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All I know is that the Danish drink to the shit. They really love alcohol.



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Kerotan said:
TomaTito said:

So you're going to Legoland?

For Kobenhavn I would rent a car or take the train, maybe even stop at Odense (which is Hans Christian Andersen's birthplace).
Just enjoy the small city center of Copenhagen, various places you can go, but you can end the day at 
Moose Bar.

Can you rent a car and drop it off in Copenhagen? 

 

We're actually going for the world cup qualifier between Ireland and Denmark. I hear drinks are very expensive there.  but I also hear drinking on the street is allowed.  I've a feeling half of the Irish travelling will be buying cans and drinking on the street xD

 

So I was looking at train tickets.  €37 if you are 25 or under.  €50 if you are over 25. Are they strick on that?  My friend is 25 now but will be 26 by then.  My other friend is just gone 26. Would we get away with the cheaper tickets? 

 

And accommodation in Copenhagen is meant to be very expensive.  Any tips?  Preferably would like to not pay more then €100 per room per night.. 

Be careful with the youth tickets, I think you need to buy a specific youth card, that you need to show in addition to the youth ticket for it to be valid.

If you are fast and lucky you might be able to buy the cheaper Orange tickets, but be aware, they have to be used on that specific train they are bought for, and they can’t be refunded. If you don’t buy an Orange ticket, then just wait until when you are there to buy tickets, since the prices for regular tickets won’t change.



TomaTito said:
Kerotan said:

Can you rent a car and drop it off in Copenhagen? 

 

We're actually going for the world cup qualifier between Ireland and Denmark. I hear drinks are very expensive there.  but I also hear drinking on the street is allowed.  I've a feeling half of the Irish travelling will be buying cans and drinking on the street xD

 

So I was looking at train tickets.  €37 if you are 25 or under.  €50 if you are over 25. Are they strick on that?  My friend is 25 now but will be 26 by then.  My other friend is just gone 26. Would we get away with the cheaper tickets? 

 

And accommodation in Copenhagen is meant to be very expensive.  Any tips?  Preferably would like to not pay more then €100 per room per night.. 

You can always rent a car in one place and drop it somewhere else, it just costs more money.
I would have thought you had the return flight at Billund, so you could use the rental as a means to get back.
Just check how much it costs, it might be cheaper than the train if you are a group.

For accommodation maybe look around the outskirts,
somewhere that is nicely connected via the train so you can easily get to the city.

Thinking of getting a hostel in the city. prices seem to be around €40-€50 a night. unfortunetly it looks like i'll have to get a 2.45am bus to the airport on sunday or i'll miss my flight at 10.45. 

Replicant said:

Copenhagen has a bunch of nightlife activitites. You can read about some of them here. Accomodation in Copenhagen is really expensive. The hotels are really good but if you're travelling on a tight budget I'd suggest checking out Airbnb or hostels.com. Cheapest way to travel from Billund to Copenhagen would be by bus or train. Just ask for help in the airport. People are really nice.
Bus from Billund to Vejle ~ 7€
Bus from Vejle to Copenhagen ~ 17 (book well in advance on flixbus.dk)
Train from Vejle to Copenhagen 
12 (book well in advance on dsb.dk, only "orange tickets" (tickets that are booked early) are that cheap)

I'm from Denmark. Grew up in Randboeldal (Randboel Valley) approx. 10 km from Billund. The nature is pretty great in this area (forest valleys and lakes) combined with historical Viking landmarks (Rune Stones, Viking ships, etc). If you visit places even closer to the sea in Eastern Jutland, the nature will be great as well.

 

I suppose you already know about attractions in Billund like:

Legoland

 

Lego House

 

Lalandia

Thanks for the tips. Denmark loks pretty :) 

BTW i can't seem to find any "Orange" tickets

OTBWY said:
All I know is that the Danish drink to the shit. They really love alcohol.

I think we'll get on just fine so :)

Vinther1991 said:
Kerotan said:

Can you rent a car and drop it off in Copenhagen? 

 

We're actually going for the world cup qualifier between Ireland and Denmark. I hear drinks are very expensive there.  but I also hear drinking on the street is allowed.  I've a feeling half of the Irish travelling will be buying cans and drinking on the street xD

 

So I was looking at train tickets.  €37 if you are 25 or under.  €50 if you are over 25. Are they strick on that?  My friend is 25 now but will be 26 by then.  My other friend is just gone 26. Would we get away with the cheaper tickets? 

 

And accommodation in Copenhagen is meant to be very expensive.  Any tips?  Preferably would like to not pay more then €100 per room per night.. 

Be careful with the youth tickets, I think you need to buy a specific youth card, that you need to show in addition to the youth ticket for it to be valid.

If you are fast and lucky you might be able to buy the cheaper Orange tickets, but be aware, they have to be used on that specific train they are bought for, and they can’t be refunded. If you don’t buy an Orange ticket, then just wait until when you are there to buy tickets, since the prices for regular tickets won’t change.

I can't seem to find any orange tickets... might have to wait and get the more expensive oneso n the day :(



Kerotan said:

Thanks for the tips. Denmark loks pretty :) 

BTW i can't seem to find any "Orange" tickets

No problem

You gotta tick the "Show me Orange tickets" before you click on "Search journey".

