I really appreciate you saying this! Copenhagen was an amazing place. Hopefully one day I'll be able to get back there and visit some of the places I missed (Tivoli Gardens being a major one)
And in 1700 a Danish Warship visited Madeira to get samples of the local wine plants for our Botanical Garden and the University. Then came an illness which destroyed the local plants on Madeira till one remembered the Donation to Copenhagen! And they had new plants made in Copenhagen to become re-exported to Madeira!!! And this is why you are still able to buy original "Madeira Wine"! Finn. Denmark
I'm a local, and watch a lot of tourists Vlog's about my City ! Your Vlog is top Tier 👍 ! Yeah! if most people would just do a bit of research, before arriving.......🙄🙄🙄. You left some essential things out, but it's still among my favorite tourist Vlogs 😎👍 Good job Michael! Your smarter and seem older, than your age seemsl👍😊👍
This was such a great comment to wake up to - Thanks so much. There were definitely a few things I knew I'd miss this time around (Tivoli Gardens, namely), but that just means I have more reason to return one day!
What defines a great Capital is the number of small oases scattered around that makes a city livable. And you really did a top shelf job on the matter. Great portrait.
Thank you for the correction! I'm realizing that it's only in the US that a "typical Danish pastry" includes cream cheese - I knew something tasted better about it in Copenhagen 😉
Nice to have a tour video where aesthetics are constantly included. What is filmed is done and executed at the right angle. The recordings are cut and assembled in a suitable flow, and you have familiarized yourself with things in advance. What you film is in focus, you yourself are in the background, calm but 100% present. Thank you for a beautiful experience
Man I love your approach. I have never seen anyone else approach travel videos this way. It's definitely inspired me to stretch what I know about storytelling.
I am British but lived, here since 1980s. I run an NGO fighting human trafficking. Love Copenhagen and sometimes even do bed and breakfast for a select few. I live a 10-minute bike ride from the Kings Gardens. never owned a car ,take a coffee in Kaffe Kafferiet on corner of Kings Gardens with best coffee in town and located in one of the old guard houses.
If you like beer, then seeing Carlsberg old brewery at carlsberg byen may be worth a look, they do got tours around the area and a more varied beer collection to taste.
Your misspellings of Danish foods are extremely cute 😂 As a Dane that has lived in Copenhagen for soon to be 20 years, this was a very accurate and entertaining walk-through! I'm glad RU-vid recommended your channel! ♥
One of the things that surprise many tourists is actually the fact that there are only a relatively small selection of buildings in the medieval part of Copenhagen that are older than 1728. The reason is that large parts of the medieval part of Copenhagen burned down in 1728, 1795 and 1807, the latter thanks to the British navy bombing Copenhagen from the sea. The current Christiansborg Castle was actually first completed in the end of the 1920s. The medieval part of Copenhagen was a fortified city until the mid 1850s. The lsmall akes in Østre Anlæg Park (near the national arts museum), Botanic Garden, H.C. Ørsted Park and Tivoli are remnants of the moat that once surrounded Copenhagen. The large boulevard running along Tivoli and City Hall is where the moat was. This part was the last part to be filled in. This was completed in the late 1880s. It may be hard to imagine but the royal library garden was once a water filled part of the harbour where naval ships came in to restock provisions and ammunition. A slight correction about the Spandauer. There should be no cheese in this pastry. We usually also call the Spandauer the Baker's bad eye. It's difficult to point at which type of pastry that is the usual favorite of Danes. For some, it may be the Kanelsnegl but for others, it may be the Tebirkes or something completely different. While we do eat pastry now and then, I doubt you will find many Danes who would say that we indulge in pastries. We mostly eat cheaper and more simple breakfast bread and bun types. The pastry is more used as an afternoon coffee or morning coffee sweet but I would not say we eat a massive amount of them. A very good presentation of Copenhagen.
Lovely, thought out presentation that really describes Copenhagen. Btw, "by" means "town" and best pronounced "beau" like the french way but with a hard short vowel sound like "buh". Well done! When you return, go to Lego Town for your inner child (probably the reason why the flagship store is tiny).
Noted on the pronunciation of "indre by!" Also, I didn't realize there was a Lego Town! That would have been way more in line with what I was expecting
Thanks Michael, for a great video, making me love my oun city more :-) The small errors like FISKEFRIKADELLER (as in fish) and not friske, and KANELSNEGL (cinnemon snail) and not seigel, is just charming. The Prime minister doesent live at that castle as far as i know she has another castle up north called Marienborg, but some ministers live at Christiansborg/ Parlament buildings.
