Portdane

My husband and I, both senior citizens, will be in Copenhagen for three days in May. I'm looking for suggestions re hotels, sightseeing, restaurants. My husband was there many years ago - this is my first trip to Denmark.

My father's parents both immigrated to America in the early 1900's. My grandfather was born in Nykobing and my grandmother was born in Copenhagen. I have not as yet located family in Denmark, but will be exploring a heritage site.

Thank you for any suggestions - Karen

DebitNM

We stayed at Best Western Hebron in April and found it to be well located, priced and clean with breakfast included. Ask for a room with remodeled bathroom to get one of the newer rooms overlooking the tennis court.. It was large and very comfy.

http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwest...ertyCode=96079

They have senior rates.

Restaurants, well everything is fairly pricey. We ate here twice, reasonable prices and good food.
http://www.tight-cph.dk

Andersen Bakery, right across the street from Central train station(by Tivoli) is very good for lunch.
http://www.tivoli.dk/en/mad/andersen+bakery/

fourfortravel

In late April our son and I spent three days in Copenhagen (the report is below). We stayed at the Comfort Hotel Vesterbro, less than a 5 minute walk from the train station. The hotel was comfortable, clean, and the area safe; the room was of good size for Europe, and everything was modern.

As for restaurants, in Copenhagen we had very good Vietnamese at LeLe, near the hotel; and pizza at Mother, in the trendy meatpacking district. Traveling with our teenage son, he wanted lunch one day at Jensens Boeuf Has, a chain restaurant with average fare (at least that's what I thought).


http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...in-denmark.cfm

Portdane

Thanks - those are great suggestions - both responses - I will definitely check those out - we actually are members of the Choice Hotels - had forgot that the chain hotels were in Europe.
Karen

greg

Evenrything is pricy in Denmark. For simple, not necessarily cheap in U.S. sense, I followed the locals and ate Smørrebrød open face sandwiches at family restaurants and at counters. Fish is excellent everywhere in Denmark. For visiting, most places I wanted to go were covered by the Copenhagen Card, so that is what I did last year. http://www.copenhagencard.com/ You can even venture out to Roskilde (Viking ship museum) and Helsingor (Kronborg castle) using this card. I got about twice the value of the card.

If you plan to use credit card but don't have credit cards with chips, get one with either chip and signature or chip and pin. Many credit card machines in Denmark don't have magnetic strip readers. Sometimes they do have magnetic strip readers, but they ask for your pin. The locals seem to use cards a lot for purchases even for a cup of coffee, a slice of pizaa, or a sandwich. I presumed that they were using some kind of local debit or credit cards with chip and pin.

Odin

It cost $33 for a lunch for 2, consisting of 6 open sandwiches which were huge and 2 half litres of beer, on the top floor of Magasin de Nord department store. Baked goods from Lagkagehuset are reasonable, they do alot of things that you can take out and are everywhere in Copenhagen.
http://www.lagkagehuset.dk/. Copenhagen does not have to be expensive.

If you want something more special for evening, Brasserie Degas is highly recommended. They do a set menu for about $50 each and the food is of a very high standard.
http://brasseriedegas.dk/uk/dinner.aspx

Restaurant Radio offers nordic cuisine which is very different and excellent, this one is quite pricey but nothing in the order of Noma. Remember in Denmark you do not need to tip as service is already included. You can round up if paying in cash but there is no need to do so.

http://restaurantradio.dk/en/

The locals use Dankort which is a debit card. For foreign visitors just use your usual credit card.

For sightseeing, the north coast from Copenhagen up to and beyond Helsingoer is beautiful and would recommend taking the coastal road and stopping at various places, eg Gilleleje for smoked herring lunch, Hornbaek for a stroll on the beach and is just generally a lovely upmarket area.

DebitNM

And if you like hot dogs/ sausage, you can get them EVERYWHERE from carts to restaurants; inexpensive. Beer, alcohol and sodas are expensive, so be prepared.

While we do have a Chip and PIN credit card as a back up, we have used our regular magnetic strip card in each of our last 4 trips to CPH.

While others may use CC for all purchases, I still prefer to use cash for small purchases, plus I like to have a bit of local currency on hand. Don't get a lot each withdrawal, so you don't have leftover.

Use your regular ATM/Debit card from home to get cash. There are ATM machines in the airport and the Central Station, where you will arrive on train from airport [it's easy to do and cheap, don't need to take a taxi].

One thing I urge, is to be sure that your credit card doesn't charge a foreign transaction fee [if it does, there are many that don't and you have time to get a new card] and the same for your ATM card. The ATM's in CPH won't charge a fee but your home bank might.

Don't forget to notify you bank [both for the credit card and ATM] that you will be traveling, so charges go through.

DebitNM

I also thought I would mention this - be sure that all charges made to your credit card are ALWAYS in LOCAL currency; they may ask if you want the charge in US$. NEVER let them charge you in $ as it will cost you more [known as Dynamic Currency].

Also, many ATM's will ask if you want the amount posted in LOCAL CURRENCY or in US$ [I saw this quite a bit in CPH].Again, never choose the option where they convert LOCAL currency into US$.

ALWAYS choose LOCAL CURRENCY!

Portdane

These were great tips for our three day stay in Copenhagen - I have made a list and checked out the above web sites - the Copenhagen Card looks like a good deal - I was going to get 48 hours but since we probably will take public transportation from the airport, maybe I'll get the 72 hours.
thank you to all that responded - we leave 1 1/2 months - getting all our details gathered now - thx again -
Karen