Here are some of the "orange" departures from Vejle to Copenhagen on October 11:
12.57 - 15.05 for 92 kr. (12.36€)
13.56 - 16.05 for 101 kr. 
(13.57)
16.04 - 18.57 for 101 kr. 
(13.57)
18.04 - 20.57 for 92 kr. 
(12.36)

Alternatively, you can rent a car which may be cheaper if you're a group like TomaTito said. But be sure to rent it from your home country as that'll save you a lot of money. A couple years ago I rented a car in Australia and later discovered that I could've saved 200+ € if I had done so through a Danish unit in the same car rental company

 

If you end up follow this through, enjoy the match (maybe I'll join you). And when you're in Copenhagen remember to visit Mikkeller Bar and taste the beer awarded one of the 3 best in the world.



RolStoppable said:
Kerotan said:

I don't follow lol

It's the nickname of the Danish football team. It originated around the time that they won Euro 1992, but they haven't exactly been dynamite since then, so it's probably not common knowledge anymore.

My post was a joke on the panic/outrage that can be caused by mentioning words like 'bomb' in an airport.

Wrong. The nickname Danish Dynamite originated with their 1986 World Cup team that beat West Germany 2-0 and Uruguay 6-1.



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Ka-pi96 said:
Enjoy the footie! Hope you Irish win


OTBWY said:
All I know is that the Danish drink to the shit. They really love alcohol.

It's true that we like beer. Lately, we've fallen a bit behind though. Going from 10th among OECD countries in 2013 to 20th in 2015.

 

List of OECD countries by the total alcohol consumption per capita in litres of pure alcohol in 2015:

RankCountryAlcohol consumption
in litres
1  Czech Republic 14.1
2  Australia 12.6
3  Portugal 12.5
4  Slovakia 12.5
5  Hungary 12.4
6  United Kingdom 12.0
7  Finland 11.9
8  France 11.6
9  Poland 11.5
10  Luxembourg 11.2
11  New Zealand 11.2
12  Ireland 10.9
13  Slovenia 10.9
14  South Korea 10.9
15  Belgium 10.8
16  Germany 10.6
17  Spain 10.6
18   Switzerland 10.4
19  Canada 10.3
20  Denmark 10.2
21  Netherlands 9.6
22  Chile 9.3
23  Greece 9.3
24  United States 9.0
25  Sweden 8.7
26  Austria 8.5
27  Japan 7.5
28  Norway 7.0
29  Iceland 6.9
30  Mexico 6.8
31  Italy 6.1
32  Israel 3.1
33  Turkey 2.4


RolStoppable said:
Kerotan said:

I don't follow lol

It's the nickname of the Danish football team. It originated around the time that they won Euro 1992, but they haven't exactly been dynamite since then, so it's probably not common knowledge anymore.

My post was a joke on the panic/outrage that can be caused by mentioning words like 'bomb' in an airport.

Here in Brazil we call the '86s Danish team of "Dinamáquina" (or something like DinaMachine in english). Didn't heard that "danish dynamite" before.



Replicant said:
Ka-pi96 said:
Enjoy the footie! Hope you Irish win


OTBWY said:
All I know is that the Danish drink to the shit. They really love alcohol.

It's true that we like beer. Lately, we've fallen a bit behind though. Going from 10th among OECD countries in 2013 to 20th in 2015.

 

List of OECD countries by the total alcohol consumption per capita in litres of pure alcohol in 2015:

RankCountryAlcohol consumption
in litres
1  Czech Republic 14.1
2  Australia 12.6
3  Portugal 12.5
4  Slovakia 12.5
5  Hungary 12.4
6  United Kingdom 12.0
7  Finland 11.9
8  France 11.6
9  Poland 11.5
10  Luxembourg 11.2
11  New Zealand 11.2
12  Ireland 10.9
13  Slovenia 10.9
14  South Korea 10.9
15  Belgium 10.8
16  Germany 10.6
17  Spain 10.6
18   Switzerland 10.4
19  Canada 10.3
20  Denmark 10.2
21  Netherlands 9.6
22  Chile 9.3
23  Greece 9.3
24  United States 9.0
25  Sweden 8.7
26  Austria 8.5
27  Japan 7.5
28  Norway 7.0
29  Iceland 6.9
30  Mexico 6.8
31  Italy 6.1
32  Israel 3.1
33  Turkey 2.4

My experience is from 7 years ago though.



OTBWY said:

My experience is from 7 years ago though.

Oh. Yeah, we drank A LOT 7 years ago



Replicant said:
Kerotan said:

Thanks for the tips. Denmark loks pretty :) 

BTW i can't seem to find any "Orange" tickets

No problem

You gotta tick the "Show me Orange tickets" before you click on "Search journey".

Here are some of the "orange" departures from Vejle to Copenhagen on October 11:
12.57 - 15.05 for 92 kr. (12.36€)
13.56 - 16.05 for 101 kr. 
(13.57)
16.04 - 18.57 for 101 kr. 
(13.57)
18.04 - 20.57 for 92 kr. 
(12.36)

Alternatively, you can rent a car which may be cheaper if you're a group like TomaTito said. But be sure to rent it from your home country as that'll save you a lot of money. A couple years ago I rented a car in Australia and later discovered that I could've saved 200+ € if I had done so through a Danish unit in the same car rental company

 

If you end up follow this through, enjoy the match (maybe I'll join you). And when you're in Copenhagen remember to visit Mikkeller Bar and taste the beer awarded one of the 3 best in the world.

I'm honestly still not seeing it.  I'm searching for billund airport to Copenhagen via vejle.  

 

Edit: what website you using?