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welcome to Copenhagen everybody this place this city has been at the top of our list for a very
long time and while we're in Denmark we're so excited to be here I guess if you watched our
last video you would already know that we are here but today it's gonna be all about exploring this
beautiful city so we are starting things off down by the water this city is almost entirely
surrounded by various types of water I think this is technically The Harbour at least according to
Google Maps it is although it kind of seems like a river to me we're also canals all over the place I
definitely love a city that kind of bases its life around the water you can see that people
come here and swim I actually heard this is one of the safest Waters or Urban places to swim in like
the water is very very clean which is interesting because where we're from in Halifax people often
give people a hard time that go swimming in their in our Harbour there supposedly clean but a lot
of people think it's not but I love that you know you can go out on a boat you can actually
rent your own boat here and go by yourselves it seems kind of dangerous to me but I guess it's
not an issue they do it all the time there's not the river cruises I think that's actually public
transportation that takes you around the water as well now here's the thing they might be looking
around going like where's everybody at today it's not the nicest day and we're going to have some
challenges up there yeah and the weather we've heard so it's summer of 2023 as we film this we've
heard that the weather this summer has been the pits like the last couple of weeks it's been all
rain we did have one day yesterday that was really nice and of course we decided to catch up you know
kind of get over our jet lag yesterday instead of filming maybe a bad decision because today's not
looking too great but I can deal with this this is okay speaking of swimming check out this area
right behind me this is sectioned off for people to come swim at you can even do laps and there's
a really high structure that people are jumping off of now let me just point this out it's about
17 degrees Celsius today it's a little cold it's gonna rain soon I have to imagine the water is
cold but these guys don't care we're so excited to be in Copenhagen if you guys are excited that
we are in Denmark hit the like button make sure to hit subscribe you guys know the drill at all
just helps us out we don't have an entirely set plan today and that makes us excited yeah I have
a few ideas of places we want to visit we'll see how it works out especially considering
that it might rain on us hopefully it won't but I'm very curious what you guys think when you
think of Copenhagen what comes to mind because before we got here I'd say the first thing that
I would say is bikes bikes but I haven't seen as many as I thought so there's still a lot I
think she read a statistic that half the people half the population of Copenhagen actually ride
bikes the other thing that I'm guessing might come to mind when I mentioned Copenhagen or Denmark to
you is pastries we're definitely hungry we want to go find some Danish pastries you probably have
them before wherever you're from I'm guessing here they might be a little bit different maybe
a little bit better really excited so next up we came over to Anderson Bakery and you can see all
these delicious looking treats right in front of our eyes we did get one ourselves this is called
spend our hopefully I'm pronouncing that correctly it might be some mispronunciations today so bear
with us while we're in Denmark but take a look at this glorious glorious little pastry we can't
wait to eat it so I had two things on my list that I wanted to try today well at least one of
two one was called panelsner I think I think I'm sure I'm saying that completely wrong but it's
basically like where the uh cinnamon bun derived from this is called uh what's it called bendauer
right and this is basically like when you go and order a Danish in other parts of the world this
is more or less what it's derived from so it's a pastry with some either custard or Mascarpone
cheese in the middle I think there's almonds on the top and then a little bit of um yumminess
around the butt all right let's try this instead of just looking at it [Music] so I'm gonna have
to take another bite in order to try the middle of it but I can tell you the pastry itself is so
soft and so flaky and then there's a little bit of that really really sweet cake frosting sort
of along the sides it's perfect together I can't wait to dry the inside I'm gonna do my best to
take a huge bite and get right to that custard because I know that's gonna be the good stuff
hold on I got it we were trying to figure out if this is uh custardy or more cheesy and I'm happy
to report that it is much more on the custard side you do taste a bit of cheese though so it
adds that bit of saltiness and it kind of rounds it up this is a glorious little pastry I'm glad
this is pretty much the first thing we're trying while we're here in Denmark the icing I have to
talk about that even though it's kind of like hardened icing it's a nice touch full of that
delicious sugar of course and then you got shaved almonds on there as well so this is
a perfect little treat before we see more of Copenhagen we just wanted to say a huge thanks
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over to what is basically the most central part of the city the street is called strogate I'm sure
I'm also saying that wrong but it's a pedestrian only Street lots of shopping lots of restaurants
loads and loads and loads of people and I was actually reading that this is one of the longest
pedestrian only streets in the world we actually posted a story on our Instagram feed yesterday
and it was the shot of this street and we got so many comments because people could not believe how
many people are here now it's a good plug for us to send you guys over to Instagram if you're not
following us head over there we'll put a link below we have this beautiful Fountain over here
doesn't it feel good to be back in Europe it's so nice to be in Europe in the summer I know it's
obviously High Taurus season it is nice to go to places when all the courts aren't there kind of in
shorter season but you can't really beat Europe in the summertime plus you know these squares squares
