One of the comments here were about how clear the water in the canals and harbor is, and it reminded me of something that’s a bit weird but also fascinating. If you look down in the canal water right across from Christiansborg, you will see life sized statues? of people. First time I noticed were at night and it was such an unexpected and eerie sight, I had to double check to make sure that I wasn’t just seeing things 😅 Great video, after a difficult start it now looks like you are enjoying life here. Very enjoyable to watch 😊
I'm really enjoying your channel! I lived in Copenhagen on Nyhavn (#18) for a year when I was a kid while my dad was on sabbatical in Copenhagen. Had a trip booked for fall of 2020 to go back and visit with my wife, but obviously that couldn't happen. Hope to visit soon!
I Think you should go visit Vejle in Jutland , in Vejle there are hills aroud the city and forrest with Crown dier park . and not fare from city there is a carssel callt Tirsbæk slot . We have some Great Beach . im from Vejle but bin many places in Denmark i still think it is the most beautyfull city in Denmark .
Thanks! It is too bad you weren't able to stay. It is a great place and these videos are helping us get out and really appreciate DK more. I am glad you enjoy watching!
If you guys walked the opposite direction from Nyhavn, crossing the cycle bridge, passing by Christiania and climbed to the top of "Vor frelsers kirke" you will get a magnificent view of Copenhagen! Great Channel 👍
This seems to be a very charming place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job!
Hello Young’s from Ohio! Love your site. My daughter is studying abroad in Aarhus and we plan to visit her over Thanksgiving week (remember that holiday:)?? Mid week we are taking the train to Copenhagen. we plan to use your recommendations regarding what to see while there. I would like to know more about the best Christmas markets in town…and your recommendations on places to stay that are a nice value and not over priced. I might try airbnb as well…. Thanks!.
Thank you for this video! Great info. It helped me a lot in planning our trip to Copenhagen this year. Question? does all the Metro subways have elevators? I have a handicap person travelling with us. Thank you very much!
One of my favorite places when I am there is to get a coffee or a bottle of wine at Skuespilhuset to chill out and people watch! great area all around there! Love getting Smoked Salmon and scrambled eggs (with white wine!) over at Victor Cafe across from the Hotel Dangleterre.
It's pretty normal for Danish teens to "learn to drink" at home, around the time when it's legal. That way parents have an idea about how the teen reacts to getting drunk, and the teen can learn what their limits are, so they are less likely to do something dumb. Though it may have changed some from when I was young. Generally Danes are pragmatic. Since we know teens are going to do stuff like drink, we find it's better that they are educated about it, rather than doing it secretly, and doing something dumb due to lack of knowledge and experience.
Yeah, Maya has been very responsible with alcohol so far. We have let her drink at home since it became legal. It was a bit of an adjustment knowing Miranda and I were 21 before we could, but when in Rome right? :).
You should visit The city Svendborg and the islands nearby (a little trivian is that the bridge between Sjælland (Zealand) and Fyn is the 3rd longest suspension bridge in the world. A visit to Stevns Klint and Bornholm is worth a visit
Yes, Svendborg is on my list! I was in Faaborg a few weeks ago but just didn't have time to visit. I plan to do it soon though....also, that bridge terrifies me to drive across :).
You should visit Roskilde, just a short train ride from Copenhagen. There's a beautiful 800 year old cathedral (Roskilde domkirke), where most kings and queens of Denmark are buried, as well as a Viking Ship Museum with five 1000 year old ships.
Absolutely! I was originally hoping to go out and visit during the Christmas markets, but I will have to adjust those plans a tad as the markets are all getting cancelled. Thanks for the tip, Roskilde is a treasure for sure!
We came out to Denmark back in 2012 on a vacation when we were still living in the US and spent almost a full day out in Roskilde. I was blown away at how cool the whole area was and the ship museum specifically. It still boggles my mind that those ships are so old, considering how young everything is where I come from. I really want to make sure I get that video right when we do it, because just as you say, the it has so much to offer! I want to make sure to do it justice. It might be cool to get some of your insights when we do shoot it, being a historian, I suspect you have some cool info to share, if you'd be up for it.
I mentioned this suggestion in another of your videos, but you should check out the Medieval Center on Falster (actually Lolland, but it's just across the Guldborgssund bridge..
