This is the street I live on, Agertoften. It's only five minutes from the S-tog (the train system) stop that I walk to every day. My stop is called Kildebakke.
This is my house at Agertoften 32 in Gentofte.
Here is my school, the Danish Institute for Study Abroad. Not too exciting. The green doors on the left are technically the main entrance, but everyone goes through the basement door on the right. Our classrooms are across the street in two different buildings. Just two minutes away is the walking street Strøget, which I frequent on a daily basis. It's the main part of downtown where all the shops, cafes, department stores are. H&M is as ubiquitous here as Starbucks is in the States. I swear there's an H&M every block. And it's not just the regular store. There's H&M women's, H&M kids...there's also an Urban Outfitters, TopShop (which I can't wait to go to in London), the department stores Illum and Magasin, Georg Jensen, and tons and tons of clothing stores, shoe stores, fur stores, cafes, etc. Here's a picture of the Georg Jensen store (a Danish designer I had never even heard of until the night before I left).
These pictures are from The Living Room, a super cozy cafe right by DIS that I go to at least three times a week. Upstairs by where you order there is counter space and high stools to sit on, while downstairs has wonderfully comfy chairs and couches, lit only by candlelight, and depending on the time of a day, a fire burning in the corner fireplace. In the very back of downstairs is a tea room with silk, Asian-inspired cushions to sit on. The hot chocolate with fresh whipped cream is amazing, but so are the cappucinos, chocolate cake, brownies, mocha milkshakes, and chicken wraps. You can't go wrong here. It's perfect for hanging out when I have long breaks in between classes and is a typical Friday afternoon meeting place for my friends and me.
This is my gym that I try to go to at least three times a week. I have to bike for about ten minutes to get there and back, which isn't so bad. Although it's hard to be motivated to do it when it's snowing or very windy. Here are the bike traffic lights I see on my way:
Hopefully you can kind of make out the little bike icon at the top of the light. They're pretty cool!
Just for fun...Fastelavnbolles still being sold at a bakery off of Strøget. SO GOOD!
yayyy! thanks for posting pictures, had! the bike lights are cool and the living room cafe sounds amazing. miss you!!!!
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