and this series is about new Nordic cuisine

We'll be traveling across three Nordic capitols

Exploring the culinary revolution that's turned this region

into one of the most dynamic food destinations on Earth.

Along the way, we'll be meeting locals,

eating, drinking, and having a great time

Hope you're hungry

In episode two we're diving into Copenhagen

birthplace of the new Nordic cuisine

Ok so it's going to be a pretty wild day

today we are going to check out a bunch of things around Copenhagen

we're starting out with this market

we're going to go to a local food market for some breakfast

and then head throughout town

so with some luck the weather will brighten up

and it will be a fun day here in Copenhagen

Marko:"Christian?"

Christian:"yes"

Marko:"Hi, Marko"

Alex:"So where are we headed?"

Christian:"We are headed towareds....the food market

and we are going to have some porridge"

Alex:"Perfect. Who doesn't want poridge in the morning?"

Alex:"Even though we just had breakfast, LET'S EAT"

Mark:"So Copenhagen is one of the most bike friendly cities in the world.

actually only less than 1/3 of locals own a car

and people bike everywhere"

Christian:" It's here where the university was in the old days

so people spoke Latin here at university

it's from around year 1500"

Christian:"It's about three years old now, this used to be just a big parking facility

and now it's the hip and cool food place of the city

we have all the cakes and chocolate and coffee and the porridge that you just had

Alex:"Why is it so special?"

Market server:"Because it has lots of different flavors

it has licorise sugar and gooseberry compound which really gives it a twist"

Alex:"This is the gnarliest looking porridge i've ever seen"

Mark:"Goldielox would totally steal this and I would totally notice

Alex:"You'd be the angry bear?"

Mark:"I'd be an angry bear because this is a serious bowl of porridge"

Mark:"My first coffee in 18 months

I quit because after the BBB trip I was an addict i drank 8 cups a day

so this is either the beginning of a huge decline of my life or I think i'll be able to handle it

so here we go...

ooo it's nice"

we're properly caffinated, we've had a good feed

and now we're going to head to the tower, the round tower

where we are going to get a nice panoramic view of the city so... let's roll

Alex:"So fun! It's actually turning into a really nice day

the sun's just come out

could not ask for much more, good food, good cofee nice people, good weather,

welcome to Denmark

we have just arrived at our next stop at the round tower

we are gunna get a panoramic view of the city up here

It's a beautiful place up here we're getting a great view of the city

and we learned that when Christian IV, who is the guy who built this tower,

he also built a lot of the city

and there weren't a lot of architects in Denmark at that time

so they brought in a lot of architects from the Netherlands

which is why the city kind of has that Dutch feel in some places

which is really ironic too because now Scandinavia and the Nordic countries are famous for design

but back then there were not any architects

Alex: look at the skyline there are like bell towers everywhere

churches, right now we're at the top of round tower

and it used to be like an observatory

Mark: It still is actually it functions two nights a week as an observatory

apparently this is one of the best hot dog spots in the city, it's called Døp

Alex: Doope

Mark: Sounds pretty dope to me

Døp worker: Everything in here is organic

Mark: all the food so far in Copenhagen has been organic we should just start noting when it's not organic

pickles, friend onions

A whole grain bun

awesome

Mark: back on the bikes!

Christian: Back on the bikes yes

Christian: Nice meeting you guys

Mark: Likewise thank you so much for everything

Christian: Thank you, it was fun

Mark: Alright, and onwards into Tivoli

Guys this is Simon

SImon: Welcome

He's gunna tell us what Tivoli's all about

Simon: Tivoli is one of the oldest amusement parks in the world

it's was founded in 1843

so it's very old now

alright guys we are going to go ride a roller coaster

and I think it's one of the oldest roller coasters in Europe

Mark: Ya and back in the day they used to have a strong dude just carry you up

Alex: Like Atlas just pushing you to the top

Mark: And you would go down like manually there was no motor driving it

and it was only 7 seconds long

Alex: It's a little bit longer today but let's take a look

It really reminds me of the Matterhorn at Disneyland

and i bet Walt Disney probably copied this ride

Mark: I think he probably did

It wasn't quite Ferrari world but you know I think that was really fun

Victory

Bye

Hello my name is Maya Tsini and i'm responsible for the PR and external communications