Men man ser jo alle de ting bare det man kører en smugle rundt på cyckel. Eller tag en tur i en bus og du kører stort set forbi de fleste ting :P Du har sikkert bare ikke tænkt over det :)
Thank you Family Young for shown me around DK. It was nice of you to be a host to some of us who are too old and not healthy enough to visit and wish we could. It's a wonderful place!
I once saw an American couple in Nyhavn, that had traveled across the globe. They had never seen such clear water in a city harbor, and were surprised they could see the bottom of the water in some places.
Try walking south on the same side of the harbour for about ten minutes, and find the green-island.dk, an artificial floating island in the harbour. Make sure you try their cocktails and pizzas: 😛
Will do, sounds good! We stayed at that Marriott when we vacationed here many years ago, but the green island wasn't there yet. Will check it out this summer!
This is a great video! And yes when we were there I said "Nigh Haven" and received the blank stare or a kind "you poor thing" look with a correction. LOL The Danes were very welcoming and we look forward to a return visit.
Thanks!! Haha, I am sure we did the same when we visited as tourists in 2012 and when we first moved here. While I may know how to say Nyhavn now, I get blank stares with just about every other word I say :). You should come back for sure, it is a wonderful place!
It's not really a defined distance. I googled and it seems to be on average 100 meters, but it can vary significantly from city to city. I always think of it more as a boundary defined by streets/corners and less about the actual distance between blocks. In cities like Chicago and NYC they are fairly rectangular and somewhat even in size, so after a little bit of walking you can start to gauge what it feels like for that particular city.
You should try to visit Christiania 😁 its the Copenhagen free town. Just dont film pusher Street, its Denmark's largest weed market. But There's a Lot of cool art there 😁
@@TravelinYoung You should visit Stevns fortet, it's a cold war museum in an bunker tunnel system. Also højerup old church they are 4 km from each other
@kenneth mikael monberg skøtt during week 42 I drove from Billund to Fåborg and almost stopped in Kolding, but I didn’t have enough time. It is on the list for sure!
@kenneth mikael monberg skøtt Nice! I think we may spend a long weekend on Fyn in December to see some new sights and Christmas markets if they are open. We can easily go check this out then. Thanks for the tip, sounds cool!
I don't know that you will se this but, bars and Resturants are not allowed to serve alkohol to people under the age of 18 but they never ask you for ID so thats why you think Maya is allowed to drink. She can buy the alkohol in stores and drink it at home or where ever she wants to but if it gets served she has to be 18 or the place can get a huge fine and loose the rights to serve alcohol :D
Makes sense. Maya was 14 when we moved here and we let her drink around us. It felt strange given where we came from, but we are used to it now and she is responsible.
Engelsk Mente du: Hvad synes i om det danske sygehussystem og den måde uddannelsen systemet bliver styret ny? Når man tænker på alt bliver betalt igennenden høje skat man betaler af en løn? What did you think about the Danish sickness system and the way the education system is governed new? When you think about everything being paid through the high taxes you pay on a salary? In relation to where you come from
@@thorsrensen1679 Health care and education are a couple of the reasons we were eager to move here. Those are two of the big items that put Americans in debt and create struggle and stress as you get older. Paying a higher tax is worth it to avoid a financial crisis than can occur from an unexpected illness or educating your child.
@@TravelinYoung So what are your impression of the quality of our health care and education system ? Two of the most common from of criticism is A: it is forced upon you through taxes and B: that you don´t get treated like a customer when a third party (the state) is paying for it and doctors and teacher stop seeing you as the costumor and start treating you as some body who got it for free. (I guess there are pros and cons to everything)
@@Uriel-Septim. In our experience so far health care treatment has been just as good as in the US. Perhaps even better as we don't have the stress of dealing with health insurance companies after. Education was tough for Maya at first, but she has thrived at eferskole this year, which is a bit different than regular school. Now that she has found her footing, she will do great next year when she starts gymnasium. There are pros and cons for sure, but so far we've been happy about the move.
Oh there are two versions of dannebrog. The split version is for the royal family and our troops, and the official government. The snubbed flag you see in every Danish garden is for the public.
