Darren’s trip to Copenhagen
Yikes Bikes:
Everyone rides a bicycle. Everyone! Businessmen in suits and woman in heels. They cycle to and from work, to go to the theatre, to visit friends and each bike has a basket and every cyclist has a backpack and the cyclists own the the road.
They get right of way and cars buses and taxis must just wait. New York City has even consulted with the Danes on how to 'Copenhagenize' the streets of Manhatten.
One bike even had an iPhone holder and a coffee cup holder. Subsequently you would be hard pressed to find a Danish woman who doesn't have the most exquisite thighs and buns of steel.
Balanced excess!
Copenhagens drink, smoke and eat everything with wonton abandon. But they are fit and healthy and this is probably because they walk and cycle everywhere. Proof that you can put whatever you want into your body so long as you exercise you'll be fine. #JustSaying
USA Caroline Wozniackiis a Great Dane.
UN Happy:
They have come a long way since the Prince of Denmark (Hamlet) who really was a pitiful chap...
The UN survey on happiness has ranked the city of Copenhagen as the No1 happiest city 5 years in a row.
They did also fail to mention that they are one of the biggest consumers of antidepressants. So, maybe the most ambivalent would be more accurate.
Hipsters paradise:
These tall chiseled Danes readily sport full red beards. This coupled with their snappy attire at first is a glaring paradox but it is their way and not an attempted hipster statement.
The saying in Denmark goes;
"He grew a beard for winter and forgot about it so grew another one on top of it..."
Virile Vikings:
The Men are beautiful. The woman are lovely but they're all just your stock standard blonde haired blue eyed attractive women and they all look like they could be sisters, but the men are just down-right gorgeous!
They are tall, strapping and fit. They have chiseled jaws and penetrating Norse eyes. They have immaculate hair and flawless skin - All of them! The saying goes with visitors; "I would rather sleep with a Danish man than a German woman..."
This guy is just your average construction worker!
Just two Danes walking down the street.
Don't lose your head:
The most famous statue in Copenhagen is that of the 'little mermaid' sculpted after the success of Copenhagen's most famous son Hans Christian Anderson's children's book of the same name.
The sculpture in its natural environment is not very impressive. It inspires the same reaction as the Mona Lisa when viewed at the Louvre; "Is that it? What's all the fuss about?" But if you do get to see it, the fun part is knowing that the original head was mysteriously severed and removed and a second one was made and attached at a later stage.
It's a small world:
Afrikaans will help you. They won't understand you but you will be able to follow them, and it comes in handy when you want to know how to get out of the airport and where the ladies and gents toilets are.
Graffiti Bridge:
Graffiti is everywhere! It is a big problem in Copenhagen.
For me it’s refreshing walking the streets of a major city where the biggest threat it graffiti. How refreshing. Their graffiti hasn't quite become the artistic social commentary of the Faith47's or Ewok's of the world.
And the contract goes to..
Copenhagen is where Oscar winning actors go to sell their soul!
Forest Whitaker is eating Kærgården butter in a print and TV AD exclusive to Denmark. He joins the list of A-list actors who think that no one will notice if they do it in Europe. It makes you wonder if their fee comes with a Swiss bank account.
