What to Do in Copenhagen With Kids: Part 2
Harborside hot tubs, a ski slope atop a cutting-edge energy plant, picnic boating and buckets of Swedish candy
As promised, I’m back with the second installment of What to Do in Copenhagen with Kids. Read on for where to go in Refshaleøen (if your kids are old enough, you should bike to the former shipyard turned awesome neighborhood), how to see the city from the water, and why you might want to consider a day trip to Malmo, Sweden. (It’s not just candy, I promise.) Thanks for reading The Carry On!
Dine on the water
Reffen, said every friend who gave me tips for Copenhagen, is a must. No lies! We loved it so much we went three times. The sprawling street food market on Refshaleøen — a former industrial island with shipyards — is home to dozens of international food stalls, bars, and a skate park, all with beautiful views of the waterfront. A non-exhaustive list of our favorite stalls: Momos at Nepalese spot Everest, Afghan dishes at Awasana, Gosht, making Kurdish street food (we love both the lamb and the chicken shish), and Holy Krapow for Thai. My kids loved the amatriciana at PastaLab (tip: order the kid’s portion, which is half the price for the same sized bowl.)
Also on Refshaleøen find Lille bakery, Hart bakery, an outpost of our favorite ice cream spot, Ismagereit (I’m obsessed with the peanut-caramel-chocolate but whatever you order ask for a topping of homemade guf, ie, meringue-esque marshmallow, or SOFT ICE, which is what I will call soft serve from this moment forth), Mikkeller, and Noma (heard of it?). And CopenHill and CopenHot — see below.
