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Copenhagen
Why Go?
Copenhagen is the coolest kid on the Nordic block. Edgier than Stockholm and worldlier
than Oslo, the Danish capital gives Scandinavia the X factor. Just ask style bibles
Monocle
and
Wallpaper
magazines, which fawn over its industrial-chic bar, design and fashion
scenes, and culinary revolution. This is where you'll find New Nordic pioneer Noma,
(once again) voted the world's best restaurant in 2014, and one of 15 Michelin-starred res-
taurants in town - not bad for a city of 1.2 million.
Yet Copenhagen is more than just seasonal cocktails and geometric threads. A royal
capital with almost nine centuries under its svelte belt, it's equally well versed when it
comes to world-class museums and storybook streetscapes. Its cobbled, bike-friendly
streets are a
hyggelig
(cosy) concoction of sherbet-hued town houses, craft studios and
candlelit cafes. Add to this its compact size, and you have what is possibly Europe's most
seamless urban experience.
