Epic Honeymoon - Day 48 - Copenhagen

The iconic Nyhavn docks.

No trip to northern Europe is truly complete without a visit to the Vikings. Of course, there are few of them left these days, but the lands they once called home are still just as fascinating. Our next stop on the Epic Honeymoon was predicated by wife’s insistence on visiting “one of the Vikingland countries”. True story! And so, we set our sights on wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen.

Side note - this is my 100th post to my blog. Yay!

Ahem... so... Our flight from Hamburg departed shortly after lunch, so we checked in and then sunk teeth into some Macca's at the airport (sorry… that’s Australian for “McDonald's”). Arriving to a gloomy, overcast afternoon, we took the metro from the airport to our local stop, about 10 minutes’ walk along the rustic-feeling cobblestones from our lodgings at Ibsens Hotel.

That's a nice big coffee!

Accompanied by a nice healthy breakfast!

Fresh food markets en route to our hotel.

Husband doing all the heavy lifting as we arrive at Ibsens Hotel.

I was actually looking forward to this one, having AirBnB-ed our way through most of Europe. Not that there is anything wrong with those, but a hotel is always nice! And as it turned out, this hotel was actually cheaper than most AirBnBs in Copenhagen around the time of our visit.

Ibsens Hotel reception.

One of the first things you notice about Danish people (to be fair, probably not all of them, but a lot!) is the overwhelming friendliness that they give off, almost like an aura. The common greeting from customer service people is a delightful “Hej hej!” which is pronounced basically the same as the English “hey”, with a slight accent to it. Not at all like Krusty the Klown, though!

Our room in Ibsens Hotel, Copenhagen.

This friendly greeting was no different to what we received upon check in at Ibsens, with the staff at the desk making us feel right at home. In our room, we found a note and some chocolates, congratulating us on getting married, which was a lovely gesture! And the room itself was very pleasant and comfortable.

Welcome gift from the hotel reception.

An added bonus at Ibsens is the happy hour every night from 5 – 6pm, when hotel guests can get a free glass of beer or house wine, so of course we partook in this as a great way to wind down from a travel day.

Happy hour drinks on the house!

Just a short walk away, there were some local fresh produce markets which we had noted on the way to the hotel, so we walked back there for a bit of a browse. The one thing you have to remember about Scandinavia (about which I’d been warned before) is that the cost of living is rather high. They of course don’t use the Euro up here either, so you’ll have to get your hands on some Krona, and then try not to focus too much on converting prices back to your home currency… or you’ll probably never buy anything!

Checking out the fresh food markets.

Nice to meat you.

Let's just hang here and veg for a while.

Hej hej! Day 49 is waiting for you!