copenhagen 2012
a few weeks ago we went to copenhagen, what a fascinating place!, it was covered in snow and full of crazy angled design!
What started out as a weekend away turned into a 3 day marathon of exloring the town and the baked delights of copenhagen, now i know why the danish is so popular, ive heard denmark described as a "Culinary black hole" with the only thing to really make it outside of the country being the danish, i can understand why!, there is such a plethora of danishes, cream cakes and everything baked, as long as it has marzipan it seems to pass the danish cake standard and can be sold, dammmmn they are tasty!
denmark is a very very interesting mix between england and sweden, on the one hand it has the brilliant architecture, excellent public transport system, the people are friendly, the apartments are many and the balconies big, the environment is taken care of and the krowns are many which takes care of the swedish side, on the other side beer and alchohol is freely available anywhere, even burgerking, so many buildings are in a state of disrepair and chaos
its a very strange mix, but it seems to be working well for them
metro
the copenhagen metro is fantastic and tacky at the same time, they are all automated, so there is no drivers cabin, just some seats to sit at the front, they are a very strange mix, on the one hand it feels great to have technology wotk in an automated way, on the other hand it feels like a fantasy from the 1970's, this feels like something that was designed in the 70's, both on the outside and the inside
when you get inside and you can sit at the front you feel like your in black mesa touring through the facility, its brilliant!, for this reason alone i could take it every day
i do wonder how they work in rush hour, as people are inherently stupid when they need to get somewhere, they do random stupid things like try to jump on a train they know they cant, i wonder how good the sensors are on the doors or do those idiots get bruised by the closing doors on their faces, i hope they do, there is something to be said of a good dose of Darwinism
hotel
the hotel was the Bella Sky hotel in Bella Center, this was a brilliant hotel bit just because it shot out into the sky like a testament to Danish design but all around it was fantastic..... and it had its own wind turbine! :D
we got the joy of being on the 19th floor!, what a fantastic view but the fun part was the room numbers, it looks fun and is very stylish!
at night the hotel is a shining beacon to those who like colour!
from the 19th floor the view is just fantastic!, snow everywhere
i do have a tip though, if its really windy, go through the tunnel to get to the metro, its a wind tunnel and pushes you back, exactly what you need to wake you up and start your journey!
if your unsure of where to stay in copenhagen, definitely consider this one: http://www.bellaskycomwell.dk
emmerys
in the midst of exploring the town in the snow, and intense wind, and great sense of being lost we needed somewhere to take a coffee and leech some WiFi we passed some fancy pubs and some uninviting places, but in the midst of a random street near a random part we found the best coffee shop in Copenhagen , it was minimalist, clean, had a great simple brand and turned out to be a great bakery too!, with friendly staff what more could you want!
if you go to Copenhagen, you MUST go to emmerys
Link: http://www.emmerys.dk/
cakes
ahh one of the best bits, the cakation
the heart blueberry danish, nyam!
the tasty breakfast pastry "FRØSNAPPER", this pastry is simple, flakey pastry with a sweet taste and seeds on top, strange but tasty and not overly sweet
and ofcourse a danish!, covered in chocolate and marzipan, it was was a little too dry though!
saving the best till last, this little gem is the epitone of all danish cakery!, its called the kartoffelkage, or potato cake, its a light pastry with a vanilla cream covered in a slab of marzipan, its fantastic, light, airy and full of flavour!, nyamnyamnyam!!!
random
viking blood!, first time ive seen it bottled, bet its a tasty brew!
the skinny bitch, that was an utter bitch! one i dont want to see again, the taste and body was displeasing!
crazy cheese cutter, the plate raises so it always slices the right amount of cheese, it looks like a finger slicer!
green!!!
