Next time you are in Køge try Hugo's vinkælder - with 150 different beers it has one of Denmark's largest selection. It it self from 1968 is based in a basement from the middel age - built approx. a century before the new world was "discovered"
I grew up in Køge and still love the town - although some of the newer changes aren't my cup of tea. You did visit most of the great spots but you missed one - Grundtvigs grav that is located 35 minutes on foot from the town square. It is situated on a small hill on Køge Ås and is a beautiful spot. Love your videos and your interest and enthusiasm for Danish culture and life. 👍
You should check out Roskilde. It's in the middle of Sjælland and has a huge church called "Roskilde Domkirke" plus Roskilde is a really old town so there's plenty of history.
@@RobeTrotting One example is from the Danish civil war from 1146-1157 - in 1157 there was supposed to be a unification feast held in Roskilde - but it's now referred to as "The Bloodfeast in Roskilde" - I'll let you guys figure out why. It's definitely an event worthy of an HBO series ;)
If you do , and you wish to visit a place where you Can meet and talk to some locals i could recommend you to check out a place named “INSP!” , derived from the Word Inspiration it stands for an Inspiratorium , it’s a place where local People Will meet and make dinners together , and just be and talk While it’s also a place that hosts a ton of culturel events and everyone is basically welcome to come and create Their own events or concepts for ideas and thats basicly what the inspiratorium means , but yea im just saying it because i genuinely Think it’s a really cool place and if you dont Think it’s worthwhile for a video you could always take a visit and probably find some inspiration from other People’s there No doubt though the festival is our most special occasions that you almost have to cover at some point , unfortunately canceled so far as im concerned this year but it’s probably one of our biggest cultural events in denmark besides the copenhagen jazz festival ofcourse :-p
Another great video! I loved this one, as someone who wants to visit Denmark and is interested in history I found this video very interesting and useful!
I am so happy you finally ventured out of Copenhagen. Denmark even though a small country has so much to offer regarding castles, history, culture and even regional food. And you can get almost everywhere with train. only around 3 hrs to cross the country from east to west :)
I will always promote Sagnlandet Lejre / The Land of Legends to people who havent been there. It is a big and very beautiful open area filled with stuff from the stone age and up to the viking age, and though Corona will keep it from giving you the full experience with stuff like archery, hatchet chopping and other viking activities its still quite an experience. I went there with my dad one warm summer day and it was one of the best days I had in a long time even though restrictions were a thing.
Totally love "Braunstein" Not for there beer (not a beer fan 😊 ), but for there Gin 😉 !! Apparently they also make Whisky, and maybe Rum!? As always! Good show 😊 ! Have a fantastic weekend, guys 😊😊😊 !!!
Thank You, for teaching me, about my one culture.. I am a librarian and I actually worked in the childrens library in the little old house i Køge, once 😊
One of the first things I learned in my apprenticeship, was cutting joints for "bindingsværk". It's still a requirement for the craft today here in Denmark.
Hej Lars, that is really cool. We never really thought about it - but it totally makes sense that you can't lose that knowledge and must pass it on to the next generation of craftsmen and women to be able to maintain the structures 😀🇩🇰
@@RobeTrotting exactly.. back then building was meant to last, and that means there are certain things to be careful about when preparing wood and cutting with the grain, so that is also why much of the technology for building ships were adopted in building technology inland too. The shortage of building wood actually forced us to look for the more modern way of providing safe living conditions.
Thank you for teaching me about my own country: i suffer as many from the disease: been around the world but don't know much about my own herritage. Love your postings by the way.
That was actually fun seeing you precenting my childhood town. Moved away meany years ago. But there are still meany intresting places in Denmark, if you know what to look for. Roskilde, Aarhus, Aalborg, Ærø, Svendborg, Odense and Bornholm are all places I can recormend visiting.
Thanks for this ... I was born in Køge , and it was quite Nice to see some of the familiar places again . I moved away from Køge when I was 16 years old ..... 💞💞💞
Groving up seeing Churches as in Scandinavia, i always though it was how they looked. Then moved, and now im missing the architecture from Scandinavia.
You should visit the west coast. There are so many exciting local stories about what has happened over time. In Vestervig on Thy is Northern Europe's largest village church. A few km away, Agger has an exciting story about how it came to be. A little further north, the fishing boats dock on the beach. There's Cold Hawaii, and World War II Bunkers Museum. And that's just a little bit of what's along the coast at Thy.
Thy sounds fantastic! Thanks for the recommendation, Britta. We will have a video up next week on Jelling and the following week on Vejle so we will be exploring more and more as we can 😀🇩🇰
I'm originally from Ringkøbing and it's funny to see old houses other places. In Ringkøbing a lot of the older houses got moved to den gamle by i Århus. Although there are still a lot of old houses
If you like nature, maybe travel 12 kilometers south of køge to stevns... a beautyfull nature, with the stevns klint/stevns cliffs... like møns klint it is a beauty to behold...
@@RobeTrotting If you're making it to Skagen, you might as well make a quick stop on the way in Frederikshavn. A lot of great history in this town. It's, for all intents and purposes, Jutlands Køge with navy battles and trade. Not to mention, you could stop by Jerry's, which is a steakhouse run by an American expat. Great food!
