We wrote in the cruising association guide that the Margretheholms havn marina in Copenhagen:

‘was not going to suit most British cruisers. You enter the shallow marina through an industrial dockland area where rock is being unloaded for the ongoing land reclamation works at the entrance. The marina is surrounded by abandoned ship yards from a bygone era that resonate to the sound of rave parties till the early hours on weekends. The supermarket is a 45 minute walk and the sites of Copenhagen a further 30 minutes beyond. However before dismissing Margretheholms havn, its worth noting one of the best bakeries in Denmark is only a few hundred meters from the marina, which is close to the street food markets open 7 days, and a selection of fine dining restaurants including the worlds best restaurant are within walking distance. The opera house and Christiania are a 30 minute walk which may be excessive as there are art galleries, rock climbing gyms, bars and the indescribable Empirical flavour adventure just around the corner.’

SV away

It would be easy to judge Copenhagen by its cover:

This is the view that greeted us as we made our way into the marina. A lot of work happening, machinery and various industrial buildings make for an ominous entrance. Not to mention the rather suspicious looking wolf.
Possibly the best bakery in Denmark. The entrance is behind the plant in the silver urn. You can sit out side in the ‘seating’ area and enjoy your sausage roll or egg on brioche while hoping your seat doesn’t disintegrate while you are there. The Danish are wonders at repurposing.
The delights of Reffen are many, and mostly housed in repurposed containers and ramshakle shacks.
And you can get any type of food you like! Thai, Korean, Kurdish, Nepalese, Indian, South American fry ups, burgers and the list goes on.
Sorry UK friends, we found the best curry and naan ever at the street food market.
A surprise at every turn, of course there is crowd funded company trying to put a punter into a low earth orbit, although not in this rocket.
Yep thats the world famous Empirical flavour company where they extract flavour and then mix it into new products… usually alcoholic beverages (https://youtu.be/qhFWh0R30kE)
Our local night club. We realised if something looks like a drug den, its probably a posh restaurant or funky club or amazing startup.
One of our favourite resturants is in a yurt in an organic veggie garden. Most of the the land is contaminated by the shipping industry, but this plot was the barracks area and is suitable for organic gardening.
A fantastic local restaurant. The food was awesome and the walls are so thick you could have heavy metal inside, but instead live jazz starts up on a Friday night.
What could be better than fine food and conversation… lets add a little live jazz.
This is the local skiing facility inclusive of the biggest rock climbing wall in Europe. It also burns rubbish for fuel.
The is the iconic little mermaid status viewed at maximum zoom from our recommended viewing spot on the river bank at the street food markets. From here you can watch the throngs pouring out of cruise boats, taxis and tourist sightseeing boats from a safe distance and enjoy an authentic locally brewed beverage.
This is where you find cinnamon rolls on Wednesdays, since 1652.

Copenhagen is where we have spent this most time this season. In total we stayed here for 6 weeks, three as we passed through from Germany towards Sweden, and 3 when we sailed back from the east coast of Sweden heading to our planned winter home of Scotland. Needless to say, we hope to come back. Good food, good drink, good friends and overall a wonderful place to spend time.

However, as all cruisers know, we have to say goodbye to these amazing places and people and move along for new adventures. Our plan is to sail the west coast of Sweden and across the south coast of Norway relatively quickly, as the window for sailing across the north sea will be closing soon. Hopefully we get one! Or perhaps we will just stay in Denmark somehow. They have an Australian Princess – surely that counts!!!?