Just be careful about what Maya buys, as long as she's above 16 and below 18, she can buy alcohol with a max of 16.5% and when she's above 18, she can buy any alcohol :)
Best way for kids to learn about alcohol is to drink with their parents. That way they learn about their limits before its in town where they end up drunk in a hedge, or sleeping it out at a busstop or worse. So to me, a dane, your doing the sensible thing, and indirectly teaching your daughter about drinking respocibly and she can dip her toes in the ocean of booze later, knowing a little better what her limits is and how alcohol works. Well done!
Miranda here. I agree and it was so refreshing to come to a place where parents can guide their kids in these conversations before they go off on their own. Now, obviously, binge drinking is a big issue with teens here (not with Maya, thankfully) BUT I still feel like the laws here allow me as a parent to be a lot more open about alcohol and how to drink safely.
A wonderful part of the city - well done Travelling Young.
One of the comments here were about how clear the water in the canals and harbor is, and it reminded me of something that’s a bit weird but also fascinating. If you look down in the canal water right across from Christiansborg, you will see life sized statues? of people. First time I noticed were at night and it was such an unexpected and eerie sight, I had to double check to make sure that I wasn’t just seeing things 😅
Great video, after a difficult start it now looks like you are enjoying life here. Very enjoyable to watch 😊
I'm really enjoying your channel! I lived in Copenhagen on Nyhavn (#18) for a year when I was a kid while my dad was on sabbatical in Copenhagen. Had a trip booked for fall of 2020 to go back and visit with my wife, but obviously that couldn't happen. Hope to visit soon!
Tønder festival apparell.. respect haha.. I went there in my 20's long time ago.. Nice festival.
We love it, such a well run festival!
I Think you should go visit Vejle in Jutland , in Vejle there are hills aroud the city and forrest with Crown dier park . and not fare from city there is a carssel callt Tirsbæk slot . We have some Great Beach . im from Vejle but bin many places in Denmark i still think it is the most beautyfull city in Denmark .
I am so envious-I should have stayed when I was living there 20 years ago but anyways I love watching you all enjoying life there!
Thanks! It is too bad you weren't able to stay. It is a great place and these videos are helping us get out and really appreciate DK more. I am glad you enjoy watching!
@@TravelinYoung I am living vicariously through your family and the woman doing My New Danish Life. 😀
If you guys walked the opposite direction from Nyhavn, crossing the cycle bridge, passing by Christiania and climbed to the top of "Vor frelsers kirke" you will get a magnificent view of Copenhagen! Great Channel 👍
Yeah, we want to do a walk around there in the future. Except I am terrified of heights so I probably won’t go up to the top :).
This seems to be a very charming place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job!
its a very good video and great quality
Thanks!
Hello Young’s from Ohio! Love your site. My daughter is studying abroad in Aarhus and we plan to visit her over Thanksgiving week (remember that holiday:)?? Mid week we are taking the train to Copenhagen. we plan to use your recommendations regarding what to see while there. I would like to know more about the best Christmas markets in town…and your recommendations on places to stay that are a nice value and not over priced. I might try airbnb as well…. Thanks!.
Actually a pretty good pronunciation of Nyhavn by you guys 👌
Thanks!
Thank you for this video! Great info. It helped me a lot in planning our trip to Copenhagen this year. Question? does all the Metro subways have elevators? I have a handicap person travelling with us. Thank you very much!
One of my favorite places when I am there is to get a coffee or a bottle of wine at Skuespilhuset to chill out and people watch! great area all around there! Love getting Smoked Salmon and scrambled eggs (with white wine!) over at Victor Cafe across from the Hotel Dangleterre.
It's pretty normal for Danish teens to "learn to drink" at home, around the time when it's legal.
That way parents have an idea about how the teen reacts to getting drunk, and the teen can learn what their limits are, so they are less likely to do something dumb.
Though it may have changed some from when I was young.
Generally Danes are pragmatic.
Since we know teens are going to do stuff like drink, we find it's better that they are educated about it, rather than doing it secretly, and doing something dumb due to lack of knowledge and experience.
Yeah, Maya has been very responsible with alcohol so far. We have let her drink at home since it became legal. It was a bit of an adjustment knowing Miranda and I were 21 before we could, but when in Rome right? :).
You should visit The city Svendborg and the islands nearby (a little trivian is that the bridge between Sjælland (Zealand) and Fyn is the 3rd longest suspension bridge in the world. A visit to Stevns Klint and Bornholm is worth a visit
Yes, Svendborg is on my list! I was in Faaborg a few weeks ago but just didn't have time to visit. I plan to do it soon though....also, that bridge terrifies me to drive across :).