My grandmother live in Køge, If U like great landscapes - U shut visit Silkeborg: Take Hjejlen (a steamboat) or one of the other across the lakes and see the sky mountain - go all the way up and enjoy a great view. The Aquarium is also wirth a visit + Silkeborg museum to see: Grauballe manden. Skagen have a great landscape from the leaf - in stormwearther - to see Kattegat and Skagarak meet each other,. I cut go on.
One of the things I always find so interesting when people move abroad, is how they end up knowing more about the local history than many residents. I had the same experience when I lived in the US, it felt like I was the guy who was interested in US history, and most around me thought I was a history geek because I had spent time learning about the US history in pretty great detail lol. I especially remember taking a road trip with some friends from San Fran to Houston where I ended up being the tour guide for my friends and about 15 other people, when we visited the Apache Death Cave in Winslow AZ.
Fun fact, if you ever find yourself slightly lost in an old danish town like Køge or Næstved or smiler place of age, try to locate the church ..Usually its one of the eldest buildings in a town and because it was a powerhub back then, the town would usually spring up around it making it the somewhat center in many towns and thus always possible to get an idea of the right direction or place to start from again..Still use it sometimes if Google isnt cooperative..Goes for alot of places in Europe..
wow you guys visited my hometown... in the outro right over the shoulder you can see where i had my aprenticeship years ago.. its now a pub, but you can still see the name at the top...
@@RobeTrotting it used to be "Viggo Hansen's maskinfabrik" I'm educated as a machinist... Køge is a great town, you actually passed right by my childhood home on your way with the train... Fun fact, even though I have lived in køge for 31 years (moved about 6 years ago) I have never been to køge mini by
Great episode! We moved to Køge 6 years ago and haven't regretted it. It retains some of that "provincial town feeling" while being only about 20 minutes away from Copenhagen if you travel on the new rail line which stops in Køge Nord.
Wow never knew that Køge is that beautiful 😍😍 although we always take s-train A on our way home from Copenhagen with Køge as the final destination 😅😅 definitely it is in our checklist ✅
Lots of picturesque towns in DK - glad to see that you are having-a-go, at seeing them...they often have their own special something to enjoy, while you're there..happy travels!
If you wanna make another trip outside Copenhagen, but want to stay on Zealand you can go to Roskilde, they also have a lot of noteworthy landmarks, like the grand church and the viking ship museum.
Hej Johannes, we definitely plan to make a Roskilde video. It’s such an important city for Danish history. We have visited the Viking Ship Museum but it was winter so even more reason to make it happen this summer 😊🇩🇰
Hi I have become a subscriber of your channel today. I enjoy your experiences and your desire to learn about the history and life in Denmark. Ps. You are so cute together.
@@RobeTrotting Have you been North of Copenhagen in Gentofte commune?. That's where I live and there's lot of cool WW2 bunkers, castles and nature to see.
you should visit the frigat jutland. The frigate "Jylland" is a unique ship,- being the longest wooden ship in the world today. Also it is the Royal Danish Navy's last big warship built from wood, and having a traditional sailing ship rigging as well as a steam engine, it is a perfect representative for the transition from sail to steam power. It took part in the battle of Helgoland in 1864, which was the first naval battle in history where two fleets engaged each other without the use of sails, but only used their steam engines during the entire battle. The ship is now beautifully restored and on permanent display at the picturesque small town of Ebeltoft situated on the peninsula of Jylland, which also gave name to the ship when she was launched from the Naval Yard in Copenhagen in 1860. The ship is a major tourist attraction and well worth a visit.
I didn't know Køge looked like that and had all that history. Cool! I would be very curious to see you visit Falster or Lolland. Whenever I look at cheap houses for sale down there I sit here wondering how some of these places are like. I don't know if it would require a car or maybe be best suited to a one-night stay-over.
If you want to visit "The Old Town" (DGB) in Aarhus. Then wait till Christmas and call them and ask if the brewery are open that day. The brew there own beer like in 1864 and you can taste it.
You guys should definitely visit Roskilde. It used to be the capital (before Copenhagen) and it has a massive cathedral called Roskilde Domkirke which holds the world record for the cathedral with the most amount of buried kings and queens. But the best part about Roskilde is definitely Roskilde Festival ;) Ps: if you want good beer, you should visit Herslev Bryghus in Herslev which is a small village about 15min from Roskilde
Hej Mikkel, thanks for the great tips! We did visit the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde (but truthfully we were really hung over and couldn't make a good day of it haha). A proper Roskilde trip is in the future for sure. We're so bummed about Roskilde Festival being canceled this year though - next year must be epic, right?!
But also the Viking museum... I possible to see - how the ships is build and sail in them. The vikings is part of our history. U can also buy a bottle of mead - it test good.
Hej Valdemar, thank you so much for having us! We had a great time and will DEFINITELY be back - great views, food, great beers, and great service! You guys are doing fantastic stuff in Køge! 🇩🇰😀🍻
Hej Morten, we love Helsingør and have been there a few times and taken our families to Kronborg but our visit predated the channel so we will most definitely be back! 😀🇩🇰
You can actually dive on Dannebroge, it's on only 12-14m of water, if you get a permission. Very interesting site, though Roskilde Museum has removed most artifacts.
