-Capital of Denmark
-Located east of the mainland on the island Zealand in the Baltic Sea
-Only Scandinavian Country attached to the European Continent
-Of it's neighbor countries, closest in proximity to Sweden, specifically the town of Malmö
-Population is over 1 million
-The native language spoken is Danish, an Indo-Germanic Language, although English is largely spoken as well
The Gulf Stream has the effect of making the summers in Copenhagen warm relative to its latitude. Another result of this is that the Falls and Winters can become very wet and cold.
During World War II Denmark defied Nazi directives to contain the Jewish population by allowing Jews to escape to Sweden by way of ferry. As a result many of them survived and later returned to Denmark and Copenhagen. As Joe's friend Svetelin puts its it, "so many jews man".
The harbor in Copenhagen, Christianshavn, named after King Christian the 4th is over 400 years old.
The modern part of the Harbor is called the Nyhavn.
Commercial fishing is a major industry in Copenhagen/Denmark.
Denmark was a member of the Hanseatic Trading League
Copenhagen is the home of Carlsberg Beer, Tivoli Gardens amusement park, which has the oldest roller coaster in the world and the Little Mermaid Statue that influenced the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale. The statue has been removed before by local students.
Physicist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Niels Bohr lived in Copenhagen
The impression I got for Copenhagen from taking part in this project was a positive one. Between all of the people my group members and I interviewed, the general consensus among them was that Copenhagen is a very nice place to visit and the people there are very friendly and pleasant. For Americans however, it is a city that is perhaps forgotten about next to other major cities in Western Europe. As travel agents, when my parents would plan European trips for their clients, Copenhagen was omitted from most itineraries. Also, when I asked my dad if his brother (who lives in Holland) visits Copenhagen or if the Dutch in general go to Denmark he tended not to think so. HoweverI suspect that this is false for younger generations. Joe's friend Svetelin was familiar with Copenhagen and from going on Vice.com the youth culture in Copenhagen looks very lively and would seem to have much to offer.
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