Things to know before going to COPENHAGEN, Denmark 🇩🇰

We recently spent some time in Denmark's capital city of Copenhagen and in this video we're going to share with you some things to know before you go to make your trip to Copenhagen a more enjoyable visit. Welcome to Copenhagen! We just uploaded two videos of our time in Copenhagen where we give you our first impressions of the city and we try some really good food so make sure to go and check them out. We have them linked below. So let's get into it. We're starting with when is the best time to visit Copenhagen. Denmark is not exactly blessed with incredible weather so June, July and August will probably be your best bet and even then there's no guarantees. So we're here in March like kind of springtime and yeah we've had mixed weather. Some days have been all right but majority of the time it has been raining so yeah I think the summer is definitely probably the best time to come here. So more than likely you're going to want to know how to get into the city from the airports. It's very straightforward and the best way is to use the train. The train will take you directly into the central station in about 20 minutes. You can purchase your tickets once you arrive in the main area of the airport and you can find your platform very easily by either finding out from the various screens inside the airport or you can simply ask for assistance and someone will be very happy to help. The price of the train is 30 kroner per person. Okay next up how to get around the city. Once you're in the city there is various ways to get around. In our experience we found the metro and the local bus to be the best way to get around the city. For the metro you can just buy your tickets at the station and make your way around beautiful Copenhagen. For the bus you need to download an app called DOT or D-O-T. In the app you just enter your location and where you want to go and once the ticket is confirmed you can then hop on the bus and away you go. Just one thing to note you can't buy tickets on the bus. You must pay through the app at the bus stop. But yeah it's a very convenient way to get around the city. Next up using a bicycle in Copenhagen. Now this also serves as a great way to get around the city but we want to talk about being a tourist in a city that uses so many bicycles. The roads have very visible bicycle lanes but you do need to be careful when crossing the road. Many people use bikes as their primary transport in the city so it's important to remember that not everybody is casually cycling through Copenhagen on their holidays. Many locals use bikes they go extremely fast and they use the correct rule of traffic when cycling a bike. So just be aware of this as a pedestrian or if you decide to rent a bike yourself. Next up is prices. Now Denmark has a reputation of being an expensive city and there is some truth in that. But like most cities there is going to be tourist traps that will charge more than you may expect to pay elsewhere. We received so many comments on how we overpaid for a lot of things. Unfortunately for us we didn't have a huge amount of time in Copenhagen. We wanted to visit some of the popular places so sometimes we would then stop for food or maybe a drink. If you have extra time I'm sure you can find many places away from the tourist attractions to find cheaper food and drinks. For us it was simply for convenience but due to the short amount of time that we had we decided to pay that little bit extra. For drinks we were generally paying about 8 to 10 euros for a beer. 20 euro for the two points. Was it? Yeah. Oh I told you this part of town wasn't cheap. You can get them cheaper for example where we stayed in Next House Copenhagen we could get a beer for 6 euro which was actually the cheapest that we seen. A meal could cost anywhere from 15 to 25 euros. For snacks you could pay 7 euro for a croissant or about 8 euro for a hot dog which are very popular in Copenhagen. You can also pick up some snacks in the 7-11 for a little cheaper too. So although we said that we're going to a food market we had to stop into the 7-11 we're after getting a spinach and cheese burek. Just to tie us over. If you're a coffee lover and you don't want to spend fortune come to Burger King. 15 kroner for a large coffee. If you're in Copenhagen you have to come and check out this place. Ice cream is delicious. Speaking of money another question you may ask is can you use euros or dollars in Copenhagen? Well Denmark has its own currency the Danish kroner. So if you're using cash you'll need some of that. But of course like most countries in Europe now you can get by without using cash. The only places we noticed that were cash only were the hot dog stalls around the city centre. But every single thing that we paid for in Copenhagen was cashless. In fact we didn't have to change any money at all during our stay in Copenhagen. Is Copenhagen safe? And the answer to that is it's extremely safe. We had no issues walking around whatever time of the day or night it was and