Nice to see you having a lovely trip to another city giving us a small guided tour and seeing you enjoy yourselves. (I've only been to Køge once 11 years ago) You should visit the castle Kronborg in Helsingør, if you haven't yet.(just one suggestion for a trip on Sjælland 🙂) (Shakespeare wrote Hamlet which takes place around Kronborg)
@@RobeTrotting - I was there for the first time in my life a few years ago 🤭 I'm sure you will enjoy it. The entire place around the stones and the church is much bigger than I thought it would be. Don't forget to pack a lunch 😉👍
You should come to the Viking Village (Note, it is very small, and the ''long house'' is not that long, but there is an area where there's marked with some round wooden beams where an old farm house in the shape of a long house once was) in Albertslund (Risby) If you got a car that would be the easiest, otherwise you could ride bike from Albertslund train station (~5.4km each way) or take the bus from the station that will take you into Risby. There was resently built a replica of a Viking bridge that was in Jutland that was originally hundreds metres long, it's built like it would've been then with special made tools that is forge on Samsø (Landvirke blacksmith) the tools are replica axes etc from the era. There's also Kroppedal museum nearby and Risby studierne (part of Nordisk Film) Maybe you should visit Nordisk Film in Valby and share the story of Olsenbanden :-)
Your pronounciation of “Køge” keeps improving during the show - I think I need to visit Køge :-) Never knew there was so much to see.... “Køge” to me just means I am close to Copenhagen
Køge Bugt is the place, where naval history goes to take a shit. Battle against the Swedes, battle against the English, Peter Madsen and his submarine.... If you are interested in Danish history, go check out Sagnlandet Lejre. (13 kilometers outside Roskilde). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Legends_(Sagnlandet_Lejre)
The window right above Dereks head at (6.15) is actually the mayors office. Knock on it and she will give you a wave :) Fun fact, when she was first elected in 2007 she became the youngest female mayor in Danish history at age 27. My profile pic is from an album cover, shot in Kjøge Miniby. Needless to say, this is my home town :)
I dont Think i ever realised, how interesting of a country i live in, untill i found two non-danish men, makeing videos about their life here. Like, i know we have cool things, and i myself love some of Them. (Fx i will never say no to a trip to mosegård museum.) but i guess, that when you have lived here all your life stuff just feels...too familiar. That’s why i really like seeing you two, finding Denmark interesting enough to start makeing videos about. It really helps me see just how great Denmark really is.
We are so glad we get to share this with you! And totally agree that when you live somewhere you miss out on so many things! Either it seems "old hat" or something you will save for a rainy day (that never comes!). And this is a lovely land! We are so glad we get to share it with the world!
@@RobeTrotting and we are glad to have you here. You guys are just fun, and gives a great look at how americans would look at danish cultur (even though simply saying “americans” might not be completely acurate, since there are, i dont even know how manny millions of you people)
You should have mentioned that you'll be in Køge! You could have had some austrian cake 😉 (and get a lesson om how to pronounce Køge 😂) I moved to Køge two years ago after living in Copenhagen for two and a half years. It's so different and so cute! Reminds me a bit of the small town I grew up in in Austria ☺️ Especially during the last year I have been happy to not live in Copenhagen anymore! 😂
I think we pronounce it 15 different ways in the video (and none of them are right 😂). And that would have been amazing! The cakes in Denmark are good because they learned from the Austrians 😋
@@RobeTrotting Took me a while to get the pronunciation down also 😂 no Now danes need to learn a bit more about proper food. Danish dining isn't what I would describe as "exciting" 😂 I miss eating grandma's Schnitzel and having Speckbrot 😣😂
Yup! Until the spelling reforms in the early 1900's, the city was actually spelled Kjøge. This is why the Mini-By has the spelling that was used in 1865 (you can see the same spelling on the bridge and the Huskors plaque)
For the Jutlanders all of Sjælland is Copenhagen. :-) But as a resident of Køge i can tell that we are not a part of Copenhagen. It would be the same as Silkeborg was a part of Aarhus.
@@Jacob-Simonsen Well Silkeborg is part of Business Region Aarhus :-) But living in Køge I can tell that we do not feel like a part of Copenhagen and the greater Copenhagen area actually first starts around Karlslunde/Greve. Both Solrød Strand and Køge are seperate cities according to Danmarks statistik a d Køge is actually being the 17th largest city in Denmark with 38.000 inhabitants. We could not be that if we were a part of Copenhagen. :-)
You guys should come to Bornholm, you'll be surprised at its beauty and difference from the rest of the country, especially because its a small island. Me and my ukranian/american husband are up for playing guide if you come. 😉
We would love to spend more time on Fyn. We did a weekend on esteem Fyn (stayed in Kerterminde) and have some videos but we haven’t compiled it into a travelog (yet). We may do that soon even though we didn’t film it solely with that purpose in mind 😊🇩🇰
At 2:35 you got super close to pronouncing Køge correctly you just needed do pronounce the e a bit more it sound kinda like eh. But it is a really hard word with the soft g and the ø
We said it so many ways once we played it back and listened haha. I think our American English brains refuse to pronounce an "e" on the end of a word haha.
