Hoptimist Danish Culture Happiness Symbol

I spotted a familiar-looking toy at the Copenhagen airport, Illums Bolighus, the famous Danish design store. I picked one with the box to read the label. Hoptimist, it said, is all about smiles, optimism, and high spirits. Make every day a little more joyful, it continued, explaining the smiling head with a spiral body…

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Oh Copenhagen You Didn’t Meet My Expectations

Greetings from Copenhagen, Denmark! I am at the tail end of my Scandinavia trip, and I am ready to go home. Oh København I came with high expectations of Copenhagen, including its culture, people, and food, thanks to all the stories I had heard about it. I had a cousin who declared Copenhagen to…

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Visiting A Quaint Art and Crafts Gallery in Odense Denmark

There is a little art and crafts gallery in Odense in a corner of the Hans Christian Andersen Museum quarter. I stumbled upon it by chance while trying to find a place to start our day’s drinking session. Odense is located to the west of Copenhagen. The idea to visit Odense was rather spontaneous.…

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Stockholm Sweden An Understated Travel Destination

I was in Stockholm, Sweden, for two days and didn’t expect to like it as much as I did, but I did. The stopover city seeped into my heart from the time I reached Stockholm airport. It was pretty, efficient and celebrated the locals by featuring some of them on the walls. The first…

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