Manchester to Copenhagen - Danish summer weekend with dance, architecture and Michelin stars
Why Copenhagen in Summer?
Yep - Copenhagen is cool.
Hardly groundbreaking to suggest a weekend in a cool European city in the height of summer, but this itinerary avoids the usual crowds and spots, and follows a different line through this friendly, watery capital.
Itinerary At A Glance
3 night independent itinerary for Copenhagen, based on flying from Manchester, in August.
Highlights include an architecture bike tour, outdoor dance performance by the Danish Dance Theatre, food trucks, a Michelin-starred restaurant, and leisurely bike-riding in the city suburbs.
Based on a two friends travelling, with a focus on leisurely outdoor and cultural activities, interspersed with time to just relax and soak up the atmosphere.
WHEN
August
LIGHT & WEATHER
Long daylight hours. Mild to Warm. May be changeable.
Sunrise: 05:15am - 06:15am
Sunset: 09:15pm - 08:01pm
14-16 hours of daylight
TRAVEL MEANS
Flight, Bike hire
SCHEDULE
Day 1
Fly in the afternoon, arrive and settle in
Dinner & Drinks: Reffen Food Market. Take a ferry to this shipping-containers-as-street-food-market on the outskirts of town. Expect culture, live music, a very mixed crowd and casual tasty eats.
Day 2
Yoga: start the day with a class at Copenhagen Yoga. In the summer they head outdoors to the Botanical Gardens
Bike tour: Take a bike your of city architecture with Be Copenhagen for an alternative view of city life and a chance to get further out than you would on just your two feet
Ride: Keep the bikes and head out to the ‘burbs, particularly the areas of Nørrebro and Frederiksberg.
Dinner: at Amass (now closed), Michelin-starred restaurant with a strong policy around waste and sustainability. Expect multi-course but not twiddly-diddly food. Each chef will serve you their course.
Day 3
Chill: Spend the morning relaxing
Lunch: Torvehallerne (Glass House) food hall
Ride: Take the hire bikes and ride out to see The Little Mermaid, then Amager Strand city beach, passing through many of Copenhagen loveliest suburbs for a view of city living away from the tourist spots
Dinner: Fiskebar (Fish Bar) casual restaurant on the site of an old meat market.
Dance performance: Catch Danish Dance Theatre in their summer performance schedule when they come outside to perform waterside. Beautiful backdrop, delicious dance. No Danish needed.
Day 4
Breakfast: in the hotel
Tivoli Gardens: Enjoy a few hours in the city centre amusement park, well, amusing yourself…
Travel home
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