Is Copenhagen, Denmark Worth it in the Winter? (Christmas Markets)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- Are you thinking about visiting Copenhagen in the winter? If so, be sure to check out the Christmas markets! This beautiful city comes alive with festive cheer during the holiday months, and it's definitely worth it to experience it from the inside.
In our last video, we shared our First Impressions of Copenhagen. In this video, we'll take you on a tour of Copenhagen's best Christmas markets, in central Copenhagen. We'll show you all the yummy treats and festive sights, and we'll even give you a few tips on how to survive the cold Danish winter! Copenhagen is definitely one of the happiest and most culturally rich cities in the world, and it's definitely worth a visit in the winter!
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Obviously the answer to the title is YES! We loved our time in Copenhagen 😍Do you have any favorite Christmas Markets (in Denmark or around the world)? If yes, which ones? 🎄🤩
My favorite one was Cologne, Germany 😃
Chocolate 😍😍
This Christmas Markets are NOT Danish, its some German, Czech, Polish style, some worldwide Gypsy Circus or travelling Tivoli, and have nothing to do with Denmark and Copenhagen. So please correct this, because, Danes does not recionize this as our culture.
Dishes are NOT Danish at all we have pancakes or Æbleskiver, (please Google it)
If dishes was made by reel danes, it would even be a better taste and quality then this, and look totally different.
Rest of the year when that Gypsy Tivoli/ Circus travel on, back to eastern Europe, please come back, and i will guide you
you should go to aarhus to the old town there thats the true chrismas market not copenhagen thats a turist trap
@@socialdining1496 they should se all of denmark and especialy skagen and bornholm
Congratulations on surpassing 1000 subscribers before Christmas ❤
Thank you so much!!
Me and my family will be there for New Year's Eve. It seems a fantastic city! We enjoy your vlog so much, thank you! 👍👍👍
So glad you enjoyed it, Marco! Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve In Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Thank you for the kind words
warning-recomondation - the hownhall sqare is the main place for fireworks, at midnight it goes crazy... normally there are no injured but that is mostly luck tbh. it is not really safe if you go in blind.
if you are not invited to a party with local... look into some facebook groups for that or do some research to find a cool spot to spend the evening, and have lots of fun
@@theriddler2277 Thank you, we've really appreciated your piece of advice. Indeed, we have the hotel exactly in the City Hall Square!
@@riccardopiovosi8238 well if nothing else you'll have a great view from the hotel... it really is something unique in all the world. the square becomes something unreal - th-cam.com/video/DoW44IQvmAM/w-d-xo.html
hope you enjoy our country ❤
Feels like a Christmas movie stay warm ladies
Thank you!
Such a warm video🥰 like a Christmas movie🎅
Such a cozy festive place 🥰
Denmark (Scandinavia) here, where we produce 3 times as much food as we can possibly consume. In the UK food prices are around half of that in the USA and Denmark, and they pay no VAT sales taxes on food at all, but on the other hand they also earn around $1,000 less a month on average after taxes in compared to Denmark, and even if you correct this in accordance with the purchasing power parity (PPP), they are still around $850 short after taxes a month, so that would buy you a lot of groceries and plenty of other stuff. Another advantage of earning more an hour on average but then paying a fairly high 25% VAT sales tax is that the government has a "tool in the toolbox" to cut prices by up to 25% from one day to the next, if prices start skyrocketing and spin out of control for some unexpected reason. not that it has been deemed needed so far here in Denmark. You could say that higher average wages usually would also keep prices higher, but the 25% VAT then kicks in and keep prices lower than they otherwise would be. Special discounts are also very much part of the shopping experience in Denmark, so when Supermarkets in the US probably take advantage of the Holydays to make more money, it's actually the other way around in Denmark, because this is where the special discounts really kicks in.