in Europe are amazing if you're wanting to know a few things about the city for one population
there are about 2 million people in the entire metropolitan area of Copenhagen but about 583
000 in the city proper they do speak Danish here that is the main language but we've noticed that
a lot of people seem to just default to English like we were sitting in a coffee shop the other
day and I don't think I think every person that was greeted spoke English to the person that was
working which was really really interesting so you don't need to worry about that but we
still maybe should learn a few words of Danish I think it's going to be a hard one so we tried to
do this anytime we get to a new country we need to learn a bit of the local language we're not
going to be fluent or anything like that but no we're talking it's a very very basic word
so we thought we'd start with hello yeah we're using Google translate by the way
and it's what we usually use sometimes it works great and then sometimes people leave a leave
us comments saying it was totally wrong so I know this one's spelled funny it's hej what's
that so hello is h-e-j Hitch pitch hi hi it's well hi hi but okay so that's an easy one so
goodbye it looks like farvel farvel I wonder how it's pronounced okay so we got high which
is easy yes farvel and we should learn thank you thank you probably we we that's one we
definitely need to know because we're often in uh in restaurants I wonder if thanks would be
easier but this comes up as how does it sound can you press the little audio button attack schedule
the thing is we have noticed that a lot of people when they are in restaurants or like the bakery we
were just at they say tuck like just tack yeah so I think it just means thanks it's probably
just shortened it's a kind of a long version of things so we got high or hej high and then we got
tak and farvel yeah so far so good we're so good we are now back at our hotel it's called Hotel
otilia we're gonna give you a room tour right away and I have to tell you this is the best window uh
I was gonna say in a hotel I've ever had but maybe the best window ever look at this it's a giant
Circle in the middle of our room and you can like Lounge here wow that's cool I know where you're
gonna be you're like a giant cat over here I am it is this is like the perfect cat I love this
let's show you guys the rest of the room so right here we have a little table I guess you could use
it as a dining table if you're bringing home some takeout but I'm gonna set this up as a desk you
can also see a giant it's like a king-sized bed but over here in Europe they usually have two
separate mattresses we're pretty used to that at this point it's almost in every country in Europe
that we go to I don't know if you could notice the ceilings in this place are really really high
that's why we have this echo echo can you hear that we have a TV right here don't know if we're
gonna have time to use that because we're pretty busy while we're here I just want to point out
that someone's like funky Decor around here check out this lamp I like how they Incorporated this
kind of cement it's almost like the pillars of the building because they make it made a little ledge
here so you can put your keys your room cards your sunglasses there it's kind of perfect I'm gonna
show you the bathroom but you guys go that way all right we'll go around back towards the funky lamp
wondering where is the water closet well that's back this way all right we'll just follow it
around hello again so here and where you enter the room you have a separate water closet so
this is like a more private area whereas you might be if you're a little shy you might not
be into that shower but uh I think it's awesome this is one of the more interesting hotels we
had the pleasure to walk around in now let's talk about the lobby there's so much to see there's so
many nooks and crannies there's an amazing Wine Bar there's different rooms that you can sit
in you could do some work some of them have high ceilings you can get lost in here but at the same
time feel super cozy there's also a restaurant and rooftop bar now the day we were here it was
raining we didn't get the best views ever but it's still worth checking out I'm back in my
enjoying the view so this is in like the Carlsberg neighborhood here in Copenhagen and I think this
building actually might be part of the old Brewery and that's why the architecture is
so unique like you can see in the lobby all these crazy pillars it's really really amazing I don't
think I've ever seen architecture quite like it but speaking of the lobby one thing that they do
have every single day is a wine hour I mean they include one you can go down and have a glass of
wine on the hotel it's so nice I love that it's one of my favorite things that hotels offer and
it's pretty rare to come across they also have one later in the evening where you can have a
night cap with them as well one of the reasons we were very attracted to staying here at this hotel
is it's in this Carlsberg area which is in the vestroborough neighborhood which is one of the
trendiest neighborhoods in all of Copenhagen so if if it stops raining we're gonna try to take you
guys out there if not we're gonna go get something to eat well it's the next day and the rain just
will not stop here in Copenhagen we decided to try the public transit for the very first time we're
looking for an indoor activity and we we found to bully Food Hall and this place is just packed
with people I think a lot of people had the idea to go indoors today and here we are we got a beer
and speaking of the weather I'm still feeling a little bit under the weather I think I mentioned
this in the last video it was just coming on but we only have a few days here and I'm trying to be
out it's just a head cold but it's just annoying when you're in Copenhagen for the very first time
also you guys might notice my hair is tied back so for all the people that have been commenting on
my hair lately I'm trying to grow it out I think why not if you feel like I should and I can now
tie it back into a bun so if you don't like it you're just gonna have to deal with it I don't
know how else to say it for all of you to leave nice comments thank you very much now it's this
beer is a Pilsner I couldn't remember what it was from Copenhagen you guys know we love craft beer
