Copenhagen: Grod, Den Bla Planet, Christianshavn

Breakfast at Grød – spelt grød with blueberries, hazelnuts, and cacao nibs and oat grød with apples, almonds, and caramel sauce

Our second full day in Copenhagen began with breakfast at Grød, a café on the Jægersborggade that only sells grød – a type of Danish porridge. The grød was so delicious we had to go back for more later in the trip!

My oat grød with apples, almonds, and caramel sauce all mixed up

Inside Grød

After breakfast we headed to the south of Copenhagen to visit the national aquarium of Denmark, Den Blå Planet. Such a beautiful building in a peaceful surrounding! Koen and I enjoyed exploring the aquarium but also walking along the water.

Den Blå Planet

School of fish

Hahahahaha

Shrimp

Warty Comb Jellyfish

Trying to understand the squid dissection presentation (although advertised in English, it was presented in Danish)

Watching the sharks

Watching the sharks, rays, and fish swim all around me

I like to think he’s smiling at me

Walking along the water, taking in the aquarium from a new perspective

So peaceful and relaxing

It’s like we were the only ones there

We had worked up a big appetite and took the metro to Christianshavn, another neighborhood in Copenhagen, to visit Copenhagen Street Food. This is a must for anyone going to visit! So much amazing food with a fantastic view of Indre By and the water. We enjoyed Danish organic beer, smørrebrød, Colombian red bean stew, and finished with coffee and a brownie. A side note about smørrebrød – you can’t get more Danish than this. It’s an openfaced sandwich with toppings served on a special Danish sourdough rye bread. Mmm…

Made it to the beautiful Christianshavn

View of Indre By from Christianshavn

Approaching Copenhagen Street Food

Copenhagen Street Food

Inside

I ordered the Danish organic beer of course

Koen ordering our delicious smørrebrød

Too many smørrebrød options to choose from!

Our Danish beers with smørrebrød. Koen went with the boiled potatoes with fried and fresh onions and I chose the fried fish with remoulade sauce…mmm…

Closeup of the delicious smørrebrød

Koen gave up on using the fork and knife

Content after my first smørrebrød

Next course: Colombian!

Colombian red bean stew with mango/passion fruit salad, plantain chips, guacamole, rice, spicy salsa, and fried egg

We finished our lunch with coffee and a brownie overlooking the water

Noma is also on Christianshavn and I couldn’t resist a photo at the world’s best restaurant!

While in Christianshavn, we didn’t want to leave without first visiting Christiania, a freetown located in the center of Copenhagen. Christiania was established in 1971 by a group of hippies who occupied some abandoned military barracks on the site and developed their own set of society rules, completely independent of the Danish government. It was like entering another world. You’re not allowed to take photos inside, so I only have one of the entrance. Nice to walk around for 10-15 minutes and see everything (it’s quite big – around 850 people live there), and that was enough for us!

We could tell early on when we reached Christiania

The entrance of Christiania

By the time we were finished exploring Christianshavn, it was quite late. We grabbed something quick to eat in Nørrebro before heading to the Danish microbrewery Ølsnedkeren to sample some beers. Another successful day!