Our first family travel in 2026 was a Scandinavian adventure in Denmark and Norway, starting our trip with five days in and around Copenhagen.
Our inbound flight was on SAS Premium Economy which was a decent experience. Teddy is still generally a good traveller, although he is definitely more challenging to contain and entertain as an active toddler. We managed to survive by bringing the Cosco Scenera car seat on board, lots of snacks, some Water Wow colouring books, and the iPad loaded with Super Simple Songs videos.
We landed at CPH in the early morning. Disappointingly, this airport does not actually deliver gate checked items back to the door so we had to trek to passport control and baggage check without our stroller. However, they do have little trolleys with a child seat available around the terminal so we grabbed one to transport our belongings and stuck Teddy in it.
I had pre-booked airport transfer to our hotel via Hoppa. Traffic was terrible on account of it being weekday morning rush hour so it took us nearly an hour to get to Hotel Kong Arthur. Luckily, our room was ready for early check in at about 9 am so we were able to get settled in and have a shower and nap.
We stayed in the junior suite at Hotel Kong Arthur which I really enjoyed. The hotel is in a quiet neighbourhood but still within walking distance to attractions and just a couple blocks to the metro station. Overall, we found Copenhagen to be pretty baby and kid friendly. It was easy to navigate with the stroller and there are lots of play spaces around the city. Eateries are generally accommodating to young children. Although restaurants did not always have high chairs or kids’ menus, we managed to find enough for Teddy to eat from the main menu and we went to many food halls and markets so didn’t worry about table service.
We took it easy on our first afternoon in Copenhagen without any specific activities planned. We picked up supplies at Netto supermarket and had lunch at the nearby Torvehallerne food market, where we tried a seafood and salad platter. In the evening, we walked through the iconic Nyhavn district and picked up dinner from Gasoline Grill at Broens Street Food.
The next morning, we slept in quite late and then walked over to Rosenborg Garden where we had a stroll through the park and let Teddy check out the playground.
For lunch, we had reservations at Restaurant Schonnemann, one of the oldest restaurants in Copenhagen serving the traditional Danish open-faced sandwich, smørrebrød. It was worth trying but not really to my taste.
Afterward, we activated our Copenhagen Card to visit the National Museum of Denmark. There was a fun children’s play area on the lower level which Teddy enjoyed, but overall it was a fairly small museum and I wouldn’t necessarily visit unless it was covered by the card.
Next, we went over to the Danish Architecture Center, the highlight of which was the slide designed by Carsten Holler, an interactive art installation that you can spiral down four storeys. Regrettably, I did not capture any photos during my vertigo-inducing slide down.
To cap off the day, we had dinner at Kodbyens Fiskebar for locally sourced seafood. This was my favourite restaurant in Copenhagen and we came back for a second time later in the trip.
Next up, more about our time in Copenhagen!
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