Amager

Amager (pronounced Am-ar) is an island connected to the eastern part of Copenhagen. Copenhagen is only 34 square miles (smaller than San Francisco) and has roughly 560,000 inhabitants. Today's weather was perfect-- mid 70's so I went on a long bike exploration to the other side of the Copenhagen metropolitan area.

My residence is flagged, I live in the Frederiksberg borough

1st stop: havnebadet Islands Brygge -  jumping 16 ft is so fun!!

After lounging at the harbor bath, I followed my internal compass east towards Amager. I had read rave reviews about Ismageriet  and went to try it out. I got a 3 kugle cone with pistachio ice cream and strawberry and elderflower sorbet, and a flødebolle (chocolate covered marshmallow). Fun fact: chocolate-coated marshmallows originate from Denmark and the Danes are the largest producers of these treats-- producing 800 million a year. Flødebolles and guf (marshmallow cream) are characteristic Danish ice cream toppings. Ismageriet definitely lived up to the hype-- possibly one of the best ice cream cones I've ever eaten. I am sure that it weighed at least two pounds and I enjoyed every lick of it :)

nothin' like ice cream on a warm summer day

Since I was already in Amager, I figured I should bike around the whole area. With my hand still sticky from my massive ice cream cone, I biked to Amager Strand (strand means beach). It was about 7pm when I got there so the crowd had subsided but the beach is packed on hot days.

On my bike ride home, I encountered a Danish rock concert in The City Hall Square. The band Dúné rocked out in front of a big crowd-- I thought they were pretty good!

This post was a bit rushed but I'm off to Berlin for my birthday weekend! Hejhej!