@@RobeTrotting it was!! We had a really small wedding, and i wore a hot pink short dress ;) But the most memorable of that day was that my mother in law leaned in as if she wanted to whisper congraturaltions to me and then doused me in birdseed!!!
fun facts ... the town hall in køge ... - was built 4 years after Columbus set foot on American soil. -was built 276 years BEFORE America even became a country. so when the mayor of Køge, slept comfortably in his bed, the Americans still slept in primitive reed huts
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Next time you are in Køge try Hugo's vinkælder - with 150 different beers it has one of Denmark's largest selection. It it self from 1968 is based in a basement from the middel age - built approx. a century before the new world was "discovered"
I grew up in Køge and still love the town - although some of the newer changes aren't my cup of tea. You did visit most of the great spots but you missed one - Grundtvigs grav that is located 35 minutes on foot from the town square. It is situated on a small hill on Køge Ås and is a beautiful spot.
Love your videos and your interest and enthusiasm for Danish culture and life. 👍
You should check out Roskilde.
It's in the middle of Sjælland and has a huge church called "Roskilde Domkirke" plus Roskilde is a really old town so there's plenty of history.
We have been to the Viking Ship Museum but we didn't spend much time in Roskilde, so it's definitely on the shortlist for a future video 😀🇩🇰
@@RobeTrotting Cool. Can't wait
@@RobeTrotting One example is from the Danish civil war from 1146-1157 - in 1157 there was supposed to be a unification feast held in Roskilde - but it's now referred to as "The Bloodfeast in Roskilde" - I'll let you guys figure out why. It's definitely an event worthy of an HBO series ;)
@@RobeTrotting If you haven't heard about it try to check out Rebildfesten. It's taking place July 4. Well, the rest must be obvious.
If you do , and you wish to visit a place where you Can meet and talk to some locals i could recommend you to check out a place named “INSP!” , derived from the Word Inspiration it stands for an Inspiratorium , it’s a place where local People Will meet and make dinners together , and just be and talk While it’s also a place that hosts a ton of culturel events and everyone is basically welcome to come and create Their own events or concepts for ideas and thats basicly what the inspiratorium means , but yea im just saying it because i genuinely Think it’s a really cool place and if you dont Think it’s worthwhile for a video you could always take a visit and probably find some inspiration from other People’s there
No doubt though the festival is our most special occasions that you almost have to cover at some point , unfortunately canceled so far as im concerned this year but it’s probably one of our biggest cultural events in denmark besides the copenhagen jazz festival ofcourse :-p
Another great video! I loved this one, as someone who wants to visit Denmark and is interested in history I found this video very interesting and useful!
Glad you liked it! And while Copenhagen is such a great place to visit, we can't wait to share more about Denmark beyond the capital!
I am so happy you finally ventured out of Copenhagen. Denmark even though a small country has so much to offer regarding castles, history, culture and even regional food. And you can get almost everywhere with train. only around 3 hrs to cross the country from east to west :)
Yes, for sure Jimmy - we have so much of Denmark left to explore. We're actually headed to Vejle tomorrow for the weekend 🇩🇰😀
I will always promote Sagnlandet Lejre / The Land of Legends to people who havent been there. It is a big and very beautiful open area filled with stuff from the stone age and up to the viking age, and though Corona will keep it from giving you the full experience with stuff like archery, hatchet chopping and other viking activities its still quite an experience. I went there with my dad one warm summer day and it was one of the best days I had in a long time even though restrictions were a thing.
Great vid. Lots of reseach behind this. Well done :)
Tusind tak! For the research is the best part! Glad you liked it!
Totally love "Braunstein" Not for there beer (not a beer fan 😊 ), but for there Gin 😉 !! Apparently they also make Whisky, and maybe Rum!? As always! Good show 😊 ! Have a fantastic weekend, guys 😊😊😊 !!!
Amazing video guys! My compliments again! Was great to say Hi to you!
Thank You, for teaching me, about my one culture.. I am a librarian and I actually worked in the childrens library in the little old house i Køge, once 😊
One of the first things I learned in my apprenticeship, was cutting joints for "bindingsværk". It's still a requirement for the craft today here in Denmark.
Hej Lars, that is really cool. We never really thought about it - but it totally makes sense that you can't lose that knowledge and must pass it on to the next generation of craftsmen and women to be able to maintain the structures 😀🇩🇰
@@RobeTrotting exactly.. back then building was meant to last, and that means there are certain things to be careful about when preparing wood and cutting with the grain, so that is also why much of the technology for building ships were adopted in building technology inland too. The shortage of building wood actually forced us to look for the more modern way of providing safe living conditions.
Yesssssss, my hometown
Ah, no way. We hope you did it justice with the video 😀
@@RobeTrotting You pulled some fact that I didn't know myself so I was impressed.
And so what if you didn't pronounce it correctly, danish is though.
