Everywhere: People: Olivier Oosterbaan

Danish Design Destinations

Story written 7 March 2008

Fill your day with design in stylish Copenhagen: from a morning espresso at the mid-century modern SAS hotel to sipping a martini at the contemporary Skt. Petri.

Danish Design nr 478: Vacuum Jug. uploaded on 7 March 2008

Danish designer Erik Magnussen’s Vacuum Jug doing what it does best, sitting pretty, and having a passing resemblance to some kind of marine bird.

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Poul Kjærholm’s PK 9 chair at the Vor Frue Kirke uploaded on 18 February 2008

Designer Poul Kjærholm’s 1960 bespoke design “PK 9” was one reason to visit the neo-classical Vor Frue Kirke church, a short way from the Skt. Petri hotel. Copenhagen is a good place to see a number of design classics in their original context, such as Poul Kjærholm’s “Artichoke Lamp”, designed for the Langelinie Pavillonen restaurant, or Arne Jacobsen’s Egg and Swan chairs, part of his integral design of the Radisson SAS hotel.

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Charlotte Ostergaard store, Copenhagen. uploaded on 18 February 2008

It's not all modern design that meets the eye in Copenhagen. Something as fresh and beautiful as these dresses is likely to silently beckon from inside one of the miriad small stores in the city center.

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Skt. Petri Hotel, Copenhagen. uploaded on 18 February 2008

Breakfast is served in the lobby of the luxurious Skt. Petri hotel, located in an old department store. Good and friendly service makes you feel welcome, that and the heavenly beds. It is a large hotel, so if it gets a little busy (or bustling) at times, you can easily slip out into the university quarter in which it is located.

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The park at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. uploaded on 18 February 2008

Outside, in the lovely park of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, overlooking the Öresund strait. You can see Sweden!

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Land art at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. uploaded on 18 February 2008

Outside, in the lovely park of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, near Copenhagen.

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Lousiana Museum of Modern Art, near Copenhagen. uploaded on 18 February 2008

The lovely Louisiana museum of modern art is a short train-ride from Copenhagen. When you want to take a break from Giacometti, Beuys and Warhol presented in the small pavilions, you can enjoy works from Bacon, Moore, Calder, Arp and others in the beautiful landscaped garden. Looking out over the sound, you can see Sweden on a clear day. (The picture shows the current exhibitions from some time ago, with the seminal PH Artichoke lamp shedding light on it. If you hurry, you can catch an exhibit contrasting Cézanne and Giacometti, it is on until 29 June 2008.)

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The parade at Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen. uploaded on 18 February 2008

Although the Tivoli Garden amusement park may sound like a corny tourist trap at first, it really is quite magical. It is not difficult to picture how for over 150-years the people of Copenhagen took the chance to see and be seen, while taking a stroll around the illuminated park. And if you ever wanted to eat cotton candy while taking a ride in a small roller coaster most likely from the 1910’s, this is your place.

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Konings Nytorv from Café à Porta, Copenhagen. uploaded on 18 February 2008

To have lunch in the 1950’s decor of this 200-year old bistro was especially nice in summer-time, as light and airy as Copenhagen itself. A good place to spend some time looking out over the Konings Nytorv square, watching people go by, while enjoying herring in three different ways with rye bread, and tarte tartin as dessert.