Week 8: Biking, Trivia, and Exams

During this week in Copenhagen I continued to focus on exams, exploring the city and meeting more people from uni.

The week started off with many meetings about Emerging Markets exam, ensuring that we were all on the same page and progressing on our paper. Focusing on uni while traveling can get pretty overwhelming, so make sure to keep that in mind when planning your trips around exams.

Aside from that, I did lots of biking around the city exploring the area around Enghave Brygge and Havnestad. The weather has been so amazing at this point in the year, and biking has become much more enjoyable.

Bryggebroen

Copenhagen has some of the best biking infrastructure in the world, so if you are ever in Copenhagen, and feel comfortable doing so; make sure to ride a bike! (Knowing the rules of course) Biking on the streets and over the bridges is such a good feeling, especially during good weather with friends. :)

Other than this, I went to a Tuesday trivia night with a friend and had a great time! I learned recently that Trivia nights are a large part of European culture and are an excellent way to meet new people, learn new things, and have loads of fun. CBS has trivia nights of its own, and many bars around Copenhagen host their own weekly trivia nights. Make sure to take advantage of this when going to CPH! (I highly recommend going to Søhesten near the lakes! It's a fun and cozy environment :). Other than that, Jazz nights are also very popular in Europe and are a great way to relax and socialize.

Things to do in Copenhagen:

• GoBoat (Rent a boat with 8 people, right now it's about $10 USD pp for 8 people

• GreenKayak (Green activity! Free to rent a kayak, while helping the environment by picking up trash in the harbor)

• Copenhagen Sakura Festival (During mid-April in Spring) (Also the Sakura by the Little Mermaid are so beautiful!)

• Tivoli Gardens (Opens during April in the Spring)

• Design Museum Denmark

• Glyptoteket (Free during the last Wednesday of every month)

• Reffen Street Food

• Opera House

• Church of Our Savior (high view of Copenhagen)

• Valbyparken (Beautiful and huge park! Great to go biking in during the Spring)

• Freetown Christiania (biking in this area!!)

• Ice Skating (Indoor and outdoor, there is a place near Broens Gadekokken)

• Frederiksberg Have

• Den Gronne Sti (Thought of as a "Bike superhighway" cool to bike through one of the longest bike paths in the city)

• Faelledparken (May 1st, Labour Day, huge festival and techno events during May 1st)

• Biking along the lakes (in the morning and at NIGHT!)

• Havnebadet Islands Brygge (great place to go swimming during Spring/ Summer)

• Amager Strandpark

• Swimming in front of La Banchina

• Sydhavenstippen

• Football Game (Soccer)

The beauty and magic that Copenhagen has to offer lies in the quality of everyday living. If you come make sure to make the most of the events, services, and infrastructure that is made avaliable to everyone here! It truly is world class. :)