Thank you for teaching me about my own country: i suffer as many from the disease: been around the world but don't know much about my own herritage. Love your postings by the way.
Great video. Next time we sail around Sjælland we will make a stop in Køge.
Happy to see you guys haven't 'gået helt fra snøvsen' yet :D
They shoul rather start to kimse ;)
Good to see my hometown again!
That was actually fun seeing you precenting my childhood town. Moved away meany years ago.
But there are still meany intresting places in Denmark, if you know what to look for. Roskilde, Aarhus, Aalborg, Ærø, Svendborg, Odense and Bornholm are all places I can recormend visiting.
Thanks for this ... I was born in Køge , and it was quite Nice to see some of the familiar places again . I moved away from Køge when I was 16 years old ..... 💞💞💞
Glad you enjoyed it Pia, it was our pleasure to visit and share such a lovely city. It had to be a fantastic place to grow up 🇩🇰😀
Groving up seeing Churches as in Scandinavia, i always though it was how they looked. Then moved, and now im missing the architecture from Scandinavia.
You should visit the west coast. There are so many exciting local stories about what has happened over time. In Vestervig on Thy is Northern Europe's largest village church. A few km away, Agger has an exciting story about how it came to be. A little further north, the fishing boats dock on the beach. There's Cold Hawaii, and World War II Bunkers Museum. And that's just a little bit of what's along the coast at Thy.
Thy sounds fantastic! Thanks for the recommendation, Britta. We will have a video up next week on Jelling and the following week on Vejle so we will be exploring more and more as we can 😀🇩🇰
@@RobeTrotting I'm already looking forward 🤩😍🥰
I'm originally from Ringkøbing and it's funny to see old houses other places. In Ringkøbing a lot of the older houses got moved to den gamle by i Århus. Although there are still a lot of old houses
Well done boys! Great video.
loved this one guys!! i was at the koge comwell hotel near the beach, was awesome, there was a miniature golf course there aswell
If you like nature, maybe travel 12 kilometers south of køge to stevns... a beautyfull nature, with the stevns klint/stevns cliffs... like møns klint it is a beauty to behold...
We have been to Møns Klint but not Stevns Klint - it’s on the list though! 😊🇩🇰
Love the cinematography
Thank you! Was a lot of fun for us to try some different styles than our other videos.
You should go to both Skagen (Northern Jutland) and Odense (Is in the middle of Fyn) These 2 are some great cities to visit
For sure! Both have been on our list for a while, we're told Skagen in the summer is wonderful. We have been on Fyn but not in Odense (yet) 😀🇩🇰
Totally agree - but I will suggest Silkeborg. I love the landscapes and nice town.
@@RobeTrotting If you're making it to Skagen, you might as well make a quick stop on the way in Frederikshavn. A lot of great history in this town. It's, for all intents and purposes, Jutlands Køge with navy battles and trade. Not to mention, you could stop by Jerry's, which is a steakhouse run by an American expat. Great food!
The only complaint is that I wish this video was longer. You guys rock, show more! :)
Aw, thanks so much. What a great compliment. We’ll keep the videos coming for sure and try to raise the bar each time 😊🇩🇰
Recently moved to Køge from Copenhagen. Thanks for giving me some insigt to my "new" hometown.
Hej Peter, good luck with the move! It's a gorgeous place to call home so hopefully, you're enjoying the new scenery and hometown 🇩🇰😀
My grandmother live in Køge, If U like great landscapes - U shut visit Silkeborg: Take Hjejlen (a steamboat) or one of the other across the lakes and see the sky mountain - go all the way up and enjoy a great view. The Aquarium is also wirth a visit + Silkeborg museum to see: Grauballe manden. Skagen have a great landscape from the leaf - in stormwearther - to see Kattegat and Skagarak meet each other,. I cut go on.
One of the things I always find so interesting when people move abroad, is how they end up knowing more about the local history than many residents. I had the same experience when I lived in the US, it felt like I was the guy who was interested in US history, and most around me thought I was a history geek because I had spent time learning about the US history in pretty great detail lol.
I especially remember taking a road trip with some friends from San Fran to Houston where I ended up being the tour guide for my friends and about 15 other people, when we visited the Apache Death Cave in Winslow AZ.
I will visit frim malmö. Nice video guys! ❤
Great video on my home town, Køge ❤️ Wish I knew you were here - I would have taken you out for lunch
Fun fact, if you ever find yourself slightly lost in an old danish town like Køge or Næstved or smiler place of age, try to locate the church ..Usually its one of the eldest buildings in a town and because it was a powerhub back then, the town would usually spring up around it making it the somewhat center in many towns and thus always possible to get an idea of the right direction or place to start from again..Still use it sometimes if Google isnt cooperative..Goes for alot of places in Europe..
Køge rådhus was the mainscene of a tvshow called hotellet that ran about 20 years ago on danish tv
Thanks for the tour
wow you guys visited my hometown... in the outro right over the shoulder you can see where i had my aprenticeship years ago.. its now a pub, but you can still see the name at the top...
What a great place to call home! What's the name? Maskinfabrik is the one I remember above the Olde Irish Pub.
@@RobeTrotting it used to be "Viggo Hansen's maskinfabrik" I'm educated as a machinist...
