Chocoholics

O´boy, Im filled up with chocolat! To fight our lazyness, Evil-K, Kido, Island-beauty and I (Mormor) visited Brussels last weekend, in the land of Chocolat, Belgium.  We ate so mutch chocolat. Even Kidos parents thought we where nuts. Here is a lovely picture of Belgium waffels, maybe the first and the last one for us. They where on a bit too sweet, but mmmm.... they where good.

Happy easter!

/J

Lost In Translation

Every travel guides of the Scandinavian countries will tell you the same: everyone speaks English!Great! But what happens if it's not the case?
This is what happened to me the other day: Back from work, I run to the laundry room. There, I meet the caretaker (Dk: vicevært) - f****, forgot to book a time! Failure of the sneeking attempt. Ah well! Trying to convince the guy I couldn't make it, have to do it now, blablabla- all that in English. He looks at you in a strange way. Then you realise he doesn't understand a word of what you are saying. Suddenly he mumbles something in Danish. Hehe, sorry but I don't get you. I might have understood some things regarding "...Don't you speak Danish?..." - " ...Nej, Jag talar lite svenska...". Ok,  this wasn't going anywhere. Thinking to myself- let it be you'll do laundry later.
Back in the appartment. 10 min later- knock, knock- the caretaker! Mumbles in Danish, AGAIN!! So I tried to remember the few Danish I learned in the first semester: Vask? Nu?! (Laundry? Now?!) He understood and replied 'JA!'. A small step for A. but a giant one for the Danish culture.

A.
/ Amager's stories

New ways to sneek through?

There you go! The upstairs' neighbours are having some constructions (and waking everybody at 9.00AM on Saterdays Grrrr!). Here is the result of their work. A GIANT hole in our bathroom ceiling. Next time guys if you wanna ask for showergel, please, come by the door.


A.
/ På Amager

Chiquita Banana

Ohh yes, you see right. Chiquita are refreshing their look. Since we study marketing I just had to post my discovery. In my eager to find a brand to write my paper about, I came across this. In the article it say that they new stickers will make the brand more engaging to the consumer —plus they just look cool. I agree, just imagen where you can put these stickers. They can become Chiquita street art!

/J

þú ert svo góður

Saturday we attended a birthday party Icelandic style, at Jolene bar. It really doesn't take much to have fun; a Danish flag, a bow, Belgian beer and a camera was all we needed. Jolene is located in the Meatpacking district. One of the best places in CPH to party.

Afterwords we biked up to Rust, located in Nørrebro to see the Norwegian band Datarock. The place was over-crowded, the band was late and there were too many Norwegians in one room. The result was that we left mid-way in the concert. But all in all, it was a good night out.

/K

Art Rebels Re-launch party

I am really not looking forward to a new week, because this weekend was great. On friday we went to Art Rebels re-launch party at Pumpehuset. It was great! Met some new people, got free shots while standing in line, got the new Art Rebels magazine, the music was great, a lot of well dressed people, great surroundings, cool stage art and drama (A lost the keys to her bike). In other words the recipe for a great night out. 

The long way home from Amager

Biking home from Amager tonight I was the 12664th cyclist today crossing Dronning Louises bridge (the 662094th cyclist this year).

/K

Electrocution

Let's not forget how green Denmark is. Here is what I found on my way to school. Keen on trying?

/A.

St. Patrick's Day

Yesterday we celebrates Paddy´s day. This was the first time for me, and I think you can say we did it the right way. Got Irish food for dinner, Irish-coffee and green jello-shots afterwards. After this we continued to The Glob where we meet up with my Irish friend. We dansed to the liveband and had Guiness. It was a lot of fun!  The Globe is close to Norreport station, and according to my Irish sources it´s not as turistic as the Irish pubs that are located on Stoget. Of course one can go to the Globe a normal day as well, have a Guiness and enjoy the Irish accent of the staff.

The Globe Irish Pub

Nørregade 42 - 45
1165 København K

/J

STOCKHOLM- the heart of Scandinavia

Stockholm aka the heart of Scandinavia. Very different city compared to Copenhagen. I remember my first impression, I was kinda disappointed. Kinda expecting more. But I got time to learn it and to love it! At this time of the year, eventhough snow is melting in Denmark, it is still present in Sweden. I got the opportunity to walk on the ice of Djugårdsbrunnsviken where you normally go by boat to have a tour of the archipelagos. Afterwards, I went to Östermalms Saluhall. There, enjoy delicious quality Swedish foods and others. The atmostphere is quite unique. In the city center, I love to go to Urban Outfitters to experience the theatrical surroundings and the clothes (of course). Let me tell you that this is only a small part of the city I talked about. There is so much more.

