Shopping day @ Copenhagen - vegan fair-trade ethical

In this post I describe my one-day experience of fair trade, ethical shopping in Copenhagen and eating vegan food.

I am very confused about what my priority should be: the environmental impact of flying as a mode of transport or the great discovery of new landscapes, people and cultures to make me more open minded…

Ongoing subject for me, for this time I took a flight.
I left on Friday evening and returned Monday morning around noon.

For the hotel I looked at Veggie Hotels (https://www.veggie-hotels.com), Happycow (https://www.happycow.net/), google..... and couldn't really find one that met my criteria. As our arrival flight was late on Friday evening and the Airport hotel also looked positive, I decided to go for the Clarion Hotel® Copenhagen Airport.

This turns out to be a good choice, the hotel was great (see some more information about the book in the room), the flight eventually took quite some delay and I only arrived at the hotel around midnight. I was glad that it was only a short walk after arrival to find the bed.

On Saturday, because that’s when most shops are open, I had planned a fairtrade, ethical shopping day. I planned to do that by bike. The weather has decided otherwise, and I decided to take a subway ticket for that day.

Very directly from the hotel I took the M2 yellow line to the city centre and left for Norreport.

First breakfast at Landbageriet - Naturbageriet, Frederiksborggade 29, 1360 Copenhagen (Review over here: https://www.happycow.net/reviews/landbageriet-copenhagen-23965).

When I realized that EcoEgo wouldn't open until 11:00.

Took a longer breakfast at Souls, Noerre Farimagsgade 63 (at Frederiksborggade), Copenhagen (Review over here: https://www.happycow.net/reviews/souls-copenhagen-117770)

Walked the rest of the day, and I have to say that there were always other beautiful shops in the vicinity of these fair trade shops and those streets often had a nice atmosphere.

Passed by NiceCream Copenhagen.

ResRes, Guldbergsgade 29C, 2200 Copenhagen.

Is the best discovery and best shop I saw in Copenhagen. Very nice and passionate owner for a better world with whom I had a good conversation. The only negative point was, that he finally said that they are open all the days of the week, I went back on Sunday and that the shop was unfortunately closed.

Passed by PowVeganPizza

Passed by My Favourite Things, Jægersborggade 44, 2200 Copenhagen.

Passed by Spidsroden

Passed by Green Balance, Vendersgade 20, 1363 Copenhagen.

Along K29, Kompagnistræde 29, 1208 Copenhagen, now it apparently wasn't there anymore....

I had a wonderful lunch at SimpleRaw, Grabrodretorv 9, 1154 Copenhagen (Review over here: https://www.happycow.net/reviews/simpleraw-copenhagen-59290).

Passed by Ecouture, Læderstræde 5 st. th. (in the port), 1201 Copenhagen.

Passed by Pure Shop, Grønnegade 35, 1107 Copenhagen.

Passed by Nyhavn, Copenhagen.

Passed by Amalie Garden, Amaliehaven, Copenhagen.

Passed by Gefion Fountain, Churchillparken, 1263 Copenhagen.

Passed by The Little Mermaid, Langelinie, 2100 Copenhagen.

Passed by Amalie Garden, Amaliehaven, Copenhagen.

Passed by Nyhavn, Copenhagen.

Passed by FreeTown of Christiania, Copenhagen.

Passed by Strandgade, 1401 Copenhagen.

Wanted to have dinner at Madenitaly, Holbergsgade 22, 1057 Copenhagen, now unfortunately on a saturday not possible without reservation.

So had a quick dinner at Two Monkeys, Gothersgade 8F, 1123 Copenhagen (Review over here: https://www.happycow.net/reviews/two-monkeys-copenhagen-159004).


I am not so much in favour of big cities and crowded places, now I have to say that I found Copenhagen very charming and a city that I very much recommend!


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What can be learned from Denmark!

I am not sure whether this is completely generalised for Denmark, because I have been to various cities in Denmark, such as Skaerbaek, Kolding, Billund, Fyns Hoved, Odense, Esbjerg, Ribe... and didn't feel exactly like I was on my weekend trip to Copenhagen.

• The people were very open, liberal, friendly and stylishly dressed.
• The people seemed happy and the majority looked very healthy.
• There is a very good balance between green and buildings, especially visible in a city like Copenhagen.
• Predecessors have maximum priority and bikes have the same facilities as cars in Copenhagen.
• Harbours, rivers, tapwater... the water in general looked very clean with people swimming regularly in them.
• ...

Isn't this what I would like to see all over the world?

Upon arrival at the hotel, in the room there was a small book that welcomed us and of which I took the following excerpts (I took pictures of it and left it there for future readers):

At least from my point of view, I loved the approach of Copenhagen and Denmark. There was an energy I can only dream of all over the world. I conclude from this, that they have figured out much better than I have and probably a lot of other places on earth. Their politicians have made decisions that may not have made them popular in the short term, now I am sure that there are people that in the long term are very thankful for that. Politicians I can only dream of.


Let's take an example: the world would be a better place!


#peace #goodfood #nature #fruitsandvegetables #wholefood #freedom #denmark #copenhagen #wonderfulplace