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Cologne<br />
Germany<br />
DIALLING CODE +49<br />
CURRENCY €<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Edinburgh,<br />
London (LGW)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com.<br />
The fare to Cologne is<br />
€30 and €40 to Bonn.<br />
Trains leave for<br />
Cologne every 20<br />
minutes. Tickets: €3.40.<br />
The bus for Bonn,<br />
leaves every hour.<br />
Tickets: €6.60.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €30<br />
Jonny Turista (74<br />
Mauritiussteinweg, tel:<br />
0221 240 7055) Grazing<br />
on tapas at Jonny Turista<br />
won’t break the bank –<br />
and there are German<br />
beers and Spanish wines<br />
to help wash it all down.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Ristorante Alfredo<br />
(3 Tunisstrasse, tel:<br />
0221 257 7380) The<br />
Michelin-starred cuisine<br />
at Alfredo is served<br />
with a side order of<br />
Italian arias. Chef<br />
(and trained baritone)<br />
Roberto Carturan off ers<br />
a six-course menu to<br />
accompany the opera.<br />
Exclusive Ladies Fashions<br />
SIZES 6 to 34<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Beim<br />
Kölsche Jung (71<br />
Weyerstrasse) Keenly<br />
priced Gaff el or<br />
Reissdorf Kölsch, hearty<br />
regional cooking and<br />
live music make for<br />
a warm, traditional<br />
Rhineland welcome.<br />
LATE & LIVELY<br />
Artheater (127<br />
Ehrenfeldgürtel, tel:<br />
0221 550 3344) On<br />
Friday and Saturday<br />
nights, Ehrenfeld’s<br />
Artheater mutates<br />
from hip theatre space<br />
into one of Cologne’s<br />
leading temples of<br />
electronic dance music.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP Inspired by the<br />
needs of Swiss cyclists,<br />
Freitag’s bags for men<br />
and women are stylish,<br />
distinctive and practical.<br />
Hip street Friesenwall<br />
is the place to get them<br />
(24 Friesenwall, tel: 0221<br />
2726 0880, freitag.ch).<br />
SEE Cologne’s carnival<br />
reaches its crescendo<br />
with masks, balls, live<br />
music and merriment.<br />
The highlight is<br />
the Rosenmontag<br />
procession on 7 March,<br />
when sweets and<br />
strüsjer (bouquets) are<br />
thrown from the fl oats<br />
(koelnerkarneval1.de).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Men should leave their<br />
neckwear at home on 3<br />
March – Weiberfastnacht<br />
– since on this day of<br />
the carnival the women<br />
call the shots and it’s<br />
traditional for them to<br />
snip off the tie of any<br />
man caught wearing one.<br />
Neville Walker<br />
Copenhagen<br />
Denmark<br />
DIALLING CODE +45<br />
CURRENCY Krone (DKK)<br />
FLY FROM<br />
Basel-Mulhouse,<br />
Berlin, Geneva, London<br />
(LGW, STN), Manchester,<br />
Milan (MXP)<br />
FROM THE<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TAXI<br />
Pre-book your taxi<br />
at easyJet.com. A<br />
local taxi costs DKK180.<br />
Underground<br />
trains go to<br />
Nørreport station.<br />
Tickets: DKK31.50.<br />
Visit the Europcar<br />
desk for special<br />
easyJet rates.<br />
BON APPETIT<br />
UP TO €15<br />
Agnes Cupcakes (2<br />
Sværtegade, tel: 3120<br />
6000) Copenhagen’s<br />
fi rst cupcake bakery<br />
off ers a delicious<br />
alternative to the<br />
traditional Danish<br />
pastry, as well as a<br />
selection of organic<br />
hot and cold drinks.<br />
UP TO €30 Frk<br />
Barners Kælder (8A<br />
Helgolandsgade, tel:<br />
3333 0533) Think good,<br />
old-fashioned Danish<br />
cooking piled on plates<br />
and served at tables with<br />
kitsch red chequered<br />
table cloths. The menu<br />
includes classics such<br />
as herring, calf’s liver,<br />
butter-fried plaice and<br />
apple cake.<br />
UP TO €50 Scarpetta<br />
(7 Rantzausgade, tel:<br />
3535 0808) Perfect<br />
for the indecisive, this<br />
Italian restaurant off ers<br />
a fi ve-course set meal,<br />
or you can pick from the<br />
