On the Move Again
Well we didn't make it there on the big road trip so tomorrow I'll be starting my own design pilgrimage to Denmark.
I'm still working out where I'll get to outside of Copenhagen, which will depend what's open — it's very much the winter off-season right now so plenty of tourist places and places to stay are closed up till April.
Speaking of places to stay, I'd been thinking of splashing out on a night or two in a designer hotel in Copenhagen, since it's an uber-design capital, but actually looking at it I've realised there's a lot of options there: Hotel Fox has 21 individually-designed rooms (some by Aussie firm Rinzen) are all very cool; then there's The Square or Hotel Skt. Petri.
But really it'd be hard to go past the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel if this is going to be a real pilgrimage: it's designed inside and out by Arne Jacobsen. In case you haven't been subjected to the rants (or the holding page) Jacobsen is one of my design heroes. I'm looking forward to checking out some of his architectural creations after already falling for his chairs and other designer toys.
And then there's plenty of other bits and pieces to see around Copenhagen, from ultra-modern opera houses to classical buildings and a microbewery with cool labels.
So that's where I'll be for the next couple of weeks. Updates might be a little sketchy depending how often I can find wireless.
Posted on Monday, February 5, 2007 and filed under Europe 2006-2007.