here at Copenhagen street food on the paper island

we are located in old warehouses where there used to be storage for paper for the printing press

so we took over the warehouses last year and opened up in May

we have 35 stalls which are representing 13 different nationalities

so welcome to Copenhagen street food

so we are actually going to try the most Danish thing of all the open faced sandwich

Alex: Smørrebrød? How do you say it?

Local: Smørrebrød

Marko and Alex: (with a terrible accent) Smørrebød

that's a potato, mayonaise, chives, and onion, fried onions

cow cash, 75, 80

Mark: oh nice

before we eat these there is one last thing we need it is absolutely essential

Mark: let me guess let me guess

together: Beer

Mark: I knew it

beer is excellent everything has been excellent

and you guys should know this is only going to be here until 2018 potentially

so make it down here while it lasts because it's definitely a cool vibe

we're about to hop on a little booze cruise with Matilda

take a boat through the harbor and show you guys Copenhagen from sea level

I think i'm having one of the better days of my life right now

we use the word epic a lot but this has been a pretty epic day

Alex: It's been seriously epic

Oh my god you guys today has been a grub and chub marathon

I don't i've eaten, drank this much in my life ever but it's been awesome

but we're not done yet we've got two more stops

so keep watching

we are going next to the Mad Mad Mad Bodega

there's three mad's

which is an ecological restuarant

Alex: What does that mean?

Mark: Well they say it's about putting the joy into being green

so you know like we said the new Nordic food movement

a lot of it's based on being organic and sustainable

and that's what we're going to explore right now

Mad Mel is a play on words

Mad is the English for mad

Mel is the Danish for food

so we are crazy about food

Mad Mel is a place that is inspired to create really down to earth food

we have a feast on our hands here

we've got fish

we have chicken

cabbage, cauliflower, and a tomato orgy

but realistically it's really cool what their doing here

they're taking all local sustainable products and their whipping them up in very creative ways

so we have eaten a lot today

but this makes me feel a little less guilty about continuing the feast

well that was mad good

Mark: super good

Alex: And i'm stuffed bro

I could not eat anything more

Mark: We're gunna have a little beer right now

Alex: I couldn't eat anything more but I could drink more

We're gunna go to War Pigs which is a really cool place with an awesome story

Alex: Now the war pigs have the poweerrrr

War Pigs is really interesting it's a collaboration between Three Floyds

which is one of the best breweries in the world

out of Munster, Indiana

and Mikkeller a local brewer here nammed mikkel

who, he's a gypsy brewer, he's done collaborations with hundreds of brewers around the world

and this is the first physical location where he's actually produced his own beer

because he just writes his own recipes

Alex: And has other breweries brew them for him?

Mark: Ya dude

It's a really global brewing company

and so we're going to try a little bit of American influence here in Copenhagen

and try out the beer

how many beers do you guys have on tap right now?

Bartender: Right now we have 20 beers and 2 cocktails on tap

what's your favorite beer on tap right now?

Mark: Is there a reason why it's 6.66% alcohol?

Bartender: Umm, you figure it out

Mark: I'm drinking it man it makes you feel very..

Alex: Demonic

Mark: Very devilish

Alex: Uh oh watch out ladies, Mark's on the loose

I'm a war pig, man

It's been one of the better days of my life

with no exaggeration we've eaten our way through Copenhagen

So rotund right now but happily, happily bloated.

Pleasantly plump I think it the word

now we've got these beers in our hands and it is so strong that we're just going to have to sign out right now

before this gets really sloppy

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In the mean time stay curious keep exploring we'll see you guys on the road

alright peace