extensive menu of small<br />
tapas-sized dishes. The<br />
painted white furniture,<br />
tiled fl oors and olive<br />
trees make for a light<br />
and airy atmosphere.<br />
Booking is essential as<br />
it’s always packed.<br />
EXCLUSIVE<br />
Restaurant Godt (38<br />
Gothersgade, tel: 3315<br />
2122) Chef Colin Rice<br />
and his wife Marie<br />
Anne run this intimate<br />
restaurant in the centre<br />
of town. A maximum of<br />
20 guests are spread<br />
over the two simply<br />
decorated fl oors,<br />
ensuring wonderfully<br />
attentive service and<br />
making this the perfect<br />
choice for a romantic<br />
date. The four- or<br />
fi ve-course lunch and<br />
dinner menus comprise<br />
European dishes<br />
concocted from local<br />
seasonal ingredients.<br />
An accompanying wine<br />
menu is also available.<br />
AFTER DARK<br />
LOW KEY Hviids<br />
Vinstue (19 Kongens<br />
Nytorv, tel: 3315 1064)<br />
The city’s oldest pub is<br />
the perfect bolthole for<br />
a cold March day, with<br />
its low ceilings, dark<br />
wooden interiors and 27<br />
varieties of Danish beer.<br />
LIVE MUSIC<br />
The Rock (45–47<br />
Skindergade, tel: 3391<br />
3913) As the name<br />
DESTINATION GUIDES | 127<br />
suggests, this centrally<br />
located venue will appeal<br />
to rock music fans as it<br />
hosts a mix of local and<br />
international rock and<br />
metal bands three or<br />
four nights a week.<br />
LATE & LIVELY K3<br />
(3 Knabrostræde, tel:<br />
3311 3784) Previously<br />
the popular gay club<br />
Pan, this venue now<br />
prides itself on the<br />
diversity of its clientèle<br />
who dance the night<br />
away to sets by various<br />
international and<br />
Danish DJs on the four<br />
dancefl oors.<br />
THIS MONTH<br />
SHOP Foodies visiting<br />
Copenhagen should<br />
head to Løgismose,<br />
a gourmet food and<br />
wine shop that, thanks<br />
to its obscure location,<br />
remains unknown to<br />
many locals. Everything<br />
is top quality from<br />
the fresh bread and<br />
cakes to the cheeses,<br />
seafood and impressive<br />
selection of wine<br />
and spirits from<br />
COPENHAGEN<br />
STAR HOTEL<br />
★ ★ ★ ★ ★<br />
Centrally located, in<br />
the heart of the city,<br />
with all major tourist<br />
attractions within<br />
walking distance this<br />
place is a real fi nd.<br />
From €93, book at<br />
hotels.easyJet.com.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
around the world<br />
(16 Nordre Toldbod).<br />
SEE Take a stroll<br />
around the lofty, lightfi<br />
lled rooms of Kunsthal<br />
Charlottenborg, where<br />
changing exhibitions<br />
of contemporary<br />
artwork by Danish and<br />
international artists<br />
fi ll the walls and fl oor<br />
space. The bookshop<br />
and café are also worth<br />
a visit (2 Nyhavn).<br />
GO Linking swanky<br />
Frederiksberg with the<br />
more edgy Vesterbro<br />
is Værnedamsvej, a<br />
narrow street packed<br />
with great shops, cafés<br />
and restaurants. Spend<br />
an hour or so checking<br />
out the independent<br />
fashion boutiques,<br />
Benny’s fl orist and<br />
the delicatessens<br />
before treating yourself<br />
to a fresh juice at<br />
Granola or dinner at<br />
Les Trois Cochons.<br />
ESCAPE Fans of Out<br />
of Africa should take<br />
the train 25km north<br />
of Copenhagen to the<br />
Karen Blixen Museet,<br />
located in the house<br />
in which this famous<br />
author spent her entire<br />
life – except for her<br />
17 years in Africa. See<br />
rooms preserved in their<br />
original state, learn more<br />
about the author’s work<br />
and life and also enjoy<br />
the magnifi cent gardens<br />
(karen-blixen.dk).<br />
NO WAY!<br />
Denmark has 12.7<br />
million pigs compared<br />
to 5.5 million people,<br />
making it the greatest<br />
producer of pigs per<br />
capita in the world.<br />
Cathy Strongman
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