Copenhagen Guide

If a city could feel both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time to me, it would be Copenhagen. I know the city so well from so much time spent there yet I\’ve despite all the connections, I\’ve never lived there. And while I run a site called, Hygge House, and am half-Danish, truthfully, there\’s a lot to Danish life and life in Copenhagen that still feels completely foreign to me. What makes sense? The cycling everywhere and in every day clothes (including dresses), coffee, candles, hygge, white walls, city parks, babies in prams, being able to walk everywhere, cosy weather. What doesn\’t? Teak furniture, the food (although it\’s getting better), the weather in winter, the cost of living, sometimes the attitudes (feels stuck). I know I both romanticize and am harsh on the city (and country) all at once.This past trip was the most different one I\’ve taken. Usually in the city with family and usually in a hotel, I instead rented an Airbnb in the Vesterboro neighbourhood. It\’s an area I wasn\’t very familiar with, and instead of a few days I had a week. I also went with someone who had never been to Copenhagen but was also working in the city, so it was really interesting to see their point of view and see Copenhagen in fresher ways. I also met up with friends who were starting new businesses (that make literally hygge candles!) or were in school so again, different points of view were heard and seen. I also spent a lot of time by myself just walking the streets and having coffee like a verb. So while I don\’t think I could move to Copenhagen, I think I fell for it more than I ever have and even felt like I was even just a little bit at home.Below was my sweet Airbnb rental in the charming Vesterboro neighbourhood. It was a charming place if you don\’t mind stairs or a cramped bathroom but it gives you a really good understanding of what it\’d be like to live in a little flat in Copenhagen. It\’s up a lot of stairs without a lift so if that\’s an issue or is having a small washroom with no tub, then this might not be the best fit. But for what I needed during this week, it was perfect and oh so charming. White floors are my new thing!

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