Travel Stories

• food

• food and drink

4 min read • Jun 12, 2019

Copenhagen is fantastic any time of year, but there's something special about summer in this vibrant city. The season may be short, but it can certainly…

• food

• food and drink

4 min read • Mar 1, 2019

Copenhagen is a city made for foodies, with hundreds of top-notch dining experiences from street food markets to Michelin-starred restaurants to tempt the…

• food

• food and drink

4 min read • Dec 14, 2018

The holiday season in Denmark is a magical point of light in the dark Scandinavian winter, and Danes take Christmas very seriously.

• wildlife and nature

• activities

6 min read • Oct 25, 2018

Denmark: so child-friendly it even has a ‘Capital of Children’. This kid-friendly utopia is centred on Billund, the heartland of Lego, but around it there…

• food

• food and drink

3 min read • Jun 13, 2018

The term 'new Nordic cuisine' still sets hearts aflutter on the international food scene, and any gourmand worth their salt (French fleur de sel,…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Jun 7, 2018

Hygge (pronounced ‘hougga’) the suddenly everywhere, difficult-to-define Danish concept of comfort and conviviality, is something you may associate with…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Jan 1, 2018

Surprising, artistic, experimental and cosmopolitan, the Danish capital overflows with cafes, culture and history. Here are 10 reasons to love the city.

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Jun 7, 2017

There can’t be many capitals where you can kayak in front of the opera house, rent a hot-tub boat or floating dining room, swim in its canals, and cycle a…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • May 10, 2016

Aarhus has long laboured in the shadow cast by Copenhagen, but transformation is afoot in Denmark's second-largest city. This Viking-founded hub on the…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Nov 16, 2015

The long-held acclaim of New Nordic restaurant Noma helped Copenhagen to become the world’s number one culinary hotspot.

• art

• art and culture

5 min read • Apr 10, 2014

Were Vikings mead-swilling and pillaging hooligans, or civilising craftspeople, poets and merchants? Your preconceptions around Vikings will likely be…

• family travel

• connections

4 min read • Jan 7, 2013

'The Happiest Place on Earth'? Disneyland may lay claim to the cheesy slogan, but we like to think that Denmark's Legoland, though considerably smaller,…

• family travel

• connections

5 min read • Jan 7, 2013

Danish culture gives children a beautifully natural place in society. Kids are, on the whole, neither spoilt nor overly scolded, and in Danish democratic…

• food

• food and drink

2 min read • Mar 23, 2011

Copenhagen is compact yet crams a lot into a small space, making it the most accessible of Scandinavia’s capitals and an oasis of calm, sociability and…

• art

• art and culture

2 min read • Sep 20, 2010

If you're a fan of modern art, chances are you've heard of Italian conceptual artist Piero Manzoni (1933-63). What you may not know is that the biggest…

• food

• food and drink

2 min read • Sep 7, 2010

You know your Egg chair from your S chair, but have more 'cool' than 'kroner'. The bad news: 'Copenhagen' and 'cheap' don't usually share the same…

• art

• art and culture

2 min read • Aug 18, 2010

The Danes are obsessed with cosiness. All of them. Even the toughest leather-clad biker will recommend a bar based on its 'hygge' factor. In Danish,…

• road trips

• destination practicalities

3 min read • Apr 22, 2010

What would you do if you were trying to reunite with your pregnant wife in Madrid but a continent-sized cloud of volcanic ash stranded you in Stockholm?

• festivals and events

• art and culture

1 min read • Jun 29, 2009

Denmark’s answer to Glastonbury, Roskilde Festival is northern Europe’s largest music festival. This four-day-long binge of bands and booze rocks Roskilde…