You should visit Roskilde, just a short train ride from Copenhagen. There's a beautiful 800 year old cathedral (Roskilde domkirke), where most kings and queens of Denmark are buried, as well as a Viking Ship Museum with five 1000 year old ships.
Absolutely! I was originally hoping to go out and visit during the Christmas markets, but I will have to adjust those plans a tad as the markets are all getting cancelled. Thanks for the tip, Roskilde is a treasure for sure!
@@TravelinYoung Sounds great! I'm a historian, living in Roskilde, so of course I'm biased, but Roskilde really has a lot of history to offer.
We came out to Denmark back in 2012 on a vacation when we were still living in the US and spent almost a full day out in Roskilde. I was blown away at how cool the whole area was and the ship museum specifically. It still boggles my mind that those ships are so old, considering how young everything is where I come from.
I really want to make sure I get that video right when we do it, because just as you say, the it has so much to offer! I want to make sure to do it justice. It might be cool to get some of your insights when we do shoot it, being a historian, I suspect you have some cool info to share, if you'd be up for it.
Hahaha, the ending line cracked me up 😅 f*#k me! No one is perfect 😅 again, it's great following you 😊 Rock on 🤘
Haha, thanks! We try to throw in good bloopers when we have them :).
I mentioned this suggestion in another of your videos, but you should check out the Medieval Center on Falster (actually Lolland, but it's just across the Guldborgssund bridge..
Definitely. We were in Lolland back in May but didn't have time to visit the Medieval Center. We are planning to go later this year!
I live in Copenhagen all my life, and i think you guys have been more places than me...
Haha! So much to see!
Men man ser jo alle de ting bare det man kører en smugle rundt på cyckel. Eller tag en tur i en bus og du kører stort set forbi de fleste ting :P
Du har sikkert bare ikke tænkt over det :)
Thank you Family Young for shown me around DK. It was nice of you to be a host to some of us who are too old and not healthy enough to visit and wish we could. It's a wonderful place!
the water in the habour is one of the cleanest and you can "go to the beach" there .-)
For sure! My office is next to that harbor and just 2 weeks ago I saw someone jump in for a swim. Insane, even in the fall!
I once saw an American couple in Nyhavn, that had traveled across the globe.
They had never seen such clear water in a city harbor, and were surprised they could see the bottom of the water in some places.
@@akyhne I felt the same way the first time I walked around the harbor. I am used to it now, but it is impressive how clean it is.
Really cool video
well done tour avoiding all the typical tourist traps!!! i like the hidden gems you cover. keep up the good work!
Great! I like the video!
Thanks!
Try walking south on the same side of the harbour for about ten minutes, and find the green-island.dk, an artificial floating island in the harbour. Make sure you try their cocktails and pizzas: 😛
Will do, sounds good! We stayed at that Marriott when we vacationed here many years ago, but the green island wasn't there yet. Will check it out this summer!
This is a great video! And yes when we were there I said "Nigh Haven" and received the blank stare or a kind "you poor thing" look with a correction. LOL The Danes were very welcoming and we look forward to a return visit.
Thanks!! Haha, I am sure we did the same when we visited as tourists in 2012 and when we first moved here. While I may know how to say Nyhavn now, I get blank stares with just about every other word I say :). You should come back for sure, it is a wonderful place!
About how far is a "block" in meters..? I never really got it while living in America.
It's not really a defined distance. I googled and it seems to be on average 100 meters, but it can vary significantly from city to city. I always think of it more as a boundary defined by streets/corners and less about the actual distance between blocks. In cities like Chicago and NYC they are fairly rectangular and somewhat even in size, so after a little bit of walking you can start to gauge what it feels like for that particular city.
I LOVE these! Rick Steve's has nothing on you guys!! I just told my sister that once this covid nonsense is over, we're going to Denmark. . . .
I have considered creating an alter ego named Steve Ricks.
You should try to visit Christiania 😁 its the Copenhagen free town. Just dont film pusher Street, its Denmark's largest weed market. But There's a Lot of cool art there 😁
I've been around it and in to see a concert at Loppen. I do need to go check out the street art though, looks amazing!
Nice! I've played in loppen a couple of times, love it 😁
Stevns Klint is worth a visit. But wait till summer :)
Yes, it is on our list!