Køge is a great town, you actually passed right by my childhood home on your way with the train...
Fun fact, even though I have lived in køge for 31 years (moved about 6 years ago) I have never been to køge mini by
Good video. I have never visited Køge, but maybe now i will. Have a great day.
Hej Rasmus, I hope you visit - it was a really cute town to explore 😀🇩🇰
Great episode! We moved to Køge 6 years ago and haven't regretted it. It retains some of that "provincial town feeling" while being only about 20 minutes away from Copenhagen if you travel on the new rail line which stops in Køge Nord.
Great video! You guys must come and visit Norway when there are normal times again
Wow never knew that Køge is that beautiful 😍😍 although we always take s-train A on our way home from Copenhagen with Køge as the final destination 😅😅 definitely it is in our checklist ✅
We have been in Copenhagen for 4 years and only knew Køge as the last stop on the train too! It really is a cute town - worth a visit!
@@RobeTrotting job opportunity chances??
love how you pronounce Køge :)) never realized how hard it is to pronounce. I love the town especially down by the river.
Haha, we were cringing playing it back and hearing ourselves pronounce it differently each time 😂.
You should try and visit Randers we have a lot of history too and we have the biggest strem in denmark
You should go to Roskilde! Beautiful cathedral, viking ships and of cause the festival ;-)
Lots of picturesque towns in DK
- glad to see that you are having-a-go, at seeing them...they often have their own special something to enjoy, while you're there..happy travels!
Hello 👋 how are you doing
Being from Køge, this is so good. I go Daily in the school next to the Church, and I go to church regularly too
If you wanna make another trip outside Copenhagen, but want to stay on Zealand you can go to Roskilde, they also have a lot of noteworthy landmarks, like the grand church and the viking ship museum.
Hej Johannes, we definitely plan to make a Roskilde video. It’s such an important city for Danish history. We have visited the Viking Ship Museum but it was winter so even more reason to make it happen this summer 😊🇩🇰
Next time you Guys Can try out Læsø is a Island out of Frederikshavn in Jylland
Amazing! Køge is my hometown! 😊
There's a lot of seamen in the bay of Køge
Ba dam tsssh....
You should see the botanical garden in Hørsholm.
Hi guys.
Tech tip: When doing moving/panning shots try to record at 60 frames per second to avoid the stuttering.
Tak Michael! 🇩🇰
It´s mazing how many topics you cover
amazing...sorry
great vid guys
Thank you Anne, so glad you enjoyed it 😀
Thanks for the sightseeing. Ive been in Køge several times, but never seen All the place you showed us. Have a fantastic weekend 😁
Glad you enjoyed it, and a nice weekend to you too! 😀🇩🇰
Love the Køge city 🤗
It’s so cozy
Super cozy, it was such a great day visiting Køge.
Hi
I have become a subscriber of your channel today. I enjoy your experiences and your
desire to learn about the history and life in Denmark.
Ps. You are so cute together.
Glad to see people going outside Copenhagen.
Yes! I promise we will be doing it more now that things are opening again.
@@RobeTrotting Have you been North of Copenhagen in Gentofte commune?. That's where I live and there's lot of cool WW2 bunkers, castles and nature to see.
You didn't get far 😊 Maybe Roskilde next time? Nice video. I learned stuff.
you should visit køge torv on a wednesday... then there is "torve dag" town square day, with marked and people selling things
Great video guys 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it Kim 🇩🇰😀Hav en god weekend
@@RobeTrotting you to
you should visit the frigat jutland.
The frigate "Jylland" is a unique ship,- being the longest wooden ship in the world today.
Also it is the Royal Danish Navy's last big warship built from wood, and having a traditional sailing ship rigging as well as a steam engine, it is a perfect representative for the transition from sail to steam power.
It took part in the battle of Helgoland in 1864, which was the first naval battle in history where two fleets engaged each other without the use of sails, but only used their steam engines during the entire battle.
The ship is now beautifully restored and on permanent display at the picturesque small town of Ebeltoft situated on the peninsula of Jylland, which also gave name to the ship when she was launched from the Naval Yard in Copenhagen in 1860.
The ship is a major tourist attraction and well worth a visit.
I didn't know Køge looked like that and had all that history. Cool! I would be very curious to see you visit Falster or Lolland. Whenever I look at cheap houses for sale down there I sit here wondering how some of these places are like. I don't know if it would require a car or maybe be best suited to a one-night stay-over.
If you want to visit "The Old Town" (DGB) in Aarhus. Then wait till Christmas and call them and ask if the brewery are open that day. The brew there own beer like in 1864 and you can taste it.
You guys should definitely visit Roskilde. It used to be the capital (before Copenhagen) and it has a massive cathedral called Roskilde Domkirke which holds the world record for the cathedral with the most amount of buried kings and queens. But the best part about Roskilde is definitely Roskilde Festival ;)
Ps: if you want good beer, you should visit Herslev Bryghus in Herslev which is a small village about 15min from Roskilde
Hej Mikkel, thanks for the great tips! We did visit the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde (but truthfully we were really hung over and couldn't make a good day of it haha). A proper Roskilde trip is in the future for sure. We're so bummed about Roskilde Festival being canceled this year though - next year must be epic, right?!
