Just a Taste of Copenhagen

Any amazing trip that I've taken has always included a memorable place to stay. It is so easy to brush off the idea that your lodgings are anything more than a place to lay your weary head at the end of a long day spent exploring a new and exciting place. My experience has been the opposite. Below is the view out of my Airbnb. It offered a lush view of a shared commons. Just a few steps down and you could have a picnic breakfast relax and chat with other neighbors who are out enjoying the late summer weather.

 The rooms inside where washed in light and everything from floor to ceiling was a cool tone of white.

All of the basic things like having a market close at hand or options for restaurants are close at hand. Public transportation across the city is a cinch. Buses, trains or bikes can take you right where you need to go. The scale of the city is perfect or biking. It’s the simple solution in this city. It was a shocking thought to simply leave your rented bike out in front of the apartment and have it sitting and waiting for you the next morning. Rental rates are low and nothing beats traveling around the city for a leisurely dinner and then biking back to your flat with the cool breeze and the setting sun shedding its last rays.

 Don't forget to stop at the Rundetaarn

This 17th century tower was originally built for astronomers to study the universe. it stands in central Copenhagen as a reminder of the visionary goals that Christian IV's pursued during his lifetime.

 There were two goals in this visit. The first is to get your feet up to the 360-degree views that await you at the top of the building. The walk up the winding corridor is incredible in its own right. Once at the top, you can sit and take in this city that embraces both the forward-thinking architecture that pushes design and the centuries of development that beats at the city center.

 There is an amazing gallery in the building to make your visit complete. It give you a chance to reflect on some of the things you've just experienced and provides context to Copenhagen that I loved.

 The beautiful late afternoon sun changes the experience and made me contemplate how people experienced this building for centuries before electricity.