Which one would you choose between Copenhagen, Lisbon, Berlin, Oslo, London, Stockholm, Amsterdam in terms of beauty and livability. Please give an honest and unbiased answer and please rank them... I would so want to know your perspective. Although all these cites are beautiful in their own way but to you which captivated you the most. Thankyou 😊❤
This is a tough question, because each of these places are amazing in their own way, but I'll try to be as unbiased as I can in my answer: Beauty: 1. Lisbon 2. Stockholm 3. Oslo 4. London 5. Amsterdam 6. Copenhagen 7. Berlin Livability: 1. Stockholm 2. Copenhagen 3. Amsterdam 4. Berlin 5. Lisbon 6. Oslo 7. London Again though, ALL of these cities are amazing places and I would not be upset if I had to live in any of the above :)
@@serendipity4364 it was hard to rank them because they're all beautiful in their own way! I think the reason Copenhagen isn't as high as Stockholm and Oslo is simply the geography. The buildings themselves are spectacular
@@asenseoftravel So accurate!! But I prefer other not capital cities! And yes Lisbon is just amazing... did you already visited other cities in Portugal? it's a small country but with a lot of things to see.
The long yellow houses in the beginning are named: Nyboder, and became built by King Christian 4th and was intended for his Naval personnel in the nearby harbor. It is still used for housing Military Personnel.
Denmark have some world class beaches. Denmark is a country made of sand and clay, so beaches and farm land are the dominant natural sights outside the cities. The only reason people don't flock to Denmark for the beaches is the unreliable weather. The Germans have long since discovered the Danish beaches though and come every year in huge numbers for beach side vacations.
@@asenseoftravel It is imperative that you come back in lets say late june, july or august! That is when the city peaks - no other place I would rather be during those 3 month! (the rest of the year I am fine elsewhere haha)!
Much have been put into the danes use of their flag. Many foreigners seem to get it wrong. Danes use their flag as a piece of decoration, not as a manifestation of nationallism. Visit danish homes and se how they put the flag on birthday cakes and Christmas trees. Foreigners don't see that.
Nah, Danes are not more nationalistic than other EU countries. Our flag is a "happy" flag. We use at nearly all occasions, birthday, birth, weddings and much, much more. The red and white flag goes well to nearly everything, just think Christmas. Next time you see the Dannebrog (flag's name), just smile and remember you are looking at the world's oldest national flag (year 1219).
A great point - it's interesting to hear this, because in the US the flag is so often used from a very nationalistic perspective. Denmark really does have a great flag 🇩🇰
ask yourself why the Danish flag is seen as a "happy flag" as you write , you are correct the flag is seen as a celebration -but why???? it is because it is our national flag and we love it, are proud of it and therefore to us we feel happy seeing it !!!!-it's not like other populations celebrate using the Danish flag because it's a "happy flag" -and they do actually celebrate birthdays and other things in other countries -however not with flags as we do-so people claiming its not about being proud and nationalist haven't really thought it true-by the way there is nothing wrong with being a nationalist Ghandi and Nelson Mandela was Nationalists , it's just about loving your country, traditions and culture and most Nationalists also love and respect other countries, cultures and traditions
@@akyhne Your answer is not much worth. The no to Euro, who do you compare with? I remember that, Germany, France and Italy did not vote. Sweden did, and voted no, in a non-binding referendum. I do quite some Swedes, some of them ain't keen on the flag either, and I guess you will find a lot of those in France and other countries too.
Careful when eating at any restaurant at Nyhavn: They include a tip of 25% in the bill. Food was very delicious and service was very quick and friendly
And actually famous writer: Hans Christian Andersen had his only home as a rented room on top of Nyhavn, in spite of being extremely rich at the end of his life!
Christiansborg is not the royal palace... Amalienborg is. Royals haven't lived in Christiansborg since 1794. Also - Denmark is expensive for tourists, not so much for the people living here, because we're generally all paid a comfortable living wage. That usually means while things are expensive, the pay is tailored to make it "normal"..
Can't argue that there are probably far better ones to choose from! I went from what I understood the Danish "standard" to be, but I'm sure there are far better. In the world of stouts and porters, what would your best recommendation in the area be for next time?
Very nice vid BUT There is ABSOLUTELY no cheese in the Danish spandauer's it's either vanilla custard or jam ..the cheese danish as you call it is an american abomination.... alittle history lesson : In Denmark , what you call danish's we call Wienerbrød,/ bread from vienna.. in the 1840's the bakers and the owners of bakeries , had a little situation and bakers went on strike.. that forced the owners to import bakers from other countries and among them were Bakers from Vienna ,Austria... and they brought their recipies with them ... ofc from there it evolved BUT the origin is from Vienna
Interesting! I definitely never would have realized there was a connection to Vienna, thanks for sharing! (also I agree, us Americans tend to change recipes for the worse)
