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Friday Photo GalleryFebruary 15, 2013

A Norwegian Sunrise – Weekly Travel Photo

We found our way to Oslo as part of a mini-cruise special. The cruise ship - and it was a cruise ship, not the ferry I expected - left Copenhagen at 4PM in the afternoon, steamed over night to Oslo and then disgorged us near Oslo's famous opera house on a cold January morning. The deal was a fun…

EuropeJanuary 21, 2013

Denmark – Shame on You

There are moments when dealing with bureaucratic nonsense that leave you so stupefied you have trouble believing that what you're seeing and experiencing is real and not some complex miscommunication. After all, no pe…

BackpackingDecember 20, 2012July 1, 2014

Real Danish Food: Nørrebro’s Little Smørrebrød Shop

Authentic Danish food is the Sasquatch of the Euro-Scandinavian culinary scene. There's Noma of course, as well as a small army of Michelin Star restaurants but talking about them as authentic outlets for Danish food …

Friday Photo GalleryDecember 14, 2012December 11, 2012

Winter in Copenhagen – Weekly Travel Photo

Winter has arrived in Copenhagen. After a week of light snow, the lakes have started to freeze over and the city center has traded slick paving stones for a clean layer of white snow. I captured this moment late-aftern…

BackpackingDecember 11, 2012December 14, 2012

Snow Covered Copenhagen

How do you take a picturesque city with beautifully colored buildings, elegant canals, and wide pedestrian streets and make it even more picture perfect? You add snow. At least, that seems to be the approach Copenha…

EuropeNovember 25, 2012

Please Don’t Segregate Me!

It's one of the fundamental but often overlooked or ignored pleas that international students make. As a full degree student (someone doing an entire MA program here in Denmark) one of my biggest concerns and top priorities was to break free of the international student bubble that defines most st…

Friday Photo GalleryJune 15, 2012

The Colors of Copenhagen – Friday’s Weekly Travel Photo

As I round out my first year in Copenhagen I can now look back over my time here and reflect on each of the seasons. The blustery rainstorms and beautiful days of late summer. The gorgeous golden hues of fall. The st…

Friday Photo GalleryMay 4, 2012March 27, 2012

Friday’s Weekly Travel Photo – A Danish Windmill in Snow

The historic Kastellet military fortification is located in the heart of central Copenhagen. The fortification is hailed as one of the best protected fortifications in Europe and in its heyday connected to the series o…

Friday Photo GalleryApril 27, 2012March 27, 2012

Friday’s Weekly Travel Photo – Golden Rays of Sunset in Malmo Sweden

Located immediately across the channel from Copenhagen, it is easy for Malmo to slip beneath traveler's radar. Often mistakenly hailed as little more than a suburb of Copenhagen, the city is Sweden's third largest and …

Tips & TricksApril 18, 2012

Why Denmark – Ask Alex – Travel Question Wednesdays

This post is part of the Ask Alex, Travel Question Wednesdays weekly series. To see previous questions click here. To submit your own; tweet it to @AlexBerger, ask it in a comment on this post or send it in by e-mail. …