Miriam Gradel

Spring 2025: Casting off its dark winter jacket, Copenhagen comes out to play in all its glory in spring, with pink and white explosions of cherry blossom. Flea markets take to the streets, sunshine brings picnickers to the water’s edge and a new installation, Psychosphere, opens in the city’s underground gallery, Cisternerne. Spring also brings the grand reopening of Tivoli Gardens, a sure signal to Copenhageners that summer is on the way. I’ve lived in Copenhagen for the past seven years and I’m still finding new things to do. It’s a small city, one you can comfortably bike across in under half an hour, but within its winding cobbled streets and hip, developing areas, there’s always a new cocktail bar, coffee shop or flea market to discover.  📍 RECOMMENDED: Ultimate guide to what to do in Copenhagen What can’t I miss in the city as a first-timer? Get yourself to the city’s central playground, Tivoli Gardens, for the fastest route to understanding Denmark. The historic theme park combines everything that’s wonderful about Copenhagen in one place: playful rides, beautiful gardens and great food. Take your pick from Gasoline Grill for lip smacking burgers to the Japanese Pagoda, where visiting Michelin-starred restaurants pop up throughout the year. Then for a spot of perfect people watching: find a bar in Nørrebro (we love Brus) or join a communal meal at Absalon and get to know the locals. Is three days in Copenhagen enough? Copenhagen isn’t a huge place, and you could ce

Underrated no longer, Copenhagen is now firmly established as one of the best drinking cities in Europe. The Danish capital is effortlessly cool in all the right ways, and its chameleon-like versatility is best experienced in its ever-thrilling bar scene. You’ll find it all here, from sophisticated cocktail bars to down-and-dirty spots serving some of the best craft beer on the planet. Sure, it can be expensive, but you’re paying for real quality here. Compiling a list of Copenhagen’s best bars isn’t easy, but the opinions of a former professional bartender are not to be ignored. These are places that we keep returning to, spots that embrace an independent spirit and consistently produce good drinks and even better times. These are the best bars in Copenhagen right now. RECOMMENDED:🍽️ The best restaurants in Copenhagen📍 The best things to do in Copenhagen🏛️ The best museums in Copenhagen💃 The best nightlife spots in Copenhagen🛌 The best Airbnbs in Copenhagen Miriam Gradel is a journalist and bartender based in Copenhagen. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

The life-changing magic of seeing the world solo is well-documented. Travel bloggers and influencers reel off its virtues as an empowering and life-affirming act; one that opens our eyes to the world’s dizzyingly diverse cultures. But, despite travel’s power to widen our worldview, there’s a distinct lack of diversity in the voices that dominate the discourse around solo travel. Scroll through posts tagged ‘solo travel’ on TikTok and Instagram and it seems the majority of artfully framed sunset shots and travel tips videos tend to feature a certain type of traveller: young white women.  But, as these three inspiring women prove, solo travel is for everyone. Dorothee Hildebrandt is a 72-year-old grandmother cycling from Sweden to Egypt to influence people to travel sustainably. Kiyonah Mya Buckhalter is a Muslim Niqabi woman carving a space out for herself in the predominantly white world of travel influencing. And Jessica Nabongo is the first Black woman on record to travel to every country on the planet – all before she reached 36. For International Women’s Day 2023, we spoke to them all about their experiences of seeing the world solo. Photograph: Courtesy of Dorothee Hildebrandt/Time Out Dorothee At the age of 65, Dorothee Hildebrandt decided to devote her retirement years to travelling the world and fighting for the environment. In 2022, aged 72, she successfully cycled from her home in Sweden to COP27 in Egypt. She’s now on her return journey. ‘I grew up in Germany a