With its 4-5 meters this is the deepest of "the Lakes", I never got to run around this lake but I…read morewould walk around it with my dad all the time when I was a kid and I would visit the planetarium every time I was in Copenhagen which is located right by the lake. Somehow this lake has a different feel than the rest of the lakes that divide Copenhagen and all I have are fond memories of my dad and I when I was very young, therefore this place will always be something special to me.

Like to people watch? Do as the local? Go for a run? Walk in the sunset?…read more The Lakes (Søerne) is a cute little patch for all of the above. Early mornings are for the running people (and the walk of shame people) then comes the fashionable girls walking with a latte, the dog people, the late runners and finally the sunset chasers. Copenhagen's waterfront is facing east, so one of the best places to see the sun set behind the rooftop is here. My favorite is to share a bottle of wine (yes, this is legal here) by the stairs next to the Planetary. From here you can enjoy the last sun and wonderful atmosphere.

Søerne, the small lakes in the middle of Copenhagen, sort of divide the city in two. You have to…read morecross a bridge to either get to Nørrebro or (back) to Indre By. It's hard to miss the lakes, but whenever I'm in Copenhagen, I want to pay them a proper visit too. This time I was staying in an AirBnB very close to the lakes - in Østerbro, and gladly walked all the way pass the lakes to Vesterbro a snowy Friday morning. There weren't many people, but it was the best tour to start my trip with. This is the perfect place for a nature-ish walk (without even leaving the city center!), for a run, for walking the dog, for just sitting and chatting and having picnics when the weather is nice. It simply really is a pretty place! Walking from Østerbro to Vesterbro, along one side of the lakes, takes about 40-45 minutes.

Peblingesøen is the most popular of the lakes surrounding the inner old part of Copenhagen. You can…read moretry the pedalos and pedal around on the water - even in a Swan pedalos. It won't get more fairytale!! You can catch a ride from the gangway in the East part of the lake near Dronning Louises Bro. On the bank West of Peblingesøen you find Søpavillonen. It's a wooden house, built by the a iceskating association as there clubhouse. It's kind of crazy, because it's not every year or every two years, that the lake freez over. In this part of the lake you can iceskate, if Winter is coming. Most Thursday afternoons children learn to sail in the west part of the lake. They are sailing in Optimist dinghies. Most people walk or run around the lake. You can also sit on the bank with a cup of what ever. This place is most beautiful during dawn or sunset. You can catch the most beautiful colors in the sky.

Any of the lakes in Copenhagen is worth your time. I love when you can be by the water in the…read moremiddle of cities and the Lakes and here Peblinge Sø is one of them. I used to run around these lakes while I was living in Copenhagen and I loved it. The paths around the lakes are good and easy to run on, flat and not to hilly so it is great for beginners to run on. It is even a very romantic place to take a stroll around when the sun is setting and the sky is turning red. They are not great to bathe in though as not only is the water dirty and filled with bikes and what ever else is in the city and the lakes are to shallow to be swum in. But even if you can not bathe in the lake it is still worth having in the city as it gives a sense of space and nature even in the middle of the biggest city of Denmark.

If you walk around on any given evening, you might run into the "cheer-up" guy…read more The first time I saw him, he told me to "cheer-up" and smile. I looked confused, so he repeated it in English, at which point I did cheer up and smile. The second time I saw him, he said something to me in Danish, so I smiled and that seemed please him and he continued on to randomly talk to other people. I think he might be drunk or crazy or both, but his heart seems to be in the right place and he makes me enjoy this lake because I smile every time I'm there. So if you see him, just smile.

Love the lakes! Love them in every season, especially the Sortedam…read more This one was my go-to place when I need to think and relax while I was living in town; I used to sit in one of the benches and just watch people run by, ducks swim and just stay there until I couldn't feel my face because of the cold (suggestion if you want to do the same: bring hat, gloves and hot coffee/tea). However, I wouldn't walk around it at night, it's a bit dark for my taste. I loved to cross the bridge going back home in Norrebro and look at the reflections of the clouds and the neon signs at night, probably one of the places I remember the most from my time in CPH and one I keep coming back to, at least for a quick stop.

Queen Louis's Bridge (Dronning Louises Bro in Danish) is across the Copenhagen Lakes. The bridge…read morewas built between 1885 and 1887. It is named for King Christian IX's wife. The bridge is built from granite and has three arches. According to the wikipedia entry, the cast iron railings are decorated by four identical cartouches featuring Copenhagen's coat of arms surrounded by weapons, helmets and lions. I've posted a picture. I found the bridge to be perfectly functional with pedestrian, bicycle and automotive traffic. The counter of the number of bicycles and pedestrians was interesting!

How do you rate a bridge, by the way?…read more As an engineer, I'm tempted to do the whole building and construction analysis to determine if this bridge, despite its prettiness *rolls eyes at architects* is really functioning as it should. JUST KIDDING! But tell me, how do you rate a bridge, really? By the amount of hipsters or the so-called Nørrebronx dwellers squatting the bridge with a six-pack of Grøn Tuborg on a tow in a very summery day? One mississipi, two mississipi.... Anyway, I totally understand if this bridge has become a hangout place for whoever you are out there, be it you with the cheap beers from discount supermarket, the "original" grøn tuborg or the slightly sophisticated hipsters with a bottle of wine and real wine glasses (I swore I have seen those ones several times) - the view is damn nice over the lakes. You can just stand here and stare forever on the vast spread of polluted water *ahem* I meant the beautiful man made lakes that stretches from Frederiksberg to Østerbro. The bridges have walls and shoulders that are broad enough for you to sit on them so you can be a proper Copenhagen hipster if you want. Still, three stars from me, because I don't really know how to review a bridge. Totally ok sounds like it's a functioning bridge.