Julie and Johan’s spacious, bright, hip apartment met every criterion we have for a place to reside for an extended exploration of a city new to us. We started to think of the location, a bit away from the tourist-intense center of town, as Copenhagen’s Upper West Side: many eating places and small shops within 5 minutes of the building door; many more within 10; and a comprehensive grocery store right across the street. J & J’s guide to their choices of restaurants and cafes within easy walking distance kept us happily fed when we wanted to stay close to home for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Venturing further afield is a snap though, because there are stops for several key bus lines — 1A, 14, 37 — just minutes from the front door of the building, and the buses on those lines reach pretty much every historic site, museum, garden, and notable shopping and dining district in rides of 10 to 15 minutes. There’s also a rail station about 1/2 mile away where trains run frequently to out-of-town places like the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and Hamlet’s Kronborg Castle.
Add to all that a nicely-furnished living room opening onto small balcony overlooking the topmost of the Copenhagen lakes; a large, modern, sunny kitchen overlooking a green inner courtyard; a generous dining room centered on a long trestle table; and lots of interesting, mostly contemporary art on the walls, and you have a pretty ideal place for experiencing the many delights of Copenhagen — and relaxing after long days and some nights of doing just that.
Plus, Julie always readily responded to questions posed via AirBnB messages, and Johan was on the spot to orient us to the apartment and the neighborhood when we arrived.