Forelsket i København
Forelsket i København er titlen på en gammel dansk
sang. Den handler om at være forelsket i en person i København. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1glUyBcId0
Men for mig handler ordene om det, jeg er – forelsket i byen København og, må jeg indrømme, især i Vesterbro. Det måtte jeg igen konstatere for nylig - en smuk sensommerdag, som meteorologerne havde varslet som årets sidste sommerdag. Nu skal man ikke tro på alt nyt fra de danske meteorologer. Men denne dag blev smuk – omend heldigvis ikke den sidste!
Af forskellige årsager havde jeg ærinder både i og
udenfor København den dag. Ja, faktisk var jeg på gaden tidligere end jeg
plejer. Af hensyn til den arbejdende del af befolkningen vil jeg helst ikke
røbe tidspunktet, for selv om det for mig føltes tidligt, var der allerede fuld
tryk på byen. Solen varmede og jeg sugede alle indtryk til mig. Ved
Matthæuskirken var nogle unge mennesker ved at opsætte en pavillon – den var
væk, da jeg igen kom forbi sent på eftermiddagen, men efter deres glade
ansigter at dømme, skulle der ske noget festligt.
Og så gik det med ét op for mig, hvad der var det helt
særlige ved byen den dag – ALLE københavnere var i glade og i godt humør. Inge
sure miner. En kollektiv beslutning om at gøre dagen til en ganske særlig dag.
De skolebørn jeg passerede ved Tove Ditlevsens skole gik rundt i smågrupper med
deres opgaveark og mobiltelefoner – og smilede. Jeg mærkede, at jeg selv smilte
og følte en brusende glæde i hele kroppen.
Jeg flytter aldrig herfra, tænkte jeg, mens jeg samtidig så og hørte alt det, som også hører storbyen til, snavs, affald, evindelig støj fra vejarbejde og nedrivningen af en stor bygning, osv.
Senere på dagen var jeg i Lyngby og sad lidt tid og
nød stilheden ved den gamle mølle ved søen – mens en and padlede rundt med
bagdelen i vejret for at få det bedste af, hvad den må mene er særligt lækkert
nede i det plumrede vand. Det var smukt, fredeligt og meditativt. 
Jeg flytter aldrig herfra, tænkte jeg, mens jeg samtidig så og hørte alt det, som også hører storbyen til, snavs, affald, evindelig støj fra vejarbejde og nedrivningen af en stor bygning, osv.
Men vel
tilbage i København gik jeg gennem Enghaveparken og også her var smukt og
fredeligt, med folk der lå og sugede varmen fra meteorologernes sidste
sommerdag til sig – og de så stadig glade ud.
Nå, det forheksede København viste alligevel også sine
andre sider. Da jeg sent på eftermiddagen foretog de sidste indkøb, var
københavnerne blevet trætte af at være så glade og tilfredse. Surheden kom frem
i supermarkedernes kassekøer mv. Også jeg mærkede en snert af trenden – og
skyndte mig hjem og nød resterne af den smukke dag sammen med Denis ude på
vores altan.
At Vesterbro faktisk er særlig, har jeg netop fået
bekræftet gennem Lonely Planet, som nu udnævner Vesterbro til at være blandt
“the 10 coolest neighbourhoods in the world”
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/vesterbro-among-the-coolest-neighbourhoods-in-the-world-2017-9
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/vesterbro-among-the-coolest-neighbourhoods-in-the-world-2017-9
In love with Copenhagen
In love in Copenhagen is the
title of an old Danish song. It's about being in love with someone in
Copenhagen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1glUyBcId0
But for me the words are about what I am - in love with the city of Copenhagen and, I must admit, especially in Vesterbro. I had this confirmed again recently - a beautiful late summer day, which the Meteorologists had pronounced as the last summer day of the year. Now you should not believe in everything the Danish meteorologists say. But this day turned out beautiful - and fortunately not the last!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1glUyBcId0
But for me the words are about what I am - in love with the city of Copenhagen and, I must admit, especially in Vesterbro. I had this confirmed again recently - a beautiful late summer day, which the Meteorologists had pronounced as the last summer day of the year. Now you should not believe in everything the Danish meteorologists say. But this day turned out beautiful - and fortunately not the last!
For different reasons, I had
errands both in and outside Copenhagen that day. Yes, actually, I was out on
the street earlier than usual. With regards for the working part of the population,
I would rather not reveal the exact time because, although it felt early
for me, the city was already in full swing. The sun was warm and I absorbed all
the impressions. At the Matthæus church, some young people erecting a pavilion
- it was gone, when I came past late in the afternoon, but judging by their
happy faces, something festive was going to occur.
And then it occurred to me,
what was very special about the city that day - ALL the Copenhageners were
happy and in a good mood. No grumpy attitudes. A collective decision to make
the day a very special day. The schoolchildren I passed at Tove Ditlevsen's
school (Tove Ditlevsen was a Danish
author born in Vesterbro) went around in small groups with their worksheets
and mobile phones - and smiled. I noticed that I myself smiled and felt a
cheerful happiness throughout my body. I will never move away from here I
thought, while seeing and hearing everything that also belonged to the city,
dirt, rubbish, constant noise from road work and the demolition of a large
building, etc.
Later in the day I was in Lyngby (a suburb of Copenhagen), and spent some time enjoying the silence of the old mill at the lake - while an duck paddled around with its rump in the air, trying to find the best of what it's considered to be especially delicious in the muddy water. It was beautiful, peaceful and meditative. But safely back in Copenhagen, I passed through the Enghave Park and here, too, was beautiful and peaceful, with people who were absorbing the heat from the Meteorologists last summer day - and they still looked happy and content.
Well, the enchanted Copenhagen could still show its other side. When, late in the afternoon I made the last purchases, the Copenhageners had become tired of being so happy and satisfied. Grumpiness appeared in the supermarket's queues, etc. I also felt a touch of this tendency - and hurried home and enjoyed the remains of the beautiful day together with Denis on our balcony.
That Vesterbro is actually something special, I have just had this confirmed through Lonely Planet, which now nominates Vesterbro to be among “the 10 coolest-neighbourhoods in the world”
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/vesterbro-among-the-coolest-neighbourhoods-in-the-world-2017-9
Later in the day I was in Lyngby (a suburb of Copenhagen), and spent some time enjoying the silence of the old mill at the lake - while an duck paddled around with its rump in the air, trying to find the best of what it's considered to be especially delicious in the muddy water. It was beautiful, peaceful and meditative. But safely back in Copenhagen, I passed through the Enghave Park and here, too, was beautiful and peaceful, with people who were absorbing the heat from the Meteorologists last summer day - and they still looked happy and content.
Well, the enchanted Copenhagen could still show its other side. When, late in the afternoon I made the last purchases, the Copenhageners had become tired of being so happy and satisfied. Grumpiness appeared in the supermarket's queues, etc. I also felt a touch of this tendency - and hurried home and enjoyed the remains of the beautiful day together with Denis on our balcony.
That Vesterbro is actually something special, I have just had this confirmed through Lonely Planet, which now nominates Vesterbro to be among “the 10 coolest-neighbourhoods in the world”
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/vesterbro-among-the-coolest-neighbourhoods-in-the-world-2017-9
