We slept in this morning, which seemed fine since most things seem to open around 10:00 in this part of Copenhagen. Our rental place has a Nespresso coffee maker in the kitchen...but much to our dismay, no Nespresso pods. We decide to head out to one of the many coffee shops in the surrounding area. I had read about one called Democratic Coffee not too far from our place that also supposedly has some of the best croissants in Copenhagen. That was enough to get Dawn to buy into the plan. We we get there, it turns out that it’s also in the lobby of a local library and Dawn declares it to be ideal.
On the way back to the room we stumble across a game store and Dawn buys the card game version of SuperHot. We’re in the middle of the shopping district so it’s not hard to find interesting stores on our way to and from the rental. It’s interesting moving from a very remote island in Norway to a big city in Denmark. To resolve the lack of Nespresso pods problem I do a google search discover that there is a Nespresso boutique just down the street. It seems whatever we need is now within walking distance.
After that we decide to start knocking out Dawn’s short list of things to do in Copenhagen. First off, is do a canal tour. We buy tickets and hop on a boat that takes us around the city. The audio on the boat is provided by ear-buds in multiple languages and the volume is such that the boat’s motor makes it very difficult to follow. I think the gist is that everything was built in the 1700’s and is the first or oldest in the world. The tour boat has to go under some very low bridges, and the captain said that the tide was high. I was impress by how little clearance the captain needed to confidently steer the boat under some of the bridges. (Arms and heads inside the boat indeed!) During the canal tour clouds start to roll in and threaten to rain, so we head back to the room to get jackets.
Next up we walk to the Little Mermaid statue in the Copenhagen harbor. The tour books so it’s kind of meh, but obligatory. When we get there we find a crowd of people taking photos of a bronze statue in the water. It’s an alright statue. We take our photos of it. I overhear one of the tour guides telling her group that the statue has lost its head twice. The first time the head or the perpetrator was not recovered, so the current head is a reproduction.
After the Little Mermaid we visit the Design Museum of Denmark. It’s an industrial design museum that focuses on Danish design. There is a display of hundreds of chair designs. We also see fashion and a whole section on how Danish minimalism harmoniously pairs with Japanese minimalism. One of the displays is a cardboard chair that our cat Clawhammer would think is the best thing in the world.
By the time we’re done with the museum it’s only an hour until dinner so we start to walk in that direction. Dinner tonight is as Barr which is the restaurant that now occupies where Noma used to be. Currently Noma is closed while it relocates, so we can eat their. A related restaurant has opened in it’s old location focusing on food inspiration from Europe’s beer belt. We get the four course dinner with beer pairing. The first dish had both caviar and ants! All the food is delicious. Some of the standouts are crispy chicken skin blended into the butter with the seeded rye bread, fava beans with the beef tartare, and a really sour raspberry beer with a sweet raspberry dessert. After the meal Dawn and I order one each of their local drams. They have a house-made aquavit and a snaps made from gherkins and dill. The aquavit is awesome. They make it in cooperation with Copenhagen distillery. We might try and visit it on Friday. Dawn has the gherkins and dill snaps and it’s also very nice. All and all it’s a very happy meal.
After we head back to the room for a bit we decide to hit the town again and revisit the Ruby cocktail bar. We’re able to find a table and order a couple of rounds. Damn, their menu is amazing. Although the first drink I ordered wasn’t too my liking. It was called Carrot Head and the ingredient list looked intriguing, but when I tasted it I thought to myself “this is like a bloody mary with carrot juice.” Dawn thought the same thing, and being our different feelings about the virtues of bloody marys, we traded drinks.
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