Design Hotels

Many hotels in Copenhagen have lately started focusing on design. The Mexican design collective and Arne Jacobsen have contributed to make your stay an unusual design experience. We have listed some hotels that offers exciting hotel rooms:
*Hotel Fox
*DANHOSTEL Copenhagen City
*First Hotel Skt. Petri
*Hotel Twentyseven
*Radisson SAS Royal Hotel
*The Square Hotel

Visit The Theatre

Copenhagen has a lot of theatres that offers everything from childrens theatre to interpretations of Shakespeare. The plays takes place in old factories as well as in modern buildings. Whatever you're interested in Copenhagen will fulfil your wishes. Learn more about the following theatres:
*Det Kongelige teater - Operaen
*Betty Nansen Teatret
*Bådteatret
*Det Ny Teater
*Nørrebro Teater
*Gasværket
*Kaleidoskop - K1
*Zeppelin Teatret

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Luxurious Second Hand

Copenhagen offers several second hand shops, and it's not the ordinary assortment you'll find in these shops. There's a growing demand for luxurious vintage, and since the prices are low everyone can afford a handbag by Chanel or a Dior. Check out these luxurious vintage shops:
*Glam
*Ca Roule Ma Poule
*Cocobell
*Frk. Lilla
*Greibe og Kumari
*Haberdash
*Muda nashi

Copenhagen's cultural life

Copenhagen offers world-class culture and entertainment all the year round. Here are a few tips!
*Tycho Brahe Planetarium shows 3D films
*Enjoy opera, ballet and theatre at Det Kongelige teater - Gamle Scene
*Be a secret agent for a day at Experimentarium
*See exciting designs at Dansk Design Center
*Experience prominent contemporary art at Louisiana

A Day in the Park

Copenhagen has a lot of parks that suits perfectly for a picnic during nice weather.
In Frederiksberg Have which surrounds Frederiksborg Slot, you find Chinese pavilions, temples and a dripstone cave.
Bernstorffsparken is a lovely park, designed with inspiration from the romantic English landscape gardens. Here you can stroll amongst large green lawns, oak- and beeches woods and visit The Queen Louise’s Teahouse with a view over the rose garden.
Fredensborg Slot & Slotshave and Kongens Have are also popular spots for couples in the spring and summer. Fredensborg Slotshave has the largest and most well-preserved baroque gardens in Denmark with 70 sculptures to look at.
Tivoli is also worth a visit at any season. When the spring arrives, Tivoli is decorated with thousands of flowers, plants and Chinese lanterns in beautiful colors that lights up the park when it gets dark. Then you can take a walk around the lake and watch the fireworks.

Kastrup Airport

Sometimes it’s a drag to wait for your flight to depart, especially if you’re one of those people who always are in good time. Sooner or later you have been into all the shops and had your cup of coffee and read your book and so on. But the Danish airport Kastrup offers a number of activities that helps you kill the time. Besides they don’t cost a thing!

Art

Kastrup has surprisingly many pieces of art; these are the ones that Öresundsregionen recommends you to look at:

1. Hanne Varning's bronce statue at terminal 3 that visualizes two women leaning against the banister.

2. Trondur Patursson’s beautiful glass birds that is located under the roof in section D at gate D.

3. Egon Fischer’s colorful piece of art that contains over 105 aluminum reliefs, the piece can be found in the transit area.

4. The glass frieze and the equestrian statue by the norweigan artist Frans Widerberg. Located in section D at gate D.

5. Raimo Veranens cleaver piece called “Ready to fly” that visualizes 56 dancing children, locate in section D at gate D.

Architecture

The airport is often said to represent Denmark’s image and you can tell that a lot of work has been put into the buildings architecture, form and function. Aluminum, steel, glass, marble and wood are the materials that mainly have been used when creating the airport. Not to be forgotten is the architect Vilhelm Lauritz that designed the first terminal in 1939.

Recreation

If you had enough of the crowd in the restaurant you can instead bring your coffee to the calm transit centre at terminal 2 in section D. It’s an airy, green and surprisingly peaceful oasis in all the surrounding chaos. If you prefer to relax in comfortable designer furniture’s you should visit the resting area at terminal 2. Take a nap or read a good book in one of Arne Jacobsen’s cylinder shaped stools.

Have a pleasant journey!

Published 2008-11-14 15:29