In the last couple of days weather has been great in Copenhagen and its surroundings; a lot of sun and temperatures up to 25-28 degrees Celsius! With other words a time just perfect to have holiday, relax and enjoy a cold drink, preferably on the beach. I am not among the lucky ones when it comes at matching the perfect summer weather with my schedule, so I can only envy those out there having a wonderful time in Copenhagen, while I am just looking outside through the window of my flat.
This situation makes me remember last time I enjoyed a day at the beach here in Copenhagen! I have this experience very fresh in my mind since it happened just three days ago, when I succeeded to make a window in my schedule, and I escaped to one of the beaches in Copenhagen, Amager Strand. However, I didn’t go there for having a bath in the sea, I just walked along the beach together with my girlfriend, enjoying the views and the timeless-like atmosphere.
Our escape started at Femøen Metro Station. Around 7-8 minutes from the station is the closest point to get to the amazing outdoor swimming pool, Kastrup Søbad. It is a very uncommon swimming pool, just offshore, in the sea water! To this, its innovative and fancy design adds even more excitement to everyone visiting it. Moreover, here it can also be seen the Øresund Bridge, the only link between Denmark and Sweden, together with tehe rest of the Nordic countries!
Kastrup Søbad seems to be aslo the southern end of Amager Beach.
Kastrup Søbad!
Øresund Bridge!
From there we walked north. The weather was nice, with clear sky and good temperature, although the wind blew quite hard at that particular time. The beach is wide, clean and with sand; yet, the water has plenty of stones, seaweed and it is pretty cold. But, we are in Denmark, not in an exotic destination, famous for the best beaches; although if you don’t consider sea’s characteristics, the view is close to what one may have seen in other destinations with nice beaches.
Apart from the beaches, there are also parks, where people come to enjoy their spare time without getting wrapped in a sand layer.
As a negative side of beaches in Denmark, and so of Amager Strand as well, I have notices that there are not many bars, coffee shops or other kind of shops around the beach; but this might be due to the proximity of the city streets with their shops. However, there are some places with drinks and ice cream, and we even discovered a cafe. It is called Allehånde Cafe (http://www.allehaandecafe.dk/).
Salmon sandwich!
Fadøl with view!
Allehånde Cafe!
It is a very nice one, on a boat, at shore and with view to the sea. There I served a cold beer -the popular Danish fadøl– and a salmon sandwich. They have a pretty diverse menu for both drinks and food, and the prices are not higher than in the city, although the view is better I would say; so, I do recommend this place if you found yourself wandering around Amager Strand.
I mentioned some rows above that day was quite windy, and that it created the unpleasant feeling of having the sand in your eyes, properly. Yet the wind seemed not to bother everyone; this is because that day was like gold for the kiteboard lovers. There were many of them enjoying the very good wind, which is actually not rare to Denmark, but as one of the kiters told me, to have good temperatures, a perfect clean sky, and such a great wind, it is yet not something they have every day. We enjoyed a lot this on site show, and took a lot of pictures with our phone cameras!
We wouldn’t have gone from there, unless the evening was coming and we had to follow other plans as well. Thus, from there we walked to the Øresund Metro Station, from where we took the train back to the city center.
It was a great walk along the Amager Strand beach, and I think this can be a very nice activity to do in these very nice and hot days in Copenhagen; I refer here especially to tourists, because I am sure the Danes and the others living in Denmark for some time know about this beach and they will take it over.
My advice: enjoy it at its max!
Spot'n'go! 