that was definitely something we appreciated during our visit. We found the people to be super friendly and extremely helpful if we needed any help with anything. Of course these days you can never be sure what can happen. But take it from us we found the city to be very safe and very pleasant to walk around in. It's just after midnight we're walking along the water here in Copenhagen. It's so quiet there's nobody out except me and Samantha it seems. You can just hear some of the public transport is still running. But that's about it it's so quiet so peaceful. Is tipping compulsory? No in Copenhagen tipping is not something that you have to do. But of course if you'd like to tip you can. However we did hear that all tips are generally shared throughout the staff and we also heard the tips are also heavily taxed. So again it's entirely up to you. Another question you may ask is where should I stay in Copenhagen? Copenhagen has many neighborhoods so there will be a lot of options. From our experience the accommodation that we chose really made our Copenhagen trip extra special. We stayed in the next house Copenhagen located just a few minutes away from central station. Last up you may be asking what exactly can I do in Copenhagen for fun? We found Copenhagen to have so many fun activities and even in our short time in the city we felt like we filled our days with fun and interesting things to do. We found Nyhavn to be a beautiful place to visit These colorful streets by the canal are a lovely place to relax and enjoy a stroll while taking in the atmosphere of Copenhagen. We also recommend taking a canal cruise which was such a lovely experience. It lasts for about an hour and it costs 60 kroner per person. It's a fun way to see the city while relaxing in your seat on the boat. This is something worth doing especially if the weather is good. A tip from us is to check the weather on the days that you're visiting and then pencil in a canal cruise on the day with the best weather. We would highly recommend checking out Reffen. This street food market is the perfect place to come in the evening and pick up some delicious food from the many food stalls at the market. This is located by the water and it's a real cool relaxed vibe with trendy music and feel-good atmosphere. Pick yourself up one of the local beers and find yourself a spot by the fire pit and if you're lucky you may even get a lovely sunset to enjoy. It's free to enter but it can get a little bit pricey on the food and drink side of things so just bear that in mind you are actually paying for the atmosphere. So we went for tacos which are here and they do look really nice but they were 17 euros for three tacos. But yeah we loved our time there. This place is a vibe honestly it's so cool. If you're a theme park person definitely check out Tivoli Gardens. This old-school theme park dates back to 1843 and you can ride one of the oldest roller coasters in the world. It's very unique that the guy controls the speed while riding in the cart with you so yeah really cool and so much fun. That was really cool. If you're not into fast rides it's worth visiting for the lovely gardens and atmosphere and they also hold concerts in the evenings. The way the ticket works is you can buy an entrance-only pass for 140 krona. This allows you to walk around if you're not into getting on any of the rides and this is perfect. If you want an unlimited ride pass you can add this on to your entrance fee when you're inside the park and it costs 300 krona. You can also pay on the rides individually so if you were only going to ride maybe one or two this would be a better option. So just to give you an idea of the individual prices of the rides the oldest wooden roller coaster cost 60 krona for one go. So if you're into getting on lots of rides definitely go with the unlimited day ride pass. If you're into sweet tasty treats you can also pay a visit to one of the many bakeries you'll find in Copenhagen. Oh my god! Is it nice? I can see why they're so popular like almost everyone in the queue in that shop was ordering these. There's so many great things you can see and do in Copenhagen. If we had our time again we'd definitely book more than three days but we did really enjoy our time here. We would have loved longer to explore the city a bit more but the beauty of our trip is that we know for sure we'll definitely return again maybe during the summer months. We hope you enjoyed this video and if you're planning a trip to Copenhagen we'd highly recommend it. It's one of our favorite cities in Europe and we think that you'll really enjoy it too. If you have any questions at all about what we covered in this video or perhaps maybe that we didn't cover in the video drop them in the comments below and we'd be happy to answer them. Of course please leave a like on the video to support our channel and don't forget to hit the subscribe button and the notification bell so you don't miss any of our future uploads. So once again thanks for watching and we'll see you in the next one. you