But also the Viking museum... I possible to see - how the ships is build and sail in them. The vikings is part of our history. U can also buy a bottle of mead - it test good.
Nice having you guys in the pakhus;)
Love the video!
All the Best
Your server at bryghuset Braunstein :)
Hej Valdemar, thank you so much for having us! We had a great time and will DEFINITELY be back - great views, food, great beers, and great service! You guys are doing fantastic stuff in Køge! 🇩🇰😀🍻
Great to hear!
Looking forward to your next visit😁
hey guys, next time you should see helsingør, it's such a nice city with lots of histiore. Fx. Helsingør has Denmark's nicest castle
Hej Morten, we love Helsingør and have been there a few times and taken our families to Kronborg but our visit predated the channel so we will most definitely be back! 😀🇩🇰
You can actually dive on Dannebroge, it's on only 12-14m of water, if you get a permission. Very interesting site, though Roskilde Museum has removed most artifacts.
Wow, that must incredible. Neither of us are divers but that almost seems like reason enough to get certified and go down to see the Dannebroge!
@@RobeTrotting just get to it :-D
Denmark is in my opinion one of the best countries to see 1700-1800 wrecks in because of our many wars at that time.
Try Randers is has been the Capital of Denmark and has the oldest ´Gå gade` :)
Nice to see you having a lovely trip to another city giving us a small guided tour and seeing you enjoy yourselves. (I've only been to Køge once 11 years ago) You should visit the castle Kronborg in Helsingør, if you haven't yet.(just one suggestion for a trip on Sjælland 🙂) (Shakespeare wrote Hamlet which takes place around Kronborg)
Hello 👋 how are you doing
Next time can you guys maybe se the town Slagelse
Thanks guys!
Our pleasure! 😀
Great video guys!! 👍👍 My girlfriend enjoyed it very much and found it very interesting 👍😊😊
Hej Peter! Thank you so much 😁 we're so glad you guys liked it! Next up is Vejle and theJelling Stones.
@@RobeTrotting - I was there for the first time in my life a few years ago 🤭 I'm sure you will enjoy it. The entire place around the stones and the church is much bigger than I thought it would be. Don't forget to pack a lunch 😉👍
Good video, I love how you get better and better at pronouncing Køge throughout the video 👍 😁🇩🇰
Hej Thomas, we had almost an opposite feeling and cringed every time we said it differently throughout the video haha 😂
@@RobeTrotting haha, Danish city names must all be kinda hard to pronounce, are there any that are easy for you or that you think you have mastered?
Amazing video as usual ! you really make me wanna go to Danemark ;)
Thank you Mathilde, always happy to hear you enjoyed it! 😀
I second the visit to Roskilde, make sure you get to viking museum and try sailing a longboat😉...
Yes, for sure. We went to the museum once in the winter so we'd love to get out on the water next time 🇩🇰😀
i live in køge its very beautyfull
It's such a great city, thanks for watching 🇩🇰😀
You should come to the Viking Village (Note, it is very small, and the ''long house'' is not that long, but there is an area where there's marked with some round wooden beams where an old farm house in the shape of a long house once was) in Albertslund (Risby) If you got a car that would be the easiest, otherwise you could ride bike from Albertslund train station (~5.4km each way) or take the bus from the station that will take you into Risby.
There was resently built a replica of a Viking bridge that was in Jutland that was originally hundreds metres long, it's built like it would've been then with special made tools that is forge on Samsø (Landvirke blacksmith) the tools are replica axes etc from the era.
There's also Kroppedal museum nearby and Risby studierne (part of Nordisk Film) Maybe you should visit Nordisk Film in Valby and share the story of Olsenbanden :-)
Your pronounciation of “Køge” keeps improving during the show - I think I need to visit Køge :-)
Never knew there was so much to see....
“Køge” to me just means I am close to Copenhagen
It’s such a cute town, highly recommended! 🤩 and it was really funny to watch back and see how we were saying it at first 😂
love your vides and as a dane your pronounciations are amazing
Tusind tak! We are slowly getting better 😋
Go to Vordingborg and see such places as The Goose Tower and... that's it.
Køge Bugt is the place, where naval history goes to take a shit. Battle against the Swedes, battle against the English, Peter Madsen and his submarine....
If you are interested in Danish history, go check out Sagnlandet Lejre. (13 kilometers outside Roskilde). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Legends_(Sagnlandet_Lejre)
The window right above Dereks head at (6.15) is actually the mayors office. Knock on it and she will give you a wave :) Fun fact, when she was first elected in 2007 she became the youngest female mayor in Danish history at age 27.
My profile pic is from an album cover, shot in Kjøge Miniby.
Needless to say, this is my home town :)
I dont Think i ever realised, how interesting of a country i live in, untill i found two non-danish men, makeing videos about their life here. Like, i know we have cool things, and i myself love some of Them. (Fx i will never say no to a trip to mosegård museum.) but i guess, that when you have lived here all your life stuff just feels...too familiar. That’s why i really like seeing you two, finding Denmark interesting enough to start makeing videos about. It really helps me see just how great Denmark really is.
