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I am flying to Norway next year and have 3.5 hour stopover in Copenhagen
Assuming my inbound flight isn’t late will it be worth spending a couple of hours in Copenhagen or just relax at airport?
Relax at the airport. Copenhagen was one of those places that I was really excited to go to, and where expectations were several orders of magnitude higher than the reality.
Would I feel differently if I'd had a two hour bus tour then headed back to the airport? Maybe. If I'd had a week there rather than three days? Also maybe.
FWIW, I absolutely love Gothenburg, Fredericia, and Stavanger, so it's not an anti-skandi thing.
Copenhagen is one of my favourite places in the world (see my past posts on the subject!) but I’d find it a bit stressful :-). There is an efficient metro from the airport into the centre of town so it’s not difficult. But I’d be worried about getting carried away and seeing one more thing until I missed my flight.
I'd probably get the Metro in then do one of the canal boat tours - they're only about an hour but it'll give you a flavour, and the harbour is so fundamental to Copenhagen that it really gives you a feel for it. We go every year for a festival and love it - we always get out on the water, usually in a little motorboat you rent by the hour or on a kayak.
How much of that time will be coming out of and going back through security for the trip to Norway? Unless you are Schengen, it could be a pain if you spend an hour waiting to get out of the airport and have an hour queue getting back in.
Im working for a Copenhagen company just now.
Recommend it.
Time you have? Get the metro to Kongens Nytorv, go see Nyhavn - take a few photos, take a boat tour from there, go back to the airport.
Download the DOT app to make your life a lot easier before you get there https://www.publictransport.dk/app
. Copenhagen was one of those places that I was really excited to go to, and where expectations were several orders of magnitude higher than the reality.
I expected Insulated buildings, car free zones, cool people, interesting bike shops (Christiania bikes), nice cafes... . I found another polluted European city with agressive cyclists, energy pit buildings, moany dull people and Christiania was a dog-pooed dump. 🙂
Too funny Ed. I don’t usually check the building codes when I plan a mini-break, but if I did I’d also read up on Copenhagen’s district heating system.
There's district heating powered by refuse and wood here in Pau that heats the (energy pit) school where Madame works and the local outdoor pool so that's nothing special to me - and there's abundant locally grown wood waste here. The main Copenhagen power station which is the biggest thing on the horizon if you cycle in from the south, Avedore, is still coal fired. As cyclists we thought the town center network was pretty good but it broke down in the suburbs and was absent out of town. It really felt that the eco reality didn't get even close to the hype.
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80% renewable energy ... how you measure france depends on what you call nuclear.
Still Cph is nice enough but i wouldn't bother for a 3 1/2 hour stopover
The main Copenhagen power station which is the biggest thing on the horizon if you cycle in from the south, Avedore, is still coal fired
I’m sure the OP will be keen to know the details of the various power stations he may see.
https://www.ramboll.com/en-gb/projects/energy/conversion-to-renewables-avedore-plant
Unfortunately he probably doesn’t have time to explore this one
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/10/08/big-copenhill-power-plant-ski-slope-copenhagen/
Converting to biomass is green washing BS. Kind of backs up Edukator's point about hype Vs reality.