Just adding some Rema1000 Christmas prices in Denmark, all prices below include 25% VAT, notice that eco-organic is really not that much more expensive:
500g = 1.1/Ibs Kellog's cornflakes $2.84
1000g = 2.2/Ibs sugar $1.14
1000g salt $0.44
1000g flour $0.64
800g 2/Ibs sandwich bread $1.87
1000g oatmeal, $1.42 to $3.64 (top of the line/best of the best)
1000g Basmati Rice $2.12 to $2.69 (eco-organic)
1000g parboiled Rice $1.97
1000g regular rice $1.97
1000g Spaghetti $1.53 to $2.83 (eco-organic)
1 liter (0.264 gallons) 3.5% fat Milk $0.71(special Christmas discount)
200g Danish Lurpak butter $1 (most expensive brand, but special Christmas discount)
10 barn eggs $1.42 (special Christmas discount)
300g Original Danish Tulip Bacon $2.84 (special Christmas discount)
1000g clementine's $0.85 (special Christmas discount)
2000g oranges $1.42 (special Christmas discount)
1000g Potatoes $1.18 to $1.56 (eco-organic)
1000g onions $1.28 to $1.89 (eco-organic)
500g tomatoes $1.56 to $2.84 (eco-organic)
1000g carrots $0.85 or $1.56 (eco-organic)
Pepsi Cola 1.5 liter (0.4 gallons) $1.33
500g Christmas sausage $1.7 (special Christmas discount)
1000g Pork roast (pure meat, no bones), $4.11
500g minced pork meat 8-12% fat $2.84 (special Christmas discount)
500g minced beef 4-7% fat, 8-12% fat or 15-18% fat, they do not sell minced meat with 20% fat in Denmark
$4.96 (8-12% fat)
Food prices make no sense unless you also look at the income after taxes. I have worked part-time in Denmark as a night watch, no degree required and only 3 days of training (at full pay), had some previous experience so wages ranged from $26.5 to $37.5 an hour depending on the day of the week and if it was on a holyday, you are still entitled to 5+1 weeks' fully paid vacation a year + holydays and a pension scheme, as for taxes, then in general the average income taxes are around 40%, but truth of the matter is that there are different brackets and deductions (in fact, union and unemployment insurance payments are automatically deducted) and the first around $6,300 you earn a year is totally tax free. So, working part time I was actually paying less than 30% income taxes, and obviously you need no health insurance because it's paid for through taxes and no need to save up money for an education either, because a higher education is free, including university college, in fact you even get paid to study ( around $885 a month if you do not live at home with your parents, because then you only get up to around $380 a month)
I love all this info! Thank you so much for sharing with us! 😁 I can’t believe someone can get paid monthly to pursue their higher education. The complete opposite from the United States…😅 Based on your job and pay, are you happy? In the sense of: Is the money and opportunity for advancement and salary increase enough to live a financial comfortable life (based on the cost of living)?
@@MariaOliviaTravel ... well, just for some more context, my electricity bill (for a 95 m2 = 1,022.5 sq. ft. house in the outskirts of the 2nd largest city) has risen from around $48 to around $72 a month, the heating bill on the other hand, has slightly fallen to $62 a month, but my suppliers neither use oil or gas, only renewables. The house mortgage is just around $482 a month for a 30-yo house that was partly renovated last year (new 3-layer windows, new doors, new red tile roof and new garden shed with red tile roof), but that was just before the interest rates went up, and still were at an all-time low. So a change of loans practically paid for most of the improvements back then, which obviously would not have been possible now.
Wages I already mentioned, but just for some more context, then even an unskilled McD burger flipper earn a minimum $22 an hour around here + 6 weeks' fully paid vacation a year + holydays and a pension scheme. So with a more "flat" wage structure from top to bottom, people generally speaking are more interested in having a job they like, rather than looking for advancement and salary increase, but there is a lot of job "shopping" with people just quitting their job to find themselves something they like better, as for myself, then I changed jobs 3 years ago, because I was able to get a part-time job only 4 minutes walk from where I live, so no cost or waste of time driving back and forth, and the wage was also better.
The job is pretty much to cover when other employees are going on vacation (their 6 weeks + holydays), and since they have to ask for vacation 2-3 month beforehand, I also get a list 2-3 month in advance, with possible vacation dates, that I'm then free to say yes or no to. The employees can also send me personal requests, if they for some reason suddenly need a day or two off (like going to a funeral or wedding or when someone or their children get sick and what have you). So my job description is pretty much to help the workplace work more smoothly and keep the employees happy so to speak, while I'm also free to decide my own workhours.
@@MariaOliviaTravel .. You could go watch this video for a further insight in the balance between work and happiness in both Denmark and Finland :
Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier Than The U.S.
My wife and I were there last week and did many of the same things as you. It was really a very nice city to visit and well decorated. When Morocco won their FIFA game the city went nuts!
