My travel guide for a weekend in Copenhagen

Hej everyone! Today I wanted to talk about one of my recent wonderful trips to Copenhagen :). Even though Copenhagen seems pretty far away on the map and the fact that it’s in a different country, it’s very doable by train! Taking the train from Linköping to Copenhagen will take you approximately 3,5 hours and it’s a direct train. You can book your train tickets, with student discount, in the SJ app or on their website.

Me and a friend from the Netherlands wanted to meet up, but coming all the way to Linköping for just a weekend is pretty expensive and time consuming! That’s why we decided to go to Copenhagen, easily accessible from Sweden and also from the Netherlands. Since Copenhagen can be very expensive, we decided to look for dorms in hostels – we also love this way of traveling and meeting new people. I can really recommend Downtown Hostel, we stayed here and we had an amazing time! They have their own bar which is open till 05:00 in the morning every day and the dorms are really spacious and pretty. You can also get breakfast here for only 45 DKK, which is cheap for this city. If you scroll down, you will find my most memorable places/activities in Copenhagen!

Go to Nyhavn

This is probably the most photographed spot in Copenhagen, and I can totally understand why. The picturesque houses look amazing in the sunny weather and the water with the boats makes it even prettier. We tried to avoid eating at this place, since it’s more focused on tourists and therefore the food is most of the time more basic and more expensive. However, it’s really nice to take a walk past the houses and take some pictures! Hopefully it’s a sunny day and the colors of the houses really stand out :).

Visit the museum of natural history & the botanical gardens

We wanted to go to a museum and Copenhagen has a lot! However, we are both into wildlife and at that time the National Geographic Wildlife photography exhibition was displayed at the museum of natural history. The exhibition was amazing, really strong pictures with even stronger messages. One quote that really stuck with me was: “give the world a reason to protect what’s precious. Use photography to cross boundaries and connect people. Tell them about the stories behind what’s happening. Why should they care about this landscape? This animal?” When buying the ticket for the museum, the friendly staff told us that we could use this ticket as well for the botanical gardens. This is also a must-see! The houses are amazing and spending some time around the plants is really great. It’s a really peaceful huge park in the city and it’s super relaxing so perfect after a busy day in the busy city!

Experience free town Christiania

Christiania is a commune that was established in 1971 and the people here live a bit differently than the rest of Copenhagen. There has been some discussions about whether free town Christiania should exist or not, but while it is still there it is a very interesting place for a visit. You can just walk in there, enjoy the packing houses and sometimes they have little shops in the beautiful houses! There are some rules in this town, so make sure to keep these in mind and then it’s all perfectly fine – for example, in some parts you can’t take pictures. Don’t expect to spend that much time here, but it’s nice to walk around for a bit and experience the vibe because it’s really different than the city vibe of Copenhagen.

Vintage shopping

Scandinavian countries have an amazing taste in fashion and I love their style, therefore vintage shopping was definitely on our to-do list! I love going through second hand clothes and hopefully find a piece that is really amazing, but I also love the smaller boutiques which they have a lot in Copenhagen. One boutique that I really like is called Collective Copenhagen, definitely worth a visit! You can find them at Elmegade 21.

Downtown hostel

Of course our amazing sleeping place can’t miss from this list! I would definitely recommend spending your nights here in Copenhagen, but even if you don’t you should still check out their bar. They have different activities every night and it’s happy hour every day between 20:00 and 21:00, which is amazing in an expensive city like Copenhagen! You will meet lots of people here, both locals and people from all over the world. The staff and the people are super friendly and the vibe is just amazing.

We spent three full days in Copenhagen and this was enough for us to get a good picture of the city and see the things we wanted to see. Sadly Copenhagen is really expensive so staying for longer gets really expensive, that’s a good thing to keep in mind. Expect to pay quite a lot for eating out for example, a normal price for a cup of tea is around 45 DKK (bit more than 5 euros). However, for the rest it’s an amazing city with lots of things to see and do! It’s not really big and that makes it actually great, since a lot of things to see are on walking distance from each other.