14 Things You Don't Know About COPENHAGEN, DENMARK 🇩🇰 Mind Blowing Facts About CPH 🚲

in "14 Things You Don't Know About Copenhagen, Denmark" we take you around the Danish capital and share some cool stories and facts about the city. From the founding of Copenhagen to it's growth into Denmark's capital, we go around town and drop knowledge for your viewing pleasure.

For our Danish audience, you may know or have heard some of these stories and facts about Copenhagen before - but we have a feeling you'll learn something new. One guarantee is that you'll enjoy the sights of the city and hearing these Copenhagen facts.

Whether you're an avid tourist planning a trip to Copenhagen, a local, or someone curious about Denmark - we hope you'll love this video.

Any more cool facts about Denmark or its capital - please drop them below!

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[lonelarsen]

When you show our Capital like you did, im proud to be danish, Thank you 🇩🇰🇩🇰❤️

[larsrons]

In 2012 while travelling in Bolivia I was excited to learn that Claus Meyer, one of the founders of Restaurant NOMA in Copenhagen, was in the country. He had started a project with a cooking school and several restaurants at different price levels with focus on reviving old traditional Bolivian food traditions. The chefs are educated at the restaurant "Gustu" in La Paz. At the time Bolivia was trying hard to combat the modern and popular but not particilarly nutritional "fried chicken" food culture.

[holdermeddk]

In 1989 my older son was just a baby, but I was so happy that my children would grow up in a society, where gay rights were just rights.

[straykids-ever]

I love the way you talk about our country, keep up the god work❤🇩🇰

[Gwenx]

You are doing such a good job showing off our city haha! So glad to have you guys here talking about our smol country!

[Remco]

Perfect timing. Leaving for Copenhagen tomorrow morning!

[bjrnhjortshjandersen]

You really are more knowledgeable about Copenhagen than many locals. I even learned a few details. ...Did you know that Bishop Absalon in old age kept himself fit by chopping down big trees in the forests of Sorø when he retired to the local monastery?

[thedanishcatgirl]

Fun fact about Hvidovre, a city very close to Copenhagen. There’s an old inn that the Russian Zar, Peter the great visited in 1716. He ordered food, beer, brandy and milk, and he and his entourage left without paying anything. Thankfully she filed a complaint for financial compensation with that times version of a finance ministry which is why the story survived.
It was actually very common for him, a Russian Zar to skip out on his bills.

[saftevand]

Fun fact - Absalon was around 6 feet tall. And the harbour doesn’t flow into the Baltic, but Øresund

[Diskolydia]

What an amazing video on our capitol! I actually learned something new, lol 😂❤ Keep up the lovely vids!

[آخرأخباراليوتيوب]

بلد جميله جدا ربنا يوفقك ويحميك من كل شر يارب العالمين مرورك العطر شرفنا لينا

[Zandain]

Something else impressive to see/know in CPH is, Cisternerne in Søndermarken Fr.berg
..they are stunning!
🥰 great video under a blue sky, guys
hello from Hundested 🌸

[mifphilip]

a few interesting facts about Copenhagen, is that all of Christianshavn is build in water. none of the land existed when Absalon build the first castle back in 1167. From the Islands brygge all the way to the southern most tip of amager was also build from the sea (Amagerfælled, was build during the 2nd world war) . And Sydhavnen and most of Vesterbro today was also build from the water. There are some cool maps that show this in the museum of Copenhagen.

[littlepeeper]

As a nearly 40-year-old Dane, I actually learn a lot from your videos.
I think I've been to Copenhagen once.
Thank you so much for your great videos 🙂

[hassegreiner]

Margrethe was born just AFTER the German occupation of Denmark - exactly one week later and the little, new princess gave people hopes for the future. It wasn't until the constitution (Grundloven) was alterede in 1953 that she became heir to the throne.

[phillipbastrup]

Fun fact: You can go down under Christiansborg and see the ruins of the two former castles.

[musicfan]

Guys! This is the first time I've heard the actual story behind the bombing of Copenhagen during the Napoleonic War! Whenever it's been brought up in other videos, it's always been made out like Denmark was always on Napoleons side, and it's become such a stuck part in the narrative that a lot of danes even don't even know that Denmark actually tried to stay neutral in that conflict. It's so awesome how you really dig in on the research, both when it comes to history and the current city. I was born in Copenhagen, I've lived here my entire life, and you have taught me things about the city and tricks on how to lower my cost of living even, that I don't think I'd have found otherwise. So really, thank you for what you do!

[larsrons]

Very good collection of interesting facts about Copenhagen.
1. "Hafn", København, Merchants Harbour, Copenhagen. Absalon built his castle fortified the village (which was his property) while he was bishop at Roskilde, at the bottom of Roskilde Fjord and one of the most important town in Denmark.
At this time there was a navigable stream running west from Copenhagen, passing north of Taastrup, to just outside Roskilde, to the village of "Vindinge".

Thus both Hafn, Copenhagen, and Vindinge would have been good trading posts. Well loaded ships wanting to sell just a small part of their goods at Roskilde could instead sell it slightly cheager at Hafn and move on, smaller local boats transporting the goods to Vindinge just over the hill from Roskilde a few km's further west.

Vindinge probably has its name from Slavic "Vends" living there. My speculation: Maybe they weren't allowed to live inside the city walls? I have noticed that many villages named after the Vends (Vindeby, Vindelev, Vindinge etc) are often situated at places good for trading posts like the mouth of a stream, near and leading to an important Danish town.

In all your videos you guys always give me a bit more love for my own country, or give me an urge to experience some bit of it, either again or for the first time. I love your videos, keep'em coming. Cheers!

[hassegreiner]

I enjoy your videos which - apart from a few minor glitches - brings much interesting information of stuff that's probably new to many, especially young Danes and foreigners, of course.

[T.W.P.]

Endnu en fed video fra jer gutter! I gør det altså godt 🫶👍