Lately scourge of the Danes
Feb. 2nd, 2008 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
imomus
You know me, and perhaps you know Copenhagen, capital city of the Danes and home of the wonderful, pointy-faced philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. Well, I am in Copenhagen for the next thirty hours or so, hotelling in multi-ethnic Norrebro. Tell me (knowing me, and knowing this town) what I should do?I've already seen the Henrik Vibskov shop, which was the most exciting boutique I've seen in years, with copies of FRUiTS and Tune lying around, fabulous donkey blanket ponchos, a "beard hat", an adult-sized baby cocoon, and other wonders, all acid-ziggurat-coloured. I could see the Tjili Pop cafe, eat at Wagamama, check out Icelandic art by Steingrimur Eyfjord, look at a flea market, catch a Billy Childish show. But you -- who know me, and know Copenhagen -- tell me what to do!
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Hunger
Date: 2008-02-02 02:09 pm (UTC)Or wave at Malmö.
You could eat herring.
Maybe it rains.
Here it is white shiny clear,
greetings from Berlin
PS. of course you could shoot a visual field recording, remember?
Re: Hunger
Date: 2008-02-02 02:45 pm (UTC)Momus, I gave English tuition to three Taiwanese girls last year (it was a very nice job indeed). When they returned from a trip to Copenhagen they told me they loved it because... of an extraordinary preponderance of beautiful people.
Go forth and contemplate!
Re: Hunger
Date: 2008-02-02 02:53 pm (UTC)Re: Hunger
Date: 2008-02-02 03:36 pm (UTC)Hope for me, I hope for you,
We're snowdrops falling through the night.
We'll melt away before we land,
Two teardrops for somebody's hand.
Follow me into just one more Spring.
Copenhagen, you're the end,
Gone and made me a child again.
Warmed my feet beneath cold sheets,
Dyed my hair with your sunny streets.
Children aren't afraid to love
And laugh when life amuses them.
And our love is an antique song
For children's carousels...
Re: Hunger
Date: 2008-02-03 11:11 am (UTC)Maybe it was the 'Kristiania' that made me think Kopenhagen.
Anyway, everybody is posting about cheap food.
Hunger is out of topic,
greetings from splendidly sunny Berlinoise,
Re: Hunger
Date: 2008-02-03 02:01 pm (UTC)Hunger is out of topic
Ha ha, true enough, but as we know: hunger never goes out of fashion.
Greetings to you from commonly cloudy London.
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 02:33 pm (UTC)Everytime a white person eats at Wagamama, a Japanese person commits harakiri.
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 02:41 pm (UTC)she was dressed like a nurse last time i seen em
twas the coolest garage punk show i ever saw
an ive seen a few
it was worth it to hear him play
to ease my troubled mind.
fly on brother
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 02:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-02-02 03:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 03:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 04:01 pm (UTC)I dont agree with Momus that the whole of the United Kingdom is this avaricious machine perpetuated by slick, tacky marketing, but I would agree that London is guilty of being that (amongst other things), and Wagamama is a prime example.
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 04:17 pm (UTC)It's just that I don't see how price comparisons across cities (let along nations) make much sense. In Oslo, you'd be hard pressed to find ramen for less than 75 NOK (1500 yen), but it's got nothing to do with avarice or tacky marketing.
(I'm not disagreeing with your basic point, by the way, I know nothing about wagamama and haven't been to London in years).
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 06:16 pm (UTC)Lemme put it this way -- property and rental prices in Tokyo are just as inflated as they are in London. That in mind; Stock, noodles and a few bits vegetable and fish dont cost a tenner.
Wagamama isnt a gourmet restaurant -- it packs its customers in like cattle and you're served substandard food thats made by part-time students. It was an idea conceived towards the end of the 80s when Japanese food was exotic and charging £10 a head was acceptable in the era of the Yuppies. Now days you can see sushi next to the sandwiches in most supermarkets; Japanese food isnt anywhere near as exotic as it was. £10 for "ramen" is obscene.
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 09:48 pm (UTC)also, i'm pretty concerned about their uncompressed pdf menu, 4MB for 2 pages puts the concept of pdf to shame. ("concept of pdf"? whatever...)
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 04:54 pm (UTC)It's better in English, anyway, because of the play on selfish / shellfish.
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Date: 2008-02-02 06:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 06:16 pm (UTC)WASA
Date: 2008-02-02 03:19 pm (UTC)It was raised 25-30 years ago. It might be on display somewhere. Fine example of utlity meets ornament and sinks.
Re: WASA
Date: 2008-02-02 03:33 pm (UTC)Re: WASA
Date: 2008-02-02 03:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 03:30 pm (UTC)I vote for that one.
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 03:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 04:53 pm (UTC)other bars: Kalaset, Cafe Salonen and Bankerot (indre by)
Take a walk around the residential section of Christiania - many cute self-built houses and a nice little vegetarian restaurant.
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 04:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 05:57 pm (UTC)Momus - I'm five minutes away if you want a tour for a few hours. But you definitely will need a bike. And gloves.
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Date: 2008-02-02 04:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 07:19 pm (UTC)Billy Childish eh? I thought you wheren't into punk, but you are into renaissance(ish) people?
I am relieved that you didn't arrive in the middle of the storm that hit Denmark and east-coast Sweden two days ago.
henrik
Date: 2008-02-02 08:09 pm (UTC)check it out here: http://vikprjonsdottir.com/. Two of the members attend SVA in NYC for their MFA. They are sweet people.
Heart,
ryan
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 11:28 pm (UTC)i don't know you or have a livejournal but i like yours sometimes
Date: 2008-02-02 07:40 pm (UTC)Speed demons
Date: 2008-02-02 09:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 10:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-02 11:00 pm (UTC)cph recommendations
Date: 2008-02-02 11:33 pm (UTC)Nice walk: down Istedgade, from Konya Kebab and in the direction away from downtown. For coffee: Sort Kaffe og Vinyl. (Black coffee and vinyl) in Skydebanegade
For books: Thiemers Magasin – nicely selected Danish and English books. Sells coffee too. Værnedamsvej 24. While there, also check out design ect. next door at hansenogmadsen and super cool art at Can: http://www.yeswecancan.com/. Cool coffee shop around the corner in ‘Verdens mindste kaffebar’ (world’s smallest coffee shop)
For food:
Lele – Cool, Vietnamese. Trendy and crowded, but no reservations. Vesterbrogade 40. http://www.lele-nhahang.com/intro.htm
Karrierebar – in the newly opened meat packing district
Kung Fu Izakaya in Sundevedsgade 5 – Japanese yakitori place, trendy
For movies: Vestervovov – local and cool, http://www.vestervovvov.dk/ – or stay in Noerrebro, Empire is great.
Enjoy!
Re: cph recommendations
Date: 2008-02-02 11:45 pm (UTC)What to do in Copenhagen?
Date: 2008-02-03 12:29 am (UTC)wewillbecome.com
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-03 05:44 am (UTC)you should totally call my parents and then tell me how they are.
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-03 07:52 pm (UTC)i actually live in norrebro a few minutes from tjilli pop. i guess you are leaving copenhagen soon though. too bad. today was a nice day for being outside. if you are still looking for things to do, send me a mixi message (i am nihongo wo wasure shimatta.)
(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-04 06:46 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-04 04:49 pm (UTC)i think it's good that you did the show in malmo with cindy and anna and them... because the audience is nicer there i think... i will ask for you a gig but i need to know what deal you want. i am trying to get le ton mite to copenhagen and malmo in mid april, since he is playing with the koloni in gothenburg around late march... that might work together well i think.