Glad you enjoyed your stay also! It must’ve been a lot of fun to see the excitement when Morocco won! ☺️
Ahhhh when you guys went to the market in the evening, the lights, the mini crepes 😍 I want to go!!!
It was so magical 😍😍
You did go to the most expensive grocery store you could find in Denmark 😂🙏🏻 Irma is really expensive so if you come back one day and you want to buy food on a budget go to Netto or Rema1000. Other than that I hope you had a great time in Copenhagen and Malmö.
After quite a few comments on this, we definitely now know that we went to the most expensive one! 😂 We had a really wonderful time and want to explore the countries more! ☺️
Denmark is beautiful , and i live here . 😉❤️🇩🇰 Thanks for the video. 👏❤️😊
It is! 😍 we can’t wait to come back and explore more of Denmark. You’re lucky to live in such a beautiful country. Thank you for the kind words 🙏
Perhaps, but Köpenhamn looks pretty darn destroyed by all those über-ugly deconstructivist buildnings. We have the same trend in Stockholm, but not t h a t bad. :((
Awww love the “hugge” word explanation! Like a hug!
Thank you! Tried to explain it the best I could to my knowledge!
Hygge implies something nice, relaxed, safe and recognisable. , as these words focus on a physical being/condition. Basically a philosophy or lifestyle of an entire population that lives by enjoying the little things in life.
3:54 Always important: Peace & Love ✌ And Merry Christmas 😊
Absolutely ❤️✌🏼Merry Christmas
I love Denmark Danish people, culture food etc got to visit soon need break from Uk😊🙏🤞👍👌
I completely agree! 😍 Enjoy your break in Denmark soon ❤️
So beautiful😍😍
Another beautiful video 😍 You have inspired me to go to Copenhagen!
Thank you! So glad it inspired you!
oh I hope you enjoyed our country ❤you are always welcome here.
and congratz on 1020 subs @ 12-22-22 ❤
We loved your country and we can’t wait to come back to explore more of Copenhagen and of course the rest of Denmark. Our goal is to do a road-trip all the way to Skagen 😍 and thank you! ❤️ We are so excited to have reached the 1000 milestone 🎉
You guys do some of the best work on TH-cam. You deserve 500 times the subscribers! I wish you both the best as I continue to enjoy your adventures!
Copenhagen is always worth travelling to.
The y in Hygge is pronounced like the vowl in the Greek letter My.
My favourite beer is Tuborg. In Scandinavia the special (strong) brews for Easter and Christmas are famous.
Tivoli is so much fun!
We will have to try Turborg, we loved the Jacobsen’s beer we had!
Stick to Jacobsen... Or even try some of the better craft beer brands like Amager Bryghus, To Øl or Mikeller.
Damn. You managed to find the most upmarket supermarket chain for your shopping. Irma is at the top of the heap. Look for metro and rema next time round; they are also always somewhere nearby; at least one of them…and stay away from Aldi and Lidl who primarily stock German products. Middle level is coop/brugsen and spar chains.
Thank you! Good to know where to do our shopping the next time around 👍
I had originaly planned to visit Copenhagen in early Dec as well as a few other European cities as one of the things I wanted to do was visit some Christmas Markets and just experience Christmas in Europe... but ultimately I ended up going for a warmer trip and went to Hawaii. Copenhagen is still one of the cities at the top of my list though.
We definitely recommend spending time in Europe during the holidays! It’s so festive checking out the Christmas markets and feeling the cosiness. Hawaii sounds amazing as well, in a completely different way! Have a wonderful holiday 😊
Congrats on getting to the 1k ❤
Thank you so much! 🥰🥰 we are super excited to have hit this milestone
9:40 - You also shopped at the most expensive grocery store in Denmark. We have a saying that it's mostly the old people that shop in Irma, due to their insane prices. If you shopped the same products (but different brands) at for example Netto, Rema1000 or any other discount grocery store, you would have payed half the price.
Haha! I was about to say the same thing 😂 Irma is crazy expensive. I live in Aarhus and here you can only find Irma inside other stores (like one shelf in Superbrugsen) because it's so expensive, they couldn't have a full store here. 😂
Haha we definitely learned our lesson and when we come back we wont be going back at Irma’s. Thank you for suggesting the other grocery stores, I’m saving them to have them handy for next time 😁
Ahhh the Christmas markets!! 🥰🥹 🎄 Nothing like a European sausage! So much more natural (I think haha) and tastier!
