Travel Talks: Navigating the Heavy Early Feb Snow Day Challenge - II : Copenhagen(Denmark)

@ptrikha_2 (49528)
India
April 4, 2026 10:08am CST
This post continues from : https://www.mylot.com/post/3645335/travel-talks-navigating-the-heavy-early-feb-snow-day-challenge-i As I covered in this previous post, we had our journey to and back from office and train stations on snow heavy day. We were back in our Hotel rooms. However, we had plans for buying some chocolates and other stuff from the market. There are online apps in Denmark but using them within a stay of few days did not sound exciting. So after some break, we got ready for a late evening walk till the local shops. We had Netto- a big Hypermarket brand, which we were told is a German brand. Plus one more. The other one we had covered another day. So we planned for Netto. The challenge : snow walking was not done. Hard snow, soft snow, melted water in between. We had to walk slowly. Yet in crossing a Red Light, we had to make sure that we were not very slow also. Anyhow we took the challenge. In between there was a puddle of water and I thought my socks would get wet. Luckily, it did not happen that way. There was another challenge: very few chocolates and other items were there which did not had animal content or eggs. For a few items, I had to ask the Billing person. I think it is a big boon for English speaking folks that English is spoken quite commonly in Denmark overall. It is not the same in parts of Germany as a friend of mine told me. Anyways, we got our stuff and slowly but carefully walked back. It was a challenge but the excitement of snow never went away. And ask me: I would be in such a place one more time. Perhaps with good snow boots ! Collage of different pictures (it was difficult to decide as to what to have, what not)
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@DianneN (252640)
• United States
4 Apr
I’m so done with snow, ice, and that awful melting snow. However, I wouldn’t trade anything for traveling. I found many people spoke English in my travels.
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@ptrikha_2 (49528)
• India
5 Apr
@DianneN Perhaps only a person who has faced being in snow and moreover thick snow can appreciate the challenges faced. Language familiarity eases many issues. Accent differences can still be bridged to a good extent.
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@ptrikha_2 (49528)
• India
9h
@DianneN Thanks. I hope you are having a wonderful time these days?
@DaddyEvil (171365)
• United States
4 Apr
The cold and snow would have kept me in my hotel room instead of tramping though snow and melt-water. I've done enough of that in my life. I'm glad you reached the store and your room again without soaking your socks.
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@ptrikha_2 (49528)
• India
5 Apr
@DaddyEvil Yes not getting socks soaked was something I was grateful to God. Even we did not venture out to too many places in Copenhagen during our trip.
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@ptrikha_2 (49528)
• India
6 Apr
@DaddyEvil If I had to venture out in snow for too long or for in too much snow, I might have been into a similar situation. I think when you had such an experience, you were not wearing snