Copenblogen- A weekend in Copenhagen

  The metro  Running 24 hours a day, with a train arriving every 90 seconds, the metro is the most convenient way to get around. With only four lines, unlike the London underground, it is quite easy to navigate. The price of your ticket varies on how many zones you plan to travel through, but when I was there, no ticket was more than £4 for an hour and a half time limit of travel. There are various ways in which you can purchase your ticket, you can pay via the app DOT or at one of the terminals at the station. However, be warned , always have your ticket before stepping onto the train, as I learned the hard way. Heading to the city centre for a night out, I was paying for my ticket with Apple pay when the train arrived, I got on but the payment was still pending and hadn’t gone through yet. As soon as we stepped on the train so did the wardon, and they headed straight for me, trying to fine me £75. Slightly drunk, I tried to remain calm, telling the wardon “ I Completely...

  Bag heaven   In the centre of copenhagen, the shop, Collector’s cages walls are embellished with vintage designer bags arranged in colour order. Brands like Louis vuitton, chanel, Bottega veneta and Dior were sprawled across the shop, including particularly rare pieces such as the Louis vuitton green denim mini pleaty. My personal favorite was the Fendi Baguette bags as they had a few unique ones that I had never seen before (If only I weren’t a broke uni student). The store aslo had a hermes birkin bag,that was £17,000, of course, incased in a locked glass box, alongside some other chanel flaps. From spending a few days in copenhagen, you can tell it is quite common to have vintage designer bags, as everywhere I turned I was in awe of the unique bags girls our age had.  Address: Amagertorv 31, 1160 København K, Denmark   Hay  Copenhagen is home to the headquarters of the voguish homeware brand, Hay . Their two story showroom and store was a thing of dreams. E...

The Danish Love for pastries dates all the way back to the mid 19 th century when a strike amongst Danish bakers led to a shortage of skilled Labours. This resulted in bakers from Austria coming to Denmark with the unique technique of incorporating butter into dough to create flaky layered delights, as well as the addition of custards and Jams to create exceptional flavour combinations. Now, deeply ingrained in the Danish culture and apart of daily life, there is “bageri” on every street in Copenhagen.   On my Weekend trip, it was essential we visited a couple to see if they lived up to our expectations. These included:   Hart Bageri   The previous pastry chef of the award-winning restaurant in Copenhagen, Noma, Richard Hart started his own venture of Hart bakery in 2018 alongside Talia Richard-Carvajal in the pursuit of bringing both style and substance with their bakes. Now, with 10 bakeries across Copenhagen, the pairs initial ideology of “Sprezzatura”, an I...

  In 2017, the post-industrial dockland neighbourhood, A mager, welcomed Bjarke Ingel ’ s unique clean innovation . A waste-to-energy plant that doubles as an outdoor activity centre that accommodates the locals desire to practice ski sports such as skiing and snowboarding called the Copenhill within the mountain less city.    This innovative facility is the epitome of what the country of Denmark are trying to achieve , contribu t ing massively to the goal of becoming the world’s first carbon-neutral city by 2025. This can be seen as the Co p enhill's incinerator burn s up to 400,000 tonnes of waste per year, which produce s enough electricity to power 60,000 homes and heat 160,000 homes . In the 1970s almost 50% of Copenhagen’s waste went to landfills, now it is less than 2 %. From someone living in the UK, where 24.2% of waste goes to landfills, it truly is fascinating seeing the fast-paced action in the city to achieve a cleaner and more sustainable env...