{"id":402,"date":"2012-04-07T10:40:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T14:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsizerobot.com\/?p=402"},"modified":"2017-09-13T11:08:02","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T15:08:02","slug":"copenhagen-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelsizerobot.com\/copenhagen-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Days in Copenhagen, Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s usually more economically feasible to travel by land to countries bordering the one you’re in now. \u00a0So why did I go from Italy straight to Denmark? Top Gear Live<\/a>. A 90 minute live show from the hosts of my favorite TV show – Top Gear. “You flew across the continent for a 90 minute show?”<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Pretty much.<\/p>\n But I’m going to spend a bit of time here in Copenhagen, I actually quite like it. It’s got a cool vibe, the people are very friendly, the women are invariably gorgeous, and although the official language is Danish (which is cool-sounding,) I haven’t met anyone here yet who doesn’t speak English just as fluently as most Americans.<\/p>\n Despite hosting a Top Gear Live show, this is not a place for car lovers. Denmark imposes a crazy 200% tax on cars, meaning a regular $30,000 car in American will cost the equivalent of $90,000 in Denmark. No wonder there are no fancy cars around here, and it seems like Copenhagen might rival Amsterdam in their use of bicycles. Luckily there’s a fantastic infrastructure for bikes here, and since the city isn’t very geographically large, riding a bike is the best option for both locals and visitors. Best part: you can rent a bike for free<\/strong> anywhere in town via Copenhagen’s Bycyklen Kobenhavn<\/a> program. Just show up at one of the 125 bike parking centers around town, leave a 20 kroner (about $3.50) deposit, and take one of the 1,300 bikes to explore the city. Return the bike to any of the parking areas, and get back your deposit. Just make sure to stay within city limits.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Visiting Copenhagen in early April may not have been the best choice in season, though. The first few days were fine, but the next week got increasingly cold, mostly due to the knock-you-on-your-ass heavy wind that the city is known for.<\/p>\n On one of the nicer days, I met a group of people at town hall for a free walking tour of Copenhagen<\/a>, which I highly recommend. The tours are tip-supported, and the guide on this tour really knew what he was talking about. I like these tours; you get to walk the whole way, learning about the history, and also get to know the city a bit so you can more easily explore on your own. On this tour I met a great Australian couple traveling Europe who I ended up becoming quite good friends with and hanging out with a couple times since, and plan to visit when I’m eventually down in Australia.<\/p>\n