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Mormors

Mormors
Bredgade 45, 1260 København K
Monday: 08:30 a.m – 4 p.m
Tuesday to Friday: 08:30 a.m– 5 p.m
Saturday & Sunday: 11:30 a.m to 5 p.m

Completely different vibe at “Grandma’s.” I think the name (and the following photos) says it all.


The prices are a little high, I paid a little more than forty crowns for a Chai Latte (Vs less than 30 in most cafes) and 25 DKK for a scone. But it is the Nyhavn/Amalienborg district (just two steps from Marmor Kirken), the tourists area by excellence, by the way Grandma also sells souvenirs!



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Bankeråt

Bankeråt
Ahlefeldtsgade 27-29 (au coin de Nansensgade), 1359 København K
Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 24:00 – Weekends and holiday from 10:30 to 24:00

Regular prices but absurd and bizarre atmosphere, I’ll let you judge. We went there late a Monday evening so we can’t say there were a lot of people. However, two Danes approached us saying something like “wow this is nice,” I suspected they were not talking about me but I was sufficiently confused by the fact that DANES HAVE SPOKEN TO ME! They were actually interested in my tattoo, they threw a look and discussed two minutes. Note to self: only wear tank tops all winter to make friends!




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Moving

When you are moving (in Denmark), you have 2 things to do, or I should say 2 places you have to declare it. To the Folkeregistret so you’ll get your new CPR card and to the Post. You can do both online in 5 minutes. And that’s it.
A few days ago I went on my online banking to change my info but they already had everything updated! That is just wonderful when you come from France, where everything takes weeks and never even work in the end.

If you are moving from Copenhagen to another place in Copenhagen, you go there.
If you are moving to another commune, you go to borger.dk, for example for me, Frederiksberg was here. But you can change the town on the upper right. Everything on this site is in Danish, so you have to chose “Anmeld flytning til folkeregistret” and use your nemID, and everything else should be pretty easy to understand, or Google Translate is enough. Because basically they only ask who is moving (if it’s only you or if you have a whole family following), your actual address and the new one. If there is already someone registered at this address and who stays there (for example you move in a shared-flat) you have one box to check.
You can choose to change your doctor too. You receive your new CPR card in a week.
You have 5 days after you moved to do this! But you can do it 2 or 3 weeks before already.

For the Post, you go there and follow “Gå til ePosthuset og meld flytning”. You also use your nemID. They ask if it is a definitive or temporary change, and you simply give your new address and the moving date (you have to do it 5 days before at least). It’s free. And it works well, I had a few letters redirected from the first day. And that too, is magical when one come from France 😉

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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Dantes Plads 7, 1556 København V

Free admission on sundays, otherwise DKK 75.
Closed on Mondays, open Tuesday – Sunday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The Glyptotek is an art museum, I quote Wikipedia: “The collection is built around the personal collection of Carl Jacobsen (1842–1914), the son of the founder of the Carlsberg Breweries.
Primarily a sculpture museum as indicated by the name, the focal point of the museum is antique sculpture from the ancient cultures around the Mediterranean including Egypt, Rome and Greece, as well as more modern sculptures such as a collection of Rodin works which is considered the most important outside France. However, the museum is equally noted for its collection of painting that includes an extensive collection of French impressionists and Post-impressionists as well as Danish Golden Age paintings.”

Personally I thought it was not very well organized / indicated, but possible that the construction work that closed some rooms complicated things when we went there. Also, we lacked a bit of time because we arrived only an hour (or 1:30?) before closing.

Ophelia – Agathon Van Weydevelt Léonard

And the winter garden is really really nice (my pictures really don’t do it justice).


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