EuroCheapo's Copenhagen Articles

Oct 25 I voted in the 2012 US presidential election yesterday, two weeks before the event takes place across the country (at least for those of us in states without early elections). I had to—I’ll be in Copenhagen on November 6, watching from afar to see how this whole thing shakes out. But now that the (absentee) » Read more

Oct 11 Are you feeling lucky, Cheapos? We’ve teamed up again with our friends over at airberlin to give away another fantastic and free roundtrip for two from New York’s JFK airport to anywhere airberlin flies in Europe! Start packing your bags, folks, because someone is about to get lucky. Why shouldn’t it be you? Did you » Read more

Nov 30 Europe’s new rail schedules come into effect on Sunday December 11, 2011. And these new schedules will, for the most part, apply through December 2012. The latest monthly edition (dated December 2011) of the Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable has just landed on our desks, and we’ve been taking a peek at what rail travelers » Read more

Nov 22 By C.H. Kwak— After attending TBEX in Copenhagen this month, I found myself left with only 160 Krona and one more day to go. That’s about €21—chump change in a Scandinavian city. But I didn’t feel like paying an ATM transaction fee again, and my credit card seemed to have developed a mysterious PIN overnight. » Read more

Jul 06 Most folk have definite views about zoos, and any mention inevitably brings out a string of arguments for and against the incarceration of animals. But there are other reasons for going to zoos beyond watching wild cats, apes and okapi. Zoos are great spots for people watching and, for anyone with even only a passing » Read more

Apr 02 Like all other expenses in Copenhagen, a night out can really add up. In a city where a pint of beer can run $10, what’s a Cheapo to do? Flock to these affordable dancing and drinking spots, of course! Ideal Bar at VEGA Enghavevej 40, 1674 København One of the Copenhagen’s most high-profile clubs, VEGA » Read more

Nov 19 We were very pleased to update our Copenhagen hotel reviews yesterday, adding several new budget hotel picks, and refreshing our existing listings. Sarah Silbert, our “listings guru” in the New York office, visited Copenhagen last month to tackle the job. We sat down with her this morning to learn more about her trip. As a first-time » Read more

Oct 20 By Sarah Silbert– Today, I take off for a 20 day-trip to Europe. Aside from visits to Berlin, Helsinki, and Stockholm, I’ll be updating EuroCheapo’s Copenhagen guide. I’m really thrilled to visit this Scandinavian capital. There are many reasons I’m excited to visit Copenhagen: the smorrebrod, the bicycling, the Danish design! But I’m particularly looking forward to stopping by » Read more

Jul 21 Two weeks in the Nordic countries visiting friends in familiar cities and discovering new territory required me to rely heavily on airplanes as well as trains to get around. I took five flights during my trip: Stockholm to Helsinki; Helsinki to Copenhagen; Copenhagen to the Faroe Islands; Faroe Islands to Copenhagen; and Copenhagen to Stockholm. » Read more