You must like the capital city of a country full of coolness as much as I do. Whether it’s the reputation of the “most livable city in the world”, or the famous Danish design that you’ve collected a few pieces over the years. Copenhagen has its way to crack into every living human being’s life.  Not to mention the ultimate #hygge lifestyle that takes over Instagram, and dare I to remind everyone the birthplace of the Little Mermaid story?

I am a big fan of Scandinavian everything, and I believe that Fairy Tale lives on. So it’s only right that I finally pay a visit to the city where literally everyone is cool, especially when they are on their bikes.

I spent four days in total in the city, but it’s only until I returned from Berlin that I had a solid two days to wander around and discover the hidden gems of this beautiful city, even in the midst of winter.

Where to stay:

I only stayed in one place because if the hotel is so good why bother to change? But the city is full of design hotels with beautiful decors. I stayed at Skt. Petri (Taught by a Danish but I still don’t know how to pronounce it correctly ) in the Latin quarter of downtown. I was looking for hotels in Instagram, (Nope not Booking, not Ctrip.) The number of Danish Bloggers I’m stalking is something I’m very ashamed of, they are literally the only people I follow apart from my friends IRL. I came across Skt. Petri in my feed, the theme color of the hotel is GREEN, so the search is instantly over.

The location is perfect, It’s 400 meters walk from the Nørreport Metro Station and walkable distance to almost everything. I used my legs the whole time when I was there. The staff is super lovely and helpful and the bed is soooo comfy that I fall asleep the moment I lay down.

The “Two Duvets on one bed” question.

I have a question, I have it for some time now and I have experienced it before in Germany too. Why do they use two duvets on one bed? Skt. Petri has two duvets on one bed of course. I asked my friends and they didn’t really explain it to me, it’s like how we see our parents’ bed has one duvet and our grandparents’ bed has one duvet, they have seen their parents’ and their grandparents’ bed with two duvets, they think it’s just the way it should be.  But that doesn’t satisfy me. I went to google about it, yep, I literally entered”Why Danish people have two duvets in their bed?” (my google history is so embarrassing TBH.) Then I discovered this article http://www.scandinaviastandard.com/two-duvets-in-scandinavia/,  (cool website, already favorited.Dah) It answered my question and explained it very well. They are smart people, they figured it all out. Imagine you are 10 years married in, and your husband has ice cold feet when you have fireball body ( Temperature wise you guys.)  Separate duvets would sound wonderful.

However, I wonder if I ever will have two duvets in my king size bed, I have this theory that sleeping is such an intimate thing, and whoever you share the bed with should be someone you love and if you love someone you want to cuddle and touch them, touching is feeling, feeling is emotion, and emotion should allow you to share one duvet! Ok, End of discussion. Moving on. ( Oh one more thing, they don’t have a problem sharing a blanket with you when you nap together on the sofa. So I really don’t know. )

Where to eat:

Skt. Petri has two restaurants and I was recommended by someone that P Eatery is where I should go. The cuisine is modern European, the decor is black and brown dark toned. I had the scallop and fish, totally recommending. The chef is cute too. Plus, you get a 10% discount as the hotel guest.  Life is good.

Life is also just as good to have a burger with fries at Gasoline Grill. It is literally a burger joint doubles as a traditional gas station.

I’m not, but if you are, like the rest of the population, crazy about avocado toast, go to Atelier September for brunch, I went there for their croissant and coffee, as well as the avocado, cuz it just seems so wrong to pass on, BTW, I actually took away half of the food because I have an issue to never finish my food, and somehow I passed two security control and smuggled them into Shanghai, and my lovely wifey for lifey had a taste of Denmark’s finest too! They say they open until 6 pm, but bear in mind that their kitchen actually closes at 3:30 pm, so make sure if you want to have food there, go early.

Even the humble cafeteria in SMK is something I highly recommend, they just know what they are doing and do everything better. Go have a bite and a cup of coffee after you admired some Danish art. It’s worth it, in whichever way.

Where to go:

Literally, everywhere.

The city is a postcard at every damn corner, rain or shine. Go have a walk in the King’s Garden. You have to go to Nyhavn as a human, I guess. And you need to snap that picture of the old historical Danish canal that you see everywhere for the little girl in you, for your little brother and sister.

I had my first stop at SMK- National Gallery of Denmark.  What is the best way to know a country right?  It was such a lovely experience too. The lady at reception assumed that I am a young adult under age 27, and charged for a lower price for the ticket. I told her my real age, but she’s like, but you look younger to me so I will still give you the discount. Haha so sweet. And I asked her if they close at 5 pm, and she’s like you are so lucky, normally we are, but tonight we have an event that will last until 10 pm, champagne and performances, you are more than welcome to stay!  How wonderful!

The Saturday Market is a fun place to check out too. If you like colorful flowers, baked goodie, fresh fish and hot coffee, it’s a must.

If you are planning your next trip, make it to Copenhagen if you haven’t been. Make it to Copenhagen even if you have been before, some places are just worth going back again and again, I already have a picture of me sipping virgin something in a leafy courtyard by the canal in a sunny spring.

#copenhagendreamin’?

All photos my own shot in Copenhagen, Denmark.