I stayed at the Copenhagen Island Hotel for three nights in early November 2010, on a complimentary basis arranged by TBEX, when I attended the TBEX Europe bloggers event, where I gave my “So You Wannbe a Travel Blogger: Keeping It Real” talk. The hotel was designed by Danish architect Kim Utzon, son of Jorn [...]
I didn’t have nearly enough time explore Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, during my visit in November 2010. I only had one free day for sightseeing, as I was in Copenhagen mainly to attend the TBEX Europe travel bloggers event. I took a Canal Cruise in the morning and decided to walk around in the [...]
When I was in Copenhagen in early November 2010 I went on a canal cruise, the one hour DFDS Guided Tour courtesy of Visit Copenhagen. It was a sunny but cold morning but I was prepared for that with my double trousers, thick fleece and hat. With all my warm garb, I was able to [...]
In the 11 November 2010 edition of the Europe a la Carte Podcast I talk about my recent visit to the Danish capital of Copenhagen. Subscribe to the Europe a la Carte Podcast in itunes or audioboo. As I was there primarily to speak at TBEX Europe, a travel bloggers conference, I had limited time [...]
Architecture lovers who find themselves in Copenhagen will no doubt head for one of the city’s most stunning architectural sites, Grundtvig’s Church. If you’ve not heard of it, you’ll want to visit as soon as you take one look at a photograph. As one of the largest churches in Denmark as the biggest art structure [...]
In Copenhagen, close to Kongens Nytorv, is the amazing flower shop and atelier of the flower artist, the magician, Tage Andersen. Already out on the street, in Ny Adelgade, you see that this is not an ordinary flower shop. Depending on the season, you find huge pots of flowers, shrubs and trees. This week, while [...]
The Danish people are some of the nicest in Europe, and Copenhagen is one of Europe’s nicest capital cities. Why not make a summer city break? With fantastic weather (sometimes hot by UK standards) and long days/short nights, it’s perfect weekend. Here’s a few of my Copenhagen favourites. Start the day with breakfast in Christianshavn. [...]
Just to change things up a bit here at Europe a La Carte, I thought I’d share with you some videos of some of my favourite European hot spots. Lonely Planet has done some very professional overviews of some fantastic spots and they’re a great tease – once you’ve watched you’ll definitely want to get [...]
If you’d like to try out a harbourside boutique hotel, soak up some opera and culture, explore an open air museum of historic buildings, and see a little mermaid, all at someone else’s expense then read on. Visit Denmark, Denmark’s official tourism website, is looking for guests to be part of the Guinea Pig Guest [...]