@@TravelinYoung Nice. Hope i'll meget you at some point 🙂
@@JulianIversen For sure, say hi if you see us! I am tough to miss :).
@@TravelinYoung I will for sure. Same here. Easy to spot Haha
@@TravelinYoung You should visit Stevns fortet, it's a cold war museum in an bunker tunnel system. Also højerup old church they are 4 km from each other
Can you guys visit Holstebro that is a city in Denmark
Sounds good! Would be fun to head out west to explore a bit more. Thanks for the idea!
@kenneth mikael monberg skøtt during week 42 I drove from Billund to Fåborg and almost stopped in Kolding, but I didn’t have enough time. It is on the list for sure!
@kenneth mikael monberg skøtt Nice! I think we may spend a long weekend on Fyn in December to see some new sights and Christmas markets if they are open. We can easily go check this out then. Thanks for the tip, sounds cool!
I don't know that you will se this but, bars and Resturants are not allowed to serve alkohol to people under the age of 18 but they never ask you for ID so thats why you think Maya is allowed to drink. She can buy the alkohol in stores and drink it at home or where ever she wants to but if it gets served she has to be 18 or the place can get a huge fine and loose the rights to serve alcohol :D
I know I got my first beer in 7th grade and I was 14 years old think its where most young people try to drink for the first time
Makes sense. Maya was 14 when we moved here and we let her drink around us. It felt strange given where we came from, but we are used to it now and she is responsible.
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Hvad synes i om det danske sygehussystem og den måde uddannelsen systemet bliver styret ny? Når man tænker på alt bliver betalt igennenden høje skat man betaler af en løn?
What did you think about the Danish sickness system and the way the education system is governed new? When you think about everything being paid through the high taxes you pay on a salary?
In relation to where you come from
@@thorsrensen1679 Health care and education are a couple of the reasons we were eager to move here. Those are two of the big items that put Americans in debt and create struggle and stress as you get older. Paying a higher tax is worth it to avoid a financial crisis than can occur from an unexpected illness or educating your child.
@@TravelinYoung So what are your impression of the quality of our health care and education system ?
Two of the most common from of criticism is A: it is forced upon you through taxes and B: that you don´t get treated like a customer when a third party (the state) is paying for it and doctors and teacher stop seeing you as the costumor and start treating you as some body who got it for free.
(I guess there are pros and cons to everything)
@@Uriel-Septim. In our experience so far health care treatment has been just as good as in the US. Perhaps even better as we don't have the stress of dealing with health insurance companies after.
Education was tough for Maya at first, but she has thrived at eferskole this year, which is a bit different than regular school. Now that she has found her footing, she will do great next year when she starts gymnasium.
There are pros and cons for sure, but so far we've been happy about the move.
Oh there are two versions of dannebrog. The split version is for the royal family and our troops, and the official government. The snubbed flag you see in every Danish garden is for the public.
fun fact most churches in Denmark is older then America
Svenborg, go to Svendborg. (Fyn)
Ehh, "Y" isn't pronounced like an "U" in You! It's very sharp and I believe you don't have that sound in English or American.
Just be careful about what Maya buys, as long as she's above 16 and below 18, she can buy alcohol with a max of 16.5% and when she's above 18, she can buy any alcohol :)
Ps. Dont show Nyhavn to a swede.... its build by Swedish POW....
love you yyyaa you know. kh. h.
Nej-haven? hvad fanden er det?? er det en have man går ind i, hvor alt er øv ??? COME ON GUYS! ahahhaha!!
when you have a red-haired daughter carrying both parents the gene knows if you have Scandinavian ancestors make a video
Best way for kids to learn about alcohol is to drink with their parents. That way they learn about their limits before its in town where they end up drunk in a hedge, or sleeping it out at a busstop or worse. So to me, a dane, your doing the sensible thing, and indirectly teaching your daughter about drinking respocibly and she can dip her toes in the ocean of booze later, knowing a little better what her limits is and how alcohol works.
Well done!
Miranda here. I agree and it was so refreshing to come to a place where parents can guide their kids in these conversations before they go off on their own. Now, obviously, binge drinking is a big issue with teens here (not with Maya, thankfully) BUT I still feel like the laws here allow me as a parent to be a lot more open about alcohol and how to drink safely.