So cosy and festive! I agree! Definitely without all of the nasty fillers 🤢
This Christmas Markets are NOT Danish, its some German, Czech, Polish style, some worldwide Gypsy Circus or travelling Tivoli, and have nothing to do with Denmark and Copenhagen. So please correct this, because, Danes does not recionize this as our culture.
Dishes are NOT Danish at all we have pancakes or Æbleskiver, (please Google it)
If dishes was made by reel danes, it would even be a better taste and quality then this, and look totally different.
Rest of the year when that Gypsy Tivoli/ Circus travel on, back to eastern Europe, please come back, and i will guide you
@@socialdining1496 👆🤣 god joke 🤭
@@Hansen710, its not a joke, its fact.
Those chocolate covered marshmallows look amazing!!
They looked delicious! Wish we tried them
They are called Flødeboller and it’s not marshmallow but whipped egg white with sugar and boiled water but it’s so delicious
So Nice your videos Thanks 🙏🏼 The most danish Christmas marked Will be in Tivoli. The ones in town are people Travel around in Europe making Christmas marked and not special danish. Bur just enjoy life whereever you go 🙏🏼
Hi Johnny, thanks for the kind words! 🙏 We really wanted to go to Tivoli to experience the Christmas market but the $20 per person cost was out of our budget. Maybe next year! We still had a wonderful time 😃
@@MariaOliviaTravel yes Tivoli are not good if you are on a low budget. Maybe the Christmas marked at Christiania next time. Everything Is expensive but it’s free to get in. Enjoy your traveling 🙂
When did you go to Copenhagen? Going in November and hoping there is Christmas markets!!😊
We were there the first week of December. If I’m not mistaken, most Christmas markets in Europe start around the last week of November. Hopefully they are there when you go 😊
Olivia looks incredibly Swedish it is insane XD
I love Copenhagen
Us too!
0:57 Are you sure what you are saying there? Because it looks like "Flødeboller" Classic thing you can eat in Denmark, and also because marshmallows is not so populær as "Flødeboller" :) Happy Christmas to you guys :)
We were quick to assume they were marshmallows based off of what we’re used to! Now looking into flødeboller, we wish we tried one as they look and sound delicious. ☺️ Happy Christmas to you as well!
Where do you guys get the information that Tivoli is the second oldest amusement park in the world? (Other travellers to Copenhagen have made the same mistake!)
1. Bakken, Klampenborg, Denmark (1583)
2. Wurstelprater, Leopoldstadt, Austria (1766)
THEN 3. Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark (1843)!
Btw! If you read Tivoli backwards, it will say I-lov-it! ;)
We read it on quite a few websites (that must’ve been inaccurate) so thanks for sharing this with us! Still super cool! And love the fun play on words 😁
What time was it getting dark there in January?
Denmark doesn't really get cold, like the rest of the Nordic countries.
Sure, there can be nights or days, where it goes below - 10° C or 14° F, but we can also experience weeks in a row, where it doesn't go below freezing.
We were definitely pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t as cold as Finland. Colder than we are used to for sure but appreciated the down comforters at the hotel 😍
This was in December/January?
Copenhagen is a beautiful city. However, there are other Danish cities too. Horsens and Middelfart for a start. It would be nice to see them too.
We definitely want to come back and explore more Danish cities (Skagen is on our list). Thank you for the recommendations, we’ll add them to our list 😊
Love the place and haven't even traveled..
😍😍 I can only imagine how it will be in warm weather
if you are still in Denmark I can show you around and you should visit the large shopping center we have
We are not in Denmark anymore unfortunately ☹️ but we’ll be back and we’ll take you up on the offer to show us around 😁
@@MariaOliviaTravel you are more than welcome, I will show you around Denmark and the best places, good places to eat,
You should try the burgers from Gasoline grill :)
We really wanted to! Unfortunately we were so cold and wanted to go somewhere we could eat inside 😂 Next time (in the warmer weather) we will go for sure!
How much would it cost to travel 1 week in Copenhagen as a university student (I will travel at bare minimum). I’ve got a ticket to Copenhagen, but I want to be ready for the local prices.
You're quite right, the word "hygge" can't be translated because it's a state of being (or of mind).
