Gourmet Copenhagen
Gourmet Copenhagen: path for its gastronomic and cultural enclaves
If a few months ago we wrote an article on our site in which we made a tour around Copenhagen today published an article on the great cultural, culinary and entertainment that has the Danish capital.
And is that Copenhagen is flagged in some artistic disciplines such as design, fashion or decoration without forgetting, of course, gastronomy, as the Danish capital has 13 Michelin stars.
For all these reasons, the prestigious NY Times newspaper as one of the world’s coolest cities. There is no doubt that the capital of Denmark is a destination for bon vivants.
Kødbyen and Strøget essence of Danish design and modern
The district of Copenhagen is now considered more in Kødbyen, also known as The Meatpacking District, known as the New York district. Located just behind the Central Station in Copenhagen, Kødbyen was once the site was located at the former city slaughterhouse. Today it is very easy to find both traders always as modern and creative designers who have worked together to transform the neighborhood and become almost a place of worship for lovers of fashion and design.
Store Georg Jensen Danish design
However, if there is a street in Copenhagen, where Danish breathe the true essence of this is without doubt Strøget, born in the Town Hall Square and ends at the Plaza del Teatro Real. Although the actual design is Bredgade Street in Strøget are countless cafes, unique shops, antique shops and art galleries so if you want to soak up the Danish culture, this place is definitely the best place.
Kongens Nytorv
Strøget street dies in the square Kongens Nytorv and Real, where the glamorous Hotel d’Angleterre, the most expensive in the capital. From the Place Royale is direct access to Nyhavn canal, built in the seventeenth century and recently renovated more than a decade, and considered one of the best places in town for a snack, a drink with friends and listen to live jazz because the Danes are big fans of this genre.
Copenhagen, world cuisine
Danish cuisine is at the top and evidence of this is the thirteen-star Michelin restaurants have twelve, and the elevation of NOMA, which has driven the Spanish El Bulli the best in the world, according to the classification that makes the magazine Restaurant UK every year choosing the 100 most outstanding establishments in the culinary world.
Restaurant Noma, considered today as the world’s best
NOMA Restaurant, housed in a renovated old port hangar is one of the best exponents of the so-called Nordic cuisine. The chef, René Redzepi, only cooks with ingredients found in Scandinavia, Finland, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. So in your dishes no trace of foods such as olive oil or the foie. In addition to NOMA, lovers of good food have other options such as Herman Michelin star, which combines current and traditional Danish cuisine, the Kokkeriet, located in the district of New Booths, or Formel B, located in Frederiksberg and six-course meal which is considered one of the best in Scandinavia.
The Danish cuisine has become one of the best currently
Copenhagen dining experience does not end with these institutions as the Danish capital hosts every year a large number of festivals and culinary events as the Copenhagen Cooking, this 2011 is between 19 and 28 August. For 10 days take place different culinary experiences throughout the city and is perhaps the perfect time to test the cuisine specialties as frokost tallerken Danish dish made from herring, Denmark’s most popular fish, salmon and vegetables, or an organic version of the Danish sausage, popular Polse.
Copenhagen, design and fashion
Copenhagen is known and recognized for its design, truly exceptional. Some examples of Danish design are the famous thermal pitcher Erik Magnussen and chairs by Arne Jacobsen and Hans J. Wegner. Two essential places to soak in Copenhagen Danish design is the Danish Design Center, located in a high-tech building designed by renowned Danish architect Henning Larsen, which is opposite the Tivoli amusement park, and the Museum of Industry Art that offers a particular staging worthy of Danish design furniture of the twentieth century.
Finally, if Copenhagen is a reference design in northern Europe can also boast of hosting one of the largest fashion events in Scandinavia, Copenhagen International Fashion Fair, held during the month of August and where some of the creators important present their new proposals each year. The largest convention center in the city, the Bella Center, or even the Royal Danish Theatre are scenes of some of the biggest fashion evenings in the Danish capital
Where to stay?
A hotel for gourmets and bon vivants is, without doubt, the Hotel d’Angleterre.
Where to eat?
Copenhagen restaurants with Michelin Star