Post by Ella. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art that is. Located in the town of Humlebaek, 37 km north of Copenhagen. We took a regional train up the coast (that would be the east coast of Denmark). If you look at a map, you’ll see that Denmark and Sweden are separated by the Øresund Sound. In…
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Spacious apartment, Østerbro area of Copenhagen
Address: Murmanskgade 15. Nicely appointed, Danish-sparse, modern two bedroom apartment overlooking the water. It look a lot of searching to find this reasonably priced apartment in Copenhagen. Everything is quite expensive. We are about a 25 minute metro ride from the center of the city. The apartment is quiet. Great soundproofing. We are on the…
Treading water underground
Post by Ella. Can I just say, it was a cold, blustery day. Temperature hovered around 45 with wind chill taking it down to 38. Typical Danish spring. For me, all layers on board (windbreaker, light down jacket, light sweatshirt, shirt, Tshirt) plus a knit cap. Today, among other destinations, the Cisternerne. Two metros, one…
The fancy smørrebrød
Post by Ella. For the last couple of nights, we’ve been making our own, somewhat basic Smørrebrød at our apartment. Today, the fancier version that looked a lot prettier than ours, at a little place called Amadeus (yes, that one). Smørrebrød is a traditional Danish open-faced sandwich, usually served with soft but hearty rye bread….
A little bit of Copenhagen
Post by Ella A few photos from today’s wander around Copenhagen.
Green Light District
Post by Ella Christiania is a “micro nation”, or perhaps one could call it an independent municipality, within Copenhagen. Founded in 1971 when some folks decided to put down roots on an abandoned military base. One can imagine a group of young, hippiesh libertarians rebelling against the corporate world. The laws in Christiana are simple…
Practical matters: Public transport Copenhagen
Post by Ella. As is usual in Europe, there are trams, busses, trains, metro galore. In Holland and here in Copenhagen, navigating public transport is made so much easier with Google maps. Google knows all is seems. Google can give you all your transit routes, number and names of stops to traverse, where and how…
Arrival Denmark
By the time we got to our new apartment in Copenhagen (we flew from Amsterdam), it was time to pick up some groceries and feast on hearty pumpernickel, herring, lox, Tzatziki , tomatoes, Gorgonzola, olives, havarti and some Vinho Verdi. A global feast. And that’s it. Time for a night off to stare at all…
And thank you again Esther
Post by Ella. Tomorrow (Wednesday) we fly off to Copenhagen leaving our old friends behind. We closed out the afternoon and evening with a trip to Delft (15 min by train), enjoying a glass of wine (non-alcoholic beer for Grubb) in Esther’s garden, followed by a tasty black rice / vegetable / shrimp casserole prepared…
Grubb gets his herring
Post by Ella. The herring stand we remembered from our last visit to Den Haag at which we got broodjes (herring in a roll with your choice of onions and/or mustard) and a seagull swooped in and nearly got a nip of my herring, was still there. Grubb couldn’t resist. And there was a grey…
Rotterdam
Post by Ella. As you can tell by the latest several posts, we spent the day in Rotterdam. It is a vibrant, busy city with unique architecture. we were here for the first time on our last trip to the Netherlands and decided we really enjoyed the place. Rotterdam’s history begins in 1270, when a dam…
Reflections in Rotterdam
Thank you again Esther
We planned to spend the day in Rotterdam and Esther suggested we visit the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. This is the world’s first publicly accessible art storage facility. 173 years of art collecting. More than 152,000 objects housed together, arranged in fourteen storage compartments with five different climates. This place is amazing and Grubb will…
Our Den Haag apartment
Our ground floor, one bedroom apartment is at Papestraat 3 in Den Haag. It is full of natural light from tall windows fronting onto a small garden area. It is comfortable as in the bed is comfy for sleeping and the couches are comfy for sitting. The apartment is in a pedestrian only area and…
There is a reason we don’t stay in Amsterdam
Many tourists stay in Amsterdam and take day trips to Delft, Haarlem, Rotterdam, We much prefer to stay in Delft or Den Haag and make a day trip to Amsterdam. It’s not that far. From Den Haag central station, you can be in south Amsterdam in 40 minutes or so by train. Anyway… Today was the…