Glad we understood it correctly!
if you use a couple of words it is actually posible, it is only if you try and tranlate into 1 word it gives you problems (in most laungeges)..
how is the dutch word Gezellig/Gezelligheid not translated to something with hygge or hyggeligt in it ????
as a dane that llived in nl i can teel you the feeling is the same
as danes we have all know this myth that hygge is something danish that only exist in denmark..
and it is something no one outside denmark understand or is able to translate...
or people imagine you need to be inside in the snow with hot chokolate to get hygge..
hygge is all over the world, and we also have people in dk that dont hygge thansk to stress or their state of mind..
i have seen hygge in many countrys as a dane..
You both so sweeeett 😍😍😍😍.. ...
Thanks Andreache! Hope you’re doing well 🥰
@@MariaOliviaTravel always waiting for stories from various Countries that you two bring. . beautiful couple !!😍😍😍😍
Maybe the next time you pass by Copenhagen you should maybe ask them here Robe Trotting about and show you the nightlife in Copenhagen.. 👩❤👩question do you know why 1 October 1989 is a special day in the world..
Hello! We have never heard of them but looked them up - we’ll definitely reach out if we’re in Copenhagen again! Not sure about the 1 October, 1989! What happened? 😊
@@MariaOliviaTravel Axel and Eigil Axgil made world history on October 1, 1989, when they were the first gay couple in the world to get married at Copenhagen City Hall. fully valid.
Saturday, 10 October 2015 The American Ambassador Rufus Gifford and his Stephen DeVincent get married in Denmark too.
@@MariaOliviaTravel If you come to Aarhus one day, I will see if I have the energy to show you around Djursland
Congrets with the more than 1000 subs..! I’m a Dane.. but not that big a fan of Denmark.. It’s a bit boring I think and the people are to selfish 😁
i lived in other places around the world, and the most insane thing is i actually feel more welcome in other country´s then i do in DK as a Dane..
NL for example also have more danish culture and values left then we do in dk today
and i also feel the danish culture is turning into something i like less and less.
my idea of denmark is not about voting for racism and hate for example..
and it is not about being afraid of good things from other cultures
@@Hansen710 Exactly my point.. I have the same feeling.. I only lived in Sweden for 1/2 year, but traveled around the World.. and no matter where I have been.. I never won’t to go back home again.. I hope I will end up living in another country one day.. 😊
@mrkimjojo thank you 🙏😁we are so happy to have hit the 1000 milestone. And thank you both @thansen62 for sharing your experience. We love hearing individual’s takes on their country/culture 😊
@@MariaOliviaTravel Cool, you’re welcome.. 🤗 Keep up the good work 👍😊
Thanks for sharing, sad to see the comment section attract so many negative sour people 😂 But thats just common on internet nowadays i guess 🥰
When hot wings video?
Sorry we are 🇫🇮 ;)
Dont go to Irma and buy stuff ,it is one of the most expensive grosery stores
Haha yes we learned our lesson 😅
It is JUL, not christmas
I lived in Denmark for 5 years back in the late 70ies and it was a really cool country, BUT even then it sucked realy hard in the winter! The humidity makes temps feel much much lower than what the themometer reads. If it then gets windy it is horrible!
I live in Sweden so minus 20 celcius where I live is nothing and I have experienced it many times.
BUT what is super important is that everybody stay back home or we all die from the covid pandemic! AND it is already over three years to late so it is super easy to see what happens when money is let in charge = millions dead all over the world.
Don't risk your life, find a cheaper and maybe safer place like fx Kabul.
I don’t get it 😅
Defineret not
I think denmark is expensive and boring 😅
Zzzz...
Obviously you have no clue.
Aw that’s so sweet thank you 😂😎
@@MariaOliviaTravel anytime
nice to meet you
No Copenhagen is too cold in he winter.
This Christmas Markets are NOT Danish, its some German, Czech, Polish style, some worldwide Gypsy Circus or travelling Tivoli, and have nothing to do with Denmark and Copenhagen. So please correct this, because, Danes does not recionize this as our culture.
Dishes are NOT Danish at all we have pancakes or Æbleskiver, (Google it)
We never said the markets were Danish 😊 We are just visiting markets in Copenhagen
@@MariaOliviaTravel, ok, but you should have visited the reel markets, not this fake international ones, just made to trap tourists. #touristtrap
Stop with the happiest country crap plz, its not. And winter in Denmark is no fun at all, maybe thats why normal people stay at home.
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