35mm film photos are very hit and miss. The pictures from Málaga are pretty terrible; quite dark and all the shadows tinted green, the pictures from Helsinki are a bit overexposed (blame the snow) and 17 are missing altogether and most of the pictures from Switzerland in January are a bit dark. But the pictures … More Denmark on film
Once I’d decided I was going to Copenhagen (and had my trip to Stevn’s Klint in my itinerary), the first thing I wanted to do was go over the Øresund Bridge to Malmö. I like a train adventure, especially one that can go across national borders and you bet I wanted to see the really … More The best way to visit Malmö from Copenhagen isn’t by train
Having set myself the task of discovering how Denmark went “from powerhouse to posing” (see last week’s post), I took myself on a little trip to Roskilde, Denmark’s Viking-age capital city, a mere 45 minutes on a (double decker!) train from Copenhagen and covered under the auspices of a Large City Pass, which gives you … More I built a boat at Roskilde’s Viking Ship Museum
When I started planning my trip to Copenhagen, Instagram, naturally, caught on pretty quickly and my feed filled up with pastries, coffee, Nyhavn and beautiful girls in beige boxy clothes. “Where are the best cafes?” it asked me, “where are the best viewpoints? What pastries should you eat?”. And I don’t want to be all … More How did Denmark go from powerhouse to posing?
I suppose I’d better start with a really quick biography of Hans Christian Andersen. He was a Danish writer, born in Odense in 1805 responsible for about half the fairytales you know. The Brothers Grimm, who were German, wrote the rest. To be honest, you’ll probably know most of his stories from Disney. He wrote … More On the trail of Hans Christian Andersen in Copenhagen
“Can I do a kayak trip around Copenhagen?” I wondered as I was planning my birthday week in Denmark. Yes, of course you can. And the first company that comes up is GreenKayak, an enviromental NGO that gives you a kayak for free on condition that you collect rubbish as you go and give them … More GreenKayak, red flags
If you’re going to spend a few days in Copenhagen, you really can’t skip the Tivoli Gardens. You’ll probably hear it called the oldest theme park in the world but, in fact, it’s not even the oldest in Denmark. That title goes to Dyrehavsbakken, more commonly known simply as Bakken which is about 6 miles … More How to spend a day at Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens
Stevns Klint is the main reason I was in Denmark in the first place. I wanted to make a weekend trip of it with this as the star of the show but I haven’t had a free weekend for it since about January, so when Iceland was too full of eclipse-hunters for my usual birthday … More A cliff brought me all the way to Denmark
Now, this is a way to spend a birthday and a way to introduce my trip to Denmark! AIRE Ancient Baths is a chain of spas and I’ve had my eye on the one in London for quite a while. Never got round to it because I want to do the evening bath and I … More AIRE, an ancient bath in Copenhagen
Yes, yes, I know, it’s an old feud that’s half joking and half just longstanding tradition and there’s no real malice between the two Nordic siblings anymore but there’s a history and since I had to hear “I did not know any of this” from someone who partook in a conversation about all this, and … More Why Iceland doesn’t like Denmark