Copenhagen with kids

Copenhagen is a wonderfully kid friendly city. We spent 5 nights over the long Easter holiday for our maiden voyage to Denmark. Even though it was the first week of spring and very cold and windy, we were able to see a lot of the city. My favorite part, besides the coffee and danishes, was cycling the city on Easter Sunday. I truly feel this is the best way to see a city, and Copenhagen is a cycling mecca. It is small, flat, and very bike friendly with ample bike lanes. Also, the Metro is very easy to navigate. We filled our days with coffee, danishes, cycling, and sight-seeing. (I’m sure Tivoli Gardens would have been a huge hit for our family, but it did not open until April 1st, so we will have to go back to find out what all the fuss is about.)

Where we stayed: We stayed in the most amazing and centrally located AirBnB. I could have moved in permanently. Located a block from the Nyhavn, a block from bike rentals, and 5-10 minutes walk from the Metro, Magasin, and Stoget, one of the longest pedestrian shopping streets in Europe. I wanted to move into this top floor flat in the center of Copenhagen.

Where we ate: We had a wonderful kitchen and enormous dining room in our AirBnB. We ate most breakfasts and all dinners at our flat. We brunched out at Magasin, Meyers Bageri, Lagkaghuset, Atelier September, The Union Kitchen, Cafe Norden, and Joe and The Juice. My favorite bakery was Lagkaghuset. Located in Christianshavn, right off the Metro stop, in a square full of cafes. We tried out many of their pastries and they are amazing as is their coffee and service. Christiania is worth a stop to see a different side to Copenhagen. Plus, it seems they may have some of the best cafes in Copenhagen. Cafe Norden is another wonderful, more classic café right in the heart of Copenhagen’s main shopping square (Stroget shopping street) and at the base of the Hay House building. Heike woke up so early the first morning we arrived in Copenhagen so she and I headed to Atelier September. The sweet barista opened the doors 10 minutes early for us and we ended up spending a wonderful hour on Good Friday with the café to ourselves. Such good coffee!

Where we went sight-seeing: Nyhavn (a bustling restaurant row full of colorful buildings on the canal, famously photographed), National Museum of Denmark– children’s museum, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (a beautiful museum/orangery/botanic garden of sorts with loads of Greek and Egyptian pieces), The Little Mermaid Statue (a quick stop while cycling, definately do not need to see this), Kastellet, (very beautiful to cycle around this star-shaped island with ramparts) Hay House (purely Danish designed furniture) and the The Blue Planet Aquarium.

Below are more pictures of our weekend in Copenhagen. The colorful buildings are all on Nyhavn, then Christiania, Hay House, Magasin/Metro, Bakeries, and other random favorites. It’s so colorful, I couldn’t stop taking pictures!

Have you been to Copenhagen? What were your favorite discoveries?