The Viking Land With little to get angry about in Scandinavia's cosiest and most PC community, post-Viking Danes have had to file down their horns and make their mark in more civilised fashion. The Danes have responded by inventing Lego, being the European Union's cagiest member. Brand recognition persists due to the Danes baking pastries so delicious that the addiction of the entire gap-toothed world is assured.
Bicycles glide alongside manageable traffic at a pace that's utterly human.
The early morning air in the pedestrian streets of the city's core, Str get, is redolent of freshly baked bread and soap-scrubbed storefronts. If there's such a thing as a cozy city, this is it. Copenhagen packs an awful lot into a relatively compact space, which is not surprising seeing as it's the capital of design. Then there are some decidedly original innovations such as the social experiment of Christiania, the popular independent hippie enclave. Many summer attractions wind down around now, but early autumn offers numerous markets and cultural capers.