We are so glad we get to share this with you! And totally agree that when you live somewhere you miss out on so many things! Either it seems "old hat" or something you will save for a rainy day (that never comes!). And this is a lovely land! We are so glad we get to share it with the world!
@@RobeTrotting and we are glad to have you here. You guys are just fun, and gives a great look at how americans would look at danish cultur (even though simply saying “americans” might not be completely acurate, since there are, i dont even know how manny millions of you people)
The title is wrong, I thought you said you visited kuy? ;)
😂 well you must have trouble with our dialect. It’s okay.
Next time explore Jutland, its a totally different vibe
Jutland.... Cows...
@@AB-80X Legoland, Aarhus,
Djursommerland, as an example
Aaah that’s my town 👌🏼
Next time we'll buy you a beer!
@@RobeTrotting Thats a deal! 🍻
I grew up in Køge.
Visit Holstebro
We might - we plan to do a Jylland road trip this summer. Mike has been there for dinner once.
You should have mentioned that you'll be in Køge!
You could have had some austrian cake 😉 (and get a lesson om how to pronounce Køge 😂)
I moved to Køge two years ago after living in Copenhagen for two and a half years. It's so different and so cute! Reminds me a bit of the small town I grew up in in Austria ☺️
Especially during the last year I have been happy to not live in Copenhagen anymore! 😂
I think we pronounce it 15 different ways in the video (and none of them are right 😂). And that would have been amazing! The cakes in Denmark are good because they learned from the Austrians 😋
@@RobeTrotting
Took me a while to get the pronunciation down also 😂
no
Now danes need to learn a bit more about proper food. Danish dining isn't what I would describe as "exciting" 😂
I miss eating grandma's Schnitzel and having Speckbrot 😣😂
3:06 kjøge?
Yup! Until the spelling reforms in the early 1900's, the city was actually spelled Kjøge. This is why the Mini-By has the spelling that was used in 1865 (you can see the same spelling on the bridge and the Huskors plaque)
@@RobeTrotting oh i just got confused since time stamp said køge mini-by
@@RobeTrotting As a resident of Køge I can confirm.
@@RobeTrotting i can see you fixed time stamp :)
In Jutland, Køge and Copenhagen is one and the same.
For the Jutlanders all of Sjælland is Copenhagen. :-)
But as a resident of Køge i can tell that we are not a part of Copenhagen.
It would be the same as Silkeborg was a part of Aarhus.
@@anderslarsen6009 haha. No way. Køge is part of greater Copenhagen.. Silkeborg is not part of Århus in any way
@@Jacob-Simonsen Well Silkeborg is part of Business Region Aarhus :-)
But living in Køge I can tell that we do not feel like a part of Copenhagen and the greater Copenhagen area actually first starts around Karlslunde/Greve.
Both Solrød Strand and Køge are seperate cities according to Danmarks statistik a d Køge is actually being the 17th largest city in Denmark with 38.000 inhabitants.
We could not be that if we were a part of Copenhagen. :-)
@@anderslarsen6009 Køge is a sattelitetown to CPH.
@@Jacob-Simonsen That is correct, but not part of Copenhagen.
You guys should come to Bornholm, you'll be surprised at its beauty and difference from the rest of the country, especially because its a small island.
Me and my ukranian/american husband are up for playing guide if you come. 😉
Thats where i live :D
No way! We could have bought you a beer!
You should really try Fyn, like Odense or Svendborg 👍
If you ever go to Svendborg, feel free to write me, i'll be happy to show you around :)
We would love to spend more time on Fyn. We did a weekend on esteem Fyn (stayed in Kerterminde) and have some videos but we haven’t compiled it into a travelog (yet). We may do that soon even though we didn’t film it solely with that purpose in mind 😊🇩🇰
Do you know how to say “thank god you are Here”. It is “gudskelov du er her”
Ohhhh, we'll have to try that in the future!
At 2:35 you got super close to pronouncing Køge correctly you just needed do pronounce the e a bit more it sound kinda like eh. But it is a really hard word with the soft g and the ø
We said it so many ways once we played it back and listened haha. I think our American English brains refuse to pronounce an "e" on the end of a word haha.
A tip: Prolong the vokals a bit, så eg 'hvede' (wheat) clearly differs from 'ved' (know/by), ie: someting like: veh-the.
I was actually married at Køge city hall almost 12,5 years ago ;)
What a beautiful building to be married in! We didn't get to explore inside but it's so historic it must have been incredible being wed there.
@@RobeTrotting it was!! We had a really small wedding, and i wore a hot pink short dress ;)
But the most memorable of that day was that my mother in law leaned in as if she wanted to whisper congraturaltions to me and then doused me in birdseed!!!
My Hood 😃
lol yeah that figures that københavnere would only go as far as the S-tog goes =P only kidding great show guys =)
fun facts ...
the town hall in køge ...
- was built 4 years after Columbus set foot on American soil.
-was built 276 years BEFORE America even became a country.
so when the mayor of Køge, slept comfortably in his bed, the Americans still slept in primitive reed huts