to Copenhagen.. Best Wishes from STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN 🌼🌷🌲🌻

The roller coaster in Bakken is not the oldest one in Denmark. The oldest one is “Den Gamle Rutsjebane” in Tivoli

Just randomly found this video. This channel becomes my favorite now.

Elsker det 😏

Loved the video 😄 however hygge isn’t a lifestyle and it most certainly isn’t just in Nørrebro and Vesterbro. I think lots of danish people from Jutland fx would argue that those places are too rushy to be called hyggelige. Hygge is more like a feeling or a state of mind. It’s like having a good time (alone or with people you care of) 😄

nice city, i want to visit

the hotdog u ate is called a Risted hotdog, directly translated to roasted hotdog. pølse just means sausage. a roasted hotdog is different cause the pølse is grilled, where as in a normal hotdog the pølse is boiled.

You still have to eat additional real meals, coffee, pay for accommodation, and other drinks if that's something you would want to do during your holidays. Expect 100 to 130 euros per day overall for a decent stay on a budget. But it's totally worth it, it's the best city in Europe for sure.

Actually, the medieval part of Copenhagen burned down 3 times. The 1728 and 1795 fires happened in the medieval part of Copenhagen but the fires in 1807 were caused by the English bombarding Copenhagen from the sea, setting it alight. There are a few building left dating back to the 15th century but there are only but a few left.

That was an expensive hourly rental cost, I only bay around €5 per hour, but €20 for a day that's cheap. And BTW the Glyptotek is only free the last Wednesday in each month. But the Copenhagen Musem, Thorvaldsen's and Nikolaj Kunsthal is all free each Wednesday, futhermore the David's Collection is free every day all year. Other than that great video on showing that Copenhagen cam be done on a budget.

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good video

Thank you for the amazing tips and showing how to do this with a budget!!!! Tips: Skip the annoying comments, u don't have to be too nice xD

Do you know your not just a beautiful but jolly lady keep it up god bless you ❤

You will have to buy the City Pass Large to be able to travel to Bakken, and the price is then double up, DKK 160,- The ticket control in Denmark is intense and the fine is high.

Good suggestions. In addition: Use Netto, Lidl and other supermarkets for cheap beers and wine (they even keep them cold). Gå to Morgenstedet (Christiania) for the best affordable vegetarian food. Also mentionable is Absalon Church at Vesterbro. Skip the Danish hotdog though. It's just a poor copy of the orginal American hotdog.

What is the usual amount to tip in the free tours?

4:05 you can easily get a nice hotel for one at scandic for only 115 euros

Get a months subscription of donkey republic for 34 euro and cancel immediately, afterwards for the next 30 days you can pickup and drop of their bikes anywhere in Copenhagen or just keep the same one rented for 7 continuos days.

3:00 you can also just go in netto and buy cold water for 50 cent

I need to change money there or can i buy everything online with my phone?

64 Euros for a day in Copenhagen (with only one hot dog in your belly) and... at least 500 Euros through the night. Copenhagen it's for the millionaires!!!

I'm an American tourist planning to visit Denmark, so this was somewhat helpful. Honestly, I wasn't quite impressed. The city simply doesn't look grand or glamorous . It appears quite ordinary with little to do. Also, for future travel videos, it would help if you actually showed more sites rather than focus the camera on the "reporter" trying to act cute.

I don't find Copenhagen expensive, it's more expensive in the US. The app for the transit made it a lot easier for me to roam around.

Great video. How about going to other cities in Denmark??

I am now in Copenhagen; I noticed that they drive their biycicles very fast and very close from pedstrians which is very dangerous to both!!They even do not ring their bells to notify the pedstrians which some of them are children, seniors and tourists!! No need to drive the bikes in such high speed (in 5 days I noticed more than near accidents among biycile riders and pedstrians).

I am Planning to visit there this coming December. . .. I wonder, if the weather would fit my 2 day, solo traveler... 😊

wait we have water taps around the city to fill up water? wth? i've lived here for 8 years didn't know that. No wonder i either buy a bottle and refill at home or go to fisketorvets water tap on the ground floor where they have free unlimited water to drink from and they have their own cups too. Oh well might look out for these water taps around the city. Do u guys know where they are located so i know where to go when i'm about and about?

Es lohnt sich alles zu 100%. Nehmt nur genug Dansk kroner mit! 😂😂👍👍🇩🇰🇩🇪

Nothing is on a budget there

Considering how DW seem to always critize Denmark....its weird watching them release a video showing people how to enjoy Copenhagen without having to file for bankruptcy.

No mentioned of the little mermaid by the beach? Am i confused with Oslo? Im pretty sure the little mermaid is at Copenhagen 🤔 BTW, she's very small, you might almost miss her sitting quietly by the beach. I visited Copenhagen in April 2015, very expensive, ( as expensive as Oslo, Norway) it's nice to check ✔️ it off my bucket list but i won't be back. Not mentioned in this episode is the free activity picnic at the beautiful graveyard 🪦. People bring their 🧺 picnic blanket and wine, beers and chilling out until sunset 😄 . On the other hand, i visit some countries more than 3 or 4 times such as Morocco, Italy, France, Greece, Turkey because I love the Roman empire history and the ruins.

pro tip, go visit Gdansk istead

Tours are nice if you have time, imho, just walk the city and google if you want to know more, more flexible

are all there shops closing down like they are doing in other western cities if not why not

I’ve uploaded a video of New Year’s in Copenhagen if anyone needs some inspiration for Winter! ✨

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Do you know if U.S visa debit card is accepted there?

I love Copenhagen!!! Visited there 6 years ago and it taught me what is the smell of marijuana.

Get an inexpensive kebab at Kebabistan. Easily the best kebab I've had in Europe.

Didn't add stay @ hotel/hostel

Everyone needs an extra cash flow apart from a daily job, anything that can help get a little extra dough each month is important to beat the tide. For a comfort vacation in mind, you should mainly be focused in channeling funds into investments that yield returns without constant intervention.

I would love to use a bike with a big seat to get around with

Wants to save money... Goes to; Raffen... Probably the most expensive food vendors in the entire city.

why are you showing the prices in EU? Didn't they keep their own currency and not switch? I'm missing something.

As a Pakistani I fully support love respect Denmark and its beautiful people from Pakistan 🙂, best regards from Pakistan 🙂.

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not a bad deal? its expensive even comparing to there in he Netherlands

Bloody expensive

She didnot count the stay for the hostel atleast 50€ / day stay...

How did you pay with euros in denmark?

Renting a bike for 12EUR/hour, no thankss 😮

Soft drink for €8 and a hot dog for €5 ...no thank you...will pass ✌

Nyhavn is a tourist trap!

7 euros for the tour guide is an insult, especially if he attended you for more than two hours: the usual is 10-15 euros... you are very tightwad

If we are earning kuwati dinar, pounds, USD or Euro then we can visit these countries otherwise not 😆 tooo expensive

Imagine going to Copenhagen and then all the "main sights" are a few random houses and a water fountain. Thank God I have the option to travel for most of my life... This place is complete and utter bull:(

64£ is the budget of the whole month of a student living in Dhaka, Bangladesh 😂

u ate a hot dog all day? why travel if you cannot even afford the food??? while enjoying some things for free, one at least has to eat....looks like u starved yourself the entire day....did not even see u drink a coffee....how can u even enjoy nature when u are hungry??????.Copenhagen is off my travel list....

’A sightseeing tour is always a good idea, especially if it is free’ … Well these ‘free tours’ are not free as you have to tip the guide, which is not an authorized guide and has to pay a fee to the agent. I wonder why DW is promoting irregular work, without a proper payment and unfair competition with the real guides who have studied passed an exam to become authorized guides.

its a little bit expencive in copenhaven ... lol

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danes... why do you teach foreigners to say hygge as "hugga" my wife says it's like an inside joke to screw with foreigners in a lighthearted way, does it add up?

Any video that starts with Nyhavn and doesn't immediately say don't go anywhere NEAR Nyhavn, close and move on! It's nothing more than a tourist trap. You won't get any local who's sober go anywhere NEAR that shithole.

Just go to netto or other super market then u save even more money

Oramai sono vecchio ho 75 anni ma do un consiglio ai giovani andate in danimarca e non tornate piu non fate come ho fattio io da giovane che sono anadato dieci anni in vacanza a fare le ferie e sono sempre tornato in italia adesso mi do del mongoloide potevo restare la tutta la vita

As a local - PLEASE don’t rent the bikes here! It’s super annoying for the people commuting to/from work and it’s dangerous if you’re not used to that kind of bike traffic!

Renting a bike without a helmet? Good luck not dying

Quite a few misinformations in this video tbh.

because of capitalism peoples have try to find cheap way to traveling. Give them human right what they deserve

Can we conclude: Denmark is an overpriced boring destination?