Tuesday, 6 June 2017

eating in copenhagen


Dear Sheddists,

Copenhagen offers some superb culinary experiences .. and one or two little challenges!

U Formel

First prize, undoubtedly, goes to U Formel, recommended to us by the receptionist at Hotel Alexander on the first night of our stay.

The restaurant is just around the corner and the food's so good we pay two further visits after our initial foray into its darkened recesses.

The lamb and the Danish roe-buck are spectacular, as is the magnificently seasoned beef tartare.

U Formel is clearly the place to be with smart business suits rubbing side by side with bare-armed tattooed hipsters.










Hotel breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel is ... interesting!

The organic cheese-cutter requires no little application to get going and the absence of homely marmalade we attribute to the early attrition of fellow guests from Germany. It is, however, the glazed bacon that proves the final straw.

A cloying, syrup coating applied to greasy porcine slivers does not a natural bed-fellow make!




 A cheeky ice-cream

The gardens of the Rosenburg Slot provide more refreshing fare. A welcome ice-cream beneath canvas umbrellas.




Smorgasbord

Denmark would not be Denmark without the legendary open sandwich that is smorgasbord. We sample ours at the cafe attached to the Danish Design Museum.  Works of art on a plate ...

 








Monday, 5 June 2017

the botanical gardens

Dear Sheddists,

allegedly home to every plant found in Denmark the Botanisk Have or Botanical Gardens is currently under development.  A brand new Natural History Museum is planned to open in 2020 but right now the gardens look more than somewhat neglected.

We enter through a small side entrance by the current National History Museum buildings and walk past several beds of randomly cultivated weeds.

The Palm House, funded by legendary Scandinavian brewer Carl Jacobsen, promises a little more. We climb the metal-worked spiral staircase to a roof-top steamy panoramic jungle view above.

Back on firm ground we skirt the serpentine lake that snakes through the grounds and watch sundry Danish teenagers playing catchy-kissy with a frisbee.

Municipal gardens are good for these sort of things and with happy memories from days of old we make our way out.

Best regards,

electrofried(mr)



 



















Tuesday, 30 May 2017

a quiet haven


Dear Sheddists,

just a short distance from the hustle and bustle of Nyhavn lies a quiet haven of tranquility.

The Skuespilhuset, home to the Royal Danish Theatre, is a truly stunning work of modern architecture. Its blackened window glass-frontage commands calm and reflection.

A brief walk beyond takes us to the royal palaces and then on to the Danish Design Center.

Best regards,

electrofried(mr)