I'll try really quick before we get into the food we're here to eat some food don't worry [Music]
yeah right up my alley it's like four percent it wasn't too too pricey and we always love
pills wherever we go especially in this part of the world but I'll get Anna to zoom down
here because take a look at this this is just one of the things we're gonna try next and I
think anyone from Denmark might know what that is so this is one of the most popular
must try dishes when you're here in Denmark I'm sure like everything else we are going
to butcher the name but it's called s'more broth see the name right there say it again
I'm saying this right from what right maybe the Danish people can tell us they will correct us
if we're wrong but basically it's an Open Face Sandwich you can get all sorts of different types
so we ended up trying or going for two different ones the one I'm holding right here is a Danish
meatball I think it's made of pork and veal it's always sitting on a piece of rye bread with all
sorts of various things on the top I think this one also has some potato salad and we're going to
see some onions on top of there as well we are told the proper way to eat this is with a fork
the knife so nobody get mad at me for eating a sandwich with a fork and a knife the way it's
supposed to be done all right it took a minute but I think I got everything all the important
things on my Fork to try so let's actually taste this thing [Music] this one's definitely a hit
it's nice and simple and subtle there's nothing harsh or overly hunting or strong going on in
here I would say the meatball kind of reminds me of something like meatloaf got a nice onion flavor
from the top of it and then the I really like the potato salad so I would say if you're like nervous
about trying something like this there's nothing it's nothing pickley nothing overly strong just
a really yummy little Open Face Sandwich check out what I got this is a chicken salad with bacon with
bacon you guys more but then again hopefully we're saying it right but these things look glorious
look how it's a tiny piece of bread but they pile it really really high with toppings and that's the
fun of this for sure so far I also noticed there's some mushrooms in here as well that means Anna's
not going to be a fan I'm the team mushroom of this relationship but I'm gonna try it out
yeah first thing I have to say here is the chicken salad is nice and creamy it's probably
the creamiest chicken salad I've ever had on a sandwich but the showstopper definitely is
the bread so we mentioned rye bread open face sandwiches well that's what we call them from
our part of the world from Canada we don't have them that often but I never when we do I never
think to put them on rye bread basically this holds everything together because of all the
toppings for Rye bread's a little bit hard to cut through that doesn't mean it's dry it's actually
nice and fresh but it makes it work I like the mushrooms in here it gives it a different
texture gives it a different taste and then you have this really really salty salty bacon it's
probably some of the most salty bacon I've ever had that might sound like it doesn't work but it
does take the texture of the chicken salad take those mushrooms take the rye bread and take this
delicious bacon and it just works well we eat these delicious things one thing we have to talk
about is prices here in Denmark in Copenhagen oh my goodness it's maybe one of the most expensive
places we've ever been to I knew it was going to be expensive for sure and I've always heard
in Norway were really expensive and I knew you know like I knew coming in here was going to
be but I thought it might not be quite as bad as those places but I don't know like
these you would have already seen on the screen were 75 uh whatever their professors each which
is about 11 US dollars so yeah I mean expensive it's not crazy crazy but it's pretty expensive
but anytime we go out it always feels like we're usually spending a hundred dollars to 200 just
for a meal and we're not eating that much food so it's a little overwhelming taxis are crazy like
don't even bother getting in one because just to get in I think is ten dollars automatically just
to sit down and then to go anywhere it's gonna cost twenty Thirty forty fifty dollars just to
go up the street should we tell them about the coffee we got in iced Americano and it
was seven something I think it was eight six or seven USD when you converted it we had one
the other day that was ten dollars like it's just like everything costs so much money we
could never spend a whole lot of time here I wish we could because it's a really cool City
public transit it was five dollars each just to get here and it was only two stops so yeah
you guys we came back outside and the rain it's still going on there's it's all over the lens it's
getting all over the camera anyway this is uh this is how it's been so far it has yeah we did like
I think I said the beginning we had one nice day that we didn't film of course well Lessons Learned
well that day we were very jet lagged and we had no idea what we were going to do in the city but
hey maybe next time but usually we need a day just to kind of adjust adjust but if you got this far
in the video it's Trevor and Anna delightful Travelers thank you for tuning in for everyone
that's new thanks for watching we have more on Denmark in Copenhagen here coming up that's the
plan anyway I think we're going to be going out with a tour guide eating some food walking around
as long as this guy feels okay yeah as long as I feel okay right now my ears a little clogged like
I said I've got a head cold so I can't tell how loud I'm talking so sorry if I'm talking are you
yelling too low right now or I'm talking too loud anyway we're gonna make the most but we're gonna
have a blast here rain or rain or shine it's gonna be so much it's a beautiful city no matter what
yes and guys hit the like button hit subscribe all the things that just helps so but before we head
off I just wanted to say a huge thank you to hotel otilia for having us we will put a link in the
description box below if you want to stay there as well okay now we're really putting the camera
away all right guys that's it from Copenhagen wishing you delightful travels see you soon
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