Wonderful, wonderful..

My family and I took advantage of the Summer bank-holiday and spent the week in Copenhagen, flying out Monday and returning Friday (yesterday). It was a super sunny week (unusually for September in Northern Europe) quite literally five days of blue sky and 20-25 degree days, lovely. 

Three generations, my wife and I being the middle generation, came out for the little city break and we spent a busy few days (a ton of walking!) seeing the sights, culturally educating the kids, trying the local food and sampling the liquid delights of the Danish beer scene. The picture above is of the classic tourist trap of Nyhaven the Sun is still strong, it was past 6pm when I took this, compare this to our last trip here which was in November when it was grey and overcast and decidedly chilly (woolly hats required!)

This was one of our lunches in a swanky Danish restaurant, the very traditional "Smørrebrød" which is essentially something tasty on a piece of dark rye bread, here (bottom to top) we had pickled herring, chicken with crispy skin and new potatoes with lovage, very tasty indeed but we slightly over ordered and ended up with three pieces each (could have easily made do with one or two!) expensive too, this meal came out at around £40 per person for lunch with beers and coffees but it was delicious.

Last time we visited Copenhagen we didn't make it to the little mermaid statue, obviously this needed to be rectified so we took a canal trip which had it as one of the attractions visited. The only problem was that obviously seeing the statue from the water meant looking at the back of it (see picture above) oh well, at least we can say we saw it this time! We also revisited the wonderful "Taphouse" bar just off the main shopping drag, a legendary craft beer joint that has 61 taps of beer to choose from! As per last time the UK scene was represented very well and I was gobsmacked to see a beer called "Locals" from Sussex brewer "Beak" available, this beer was one of my "Top 20 craft beers" in 2021 (2nd) It's a beauty but really hard to get hold of in the UK hence my surprise to find it in Denmark, luckily we had some time to kill so I treated myself to two!

As per our last trip I found the Mikkeller bars around the city to be very good, excellent choice of brews and a friendly atmosphere, the picture above shows a half pint of one of their hazy pale ales against the backdrop of the "Warpigs" bar in the meat-packing district (Vesterbro) a really buzzy spot and excellent BBQ food, although I didn't have time to eat there this time around (it still looked great tho). There are a number of Mikkeller bars dotted around the places each has it's own character, this particular place is a collaboration with 3-Floyds brewery in the USA (hence the BBQ) and it's hugely popular, if you want a seat I suggest getting there nice and early!

All in all a great city break, good weather, food, drink and company, suffice to say that the "trip quality" bar has been set very high, I wonder where we'll end up next?