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Experiencing Denmark's Extremes

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No nation on earth is more sensible, reasonable, healthy, tidy, virtuous, nice. The Danes were the first to prohibit slave trading, the first to make school compulsory and free, early pioneers in social welfare. And where else in the 21st century do you find freshly baked breads and good wine for sale at highway service stations?The utopian community of Copenhagen's Christiania and the aristocratic world of Valdemars Slot represent cultural fringes of Danish society.

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Destinations: Copenhagen · Christiania

Inspired by: Hi/Lo: Denmark's Christiania and Valdemars Slot — by Kurt Andersen, Published Apr. 2006

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    Spiseloppen

    The excellent bobo restaurant, housed in a 19th-century warehouse, serves reindeer over roasted organic mushrooms with berry and aniseed sauce. More
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    The Square

    Right next to Town Hall—and close to the Tivoli Gardens and the Strøget shops—the Square is emphatically unsquare, with scarlet Arne Jacobsen Egg c

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    Hotel Fox

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    Woodstock Café

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    Valdemars Slot

    Valdemars Slot is on the quiet little rural island of Tåsinge, two hours southwest of Copenhagen. It is the largest private house in Denmark, a per... More
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    Loppen

    The 400-seat club, is one of Copenhagen's main rock venues. More
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