/A

PS: Notice the way Swedes park their bikes - amateurs ;)

Östermalms Saluhall

Östermalmstorg 

114 39 Stockholm

Urban Outfitters

Biblioteksgatan 5

111 46 Stockholm

The Pølsemand

Danish people are really proud of their food culture. As a Swede im rather sceptical to some of them (read rye bread) but here is something I love. The hot-dog man :) Now when the sun has arrived I get really tempted to do as the Danes, take a sausage on the go. So for first visitors to Copenhagen, dont fear the hot-dog man on your shopping trip on Strøget. Taste a little pice of Danish culture!

/J

Copenhagen Masquerade 2010

Slaying a bird? No, just getting ready for Copenhagen Masquerade 2010. Quite happy with the result actually. The party was held at Nationalmuseet down town last Saturday. Conclusion is that it was a bit too impersonal and big, but it was a lot of fun partying like that in a museum. A once in a lifetime opportunity!

/K

A sign of spring

Looks like everyone in Copenhagen is back on their bikes after a long and cold winter.

/K

Multiple orgasmes

Last Thursday we had a pub-crawl with the people in our class. We started off at Mexi Bar. A new favorite of ours in Elmegade. Here you can get big cocktails from 45-65 DKK. During happy hour you get an extra shot of alcohol in your drink, so come early. The drink of the evening was Creamy Orgasm. Off course because of the name, but also due to the great taste. A mix of chocolate milk and kahlua. Good stuff. Best of all, the music at Mexi Bar was good!

We ended up at Øl (which means beer in Danish). And this is very representative of what you get from the bar. a large variety of beers, where the bartender knows what he is doing. After tasting three or four different types of beer, I got a really good, bitter malt beer (so I was told). Øl was quiet and small, so it is not the place to go for a party, but rather a quiet night out. 

/K

Exploring Frederiksberg

Just a snapshot of today, after a day in school we decided to go outside our comfort zone at Copenhagen Business School. After all the cafeteria is not the only place to talk gossip. We tried a fairly newly opened café near by. Riccos is a coffee chain that exist in numerous places in Copenhagen, but still I think it manages to have an alternative style, not like other coffee chains. Retro furnitures and a nice atmosphere. One can also buy coffee, decorations and books at the Café. Try it out yourself, the Cappuccino was really good!

Falkoner Alle 24
Frederiksberg

/J

A new take on sightseeing

When I was riding my bike past Rådhusplassen down town this Saturday, and something caught my eye. It was a group of people on segways. I had to take a closer look and to my excitement it is possible to get a sightseeing tour of the city while riding a segway! This is definitively something I will look into come summer. I will admit that it looks very nerdy, but it must be so much fun doing this whit a group of people you know.

Check it out: http://segwaytourscph.dk/

Well hidden gem

Today I visited a well hidde gem at Nørrebro. More specifc bragesgade 10. In the back yard is So last season. This is a store that sell brandes like Miu Miu, Dansk, Noir, Designer Remix Collection and Stella McCartney with up to 50-80% discount. This because the clothing are from last season. They had a large collection of clothing from the Danish brand Noir, which was very good. I found a really nice pink silk dress that costed 7500 DKK for 2200 DKK. Still not suitable for my wallet at the moment, but there were other things that was less costly. Enjoy.

So last season
Bragesgade 10C
2200 København N
www.solastseason.dk

/K

Moustache Me

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Bang & Jensen

Bang Olufsen is from Denmark, indeed. And so is Bang & Jensen, the coffee place on Istegade (pronounced isteg'èèèè(ld)e- imagine the hot potatoe in your mouth).


As we said, it's about experimenting the city. There we go. Unkown part of the city- Vesterbro. Or not really...It's just a place we're not used to go during daytime. (Déjà vu the café J.&K.??)


First impression: Great! Hygge (wiki: Hygge is a complete absence of anything annoying, irritating, or emotionally overwhelming, and the presence of and pleasure from comforting, gentle, and soothing things), creative decoration, good coffee, reasonable prices,... NICE! One thing I love about Copenhagen is all these nice coffee places you can find in unexpected parts of the city. That's what's missing in Brussels. Ah well, what do I care? I live in CPH now.


Bang & Jensen
Istegade 130
1650 KBH V


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Fight boredom and laziness

This blog has been created to fight boredom and laziness.


Laziness is a disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to do so.


Boredom is an emotional state experienced during periods lacking activity or when individuals are uninterested in the opportunities surrounding them.


The people behind this blog come from different backgrounds, quite litterarly. We are from Belgium, Norway and Sweden. We want to experience the city we are living in to the fullest and share our observations. No judgements just our point of views.


J/A/K