copenhagen is overrated. after all the great things we've heard about copenhagen being as if it's the most civilized city in the world, i found copenhagen as the least favorite scandinavian capital i visited (aside from oslo which i haven't been to).
first, i found the scale of the city was a little uncomfortable. in some parts there are lots of grand boulevards and wide streets which i didn't really enjoy walking on. second, there is no such thing as "the perfect northern europe transportation system". arriving there at the airport i encountered a train that was late for almost 30 minutes. then one time part of a metro line just stopped for hours, and when i arrived there when it supposed to be running again, it didn't. and there was again another train i supposed to ride that was cancelled. and also i lost quite a lot of money because of the confusing ticketing system. third, copenhagen is home to a lot of celebrated contemporary architecture, and i tried to visit some of them. in the end i can't say that i enjoyed it. i visited 3 or 4 of bjarke ingles works and frankly i say i hate them. i knew all the conceptual ideas behind the architecture but in the end they all felt just like unnecessary bullshit because the building themselves don't really say anything. and moreover, all these contemporary architecture (not just the ones of BIG) are laid in a land full of new big modern buildings, so it's just like a playground of architects trying to create cool things without any context at all. so i have to say that it's not something that i can appreciate. and fourth, the amusement park was far way less interesting than the one in stockholm.
however, i enjoyed the old architecture in copenhagen, specially those in christianhavn, with a more enjoyable scale. and the most important thing, copenhagen excels in providing and designing the public space. the waterfront is very much enjoyable and you can even swim (which a lot of people do. the first photo was taken very near to the second one). and the city offers a lot to see and to do, so although i didn't really enjoy copenhagen, i wouldn't mind returning back here.
