Discovering: Copenhagen

In an attempt to escape Valentine’s Day cheeseiness, we ventured to Copenhagen for a quick city break. Despite it being the depths of Winter, the city was still as beautiful as I had expected, and we decided to stay a bit further out from the city centre in a district called Frederiksberg. A quick 20 minute walk from the city centre, Frederiksberg was full of busy coffee shops and boutiques, providing a perfect stop-gap inbetween sightseeing.

Wanting to break up the time we were spending in the cold, we visited a plethora of galleries, museums, restaurants and coffee shops. Coffee shop wise, if you want a good cappuccino or hot chocolate – head to Clarrods & Co. Perfectly located near the popular tourist area, Nyhavn, its on a lovely street and it only takes 10 minutes to walk back into the centre.

There are some beautiful buildings strewn around the city centre, I’d really recommend you go and take a look at the Marble Church – the architecture is beautiful and the grandeur of the decoration is nothing short of spectacular.

If roaming around churches and historical buildings isn’t your thing – you can also find a lot of shops around this area.

If you’re on the lookout for some bargains – head over to O-S-V Second Hand Fashion to find high fashion items for a high street price. Surprisingly quiet, there was only ever a couple of other people browsing in there, but the clothes and prices were unbeatable in comparison to the bigger chain stores.

For any vegan or gluten free eaters, make sure you check out 42 Raw – its a stop in fast food style restaurant but all the food is freshly made from scratch, using their own unique recipes. The desserts were particularly good – and the Tiramisu and Blueberry cheesecake were personal favourites…

Though everything is easy to find on a map – we did find that it was all quite spaced out in terms of transport. I’d definitely recommend you hire a bike, or make use of the public transport to get from A to B. Inside the main part of the city centre, you can get around pretty easily. But if you want to venture out to other parts of Copenhagen (such as Nørrebro – apparently the best area for bars and where you’ll find a great cocktail), you might want to jump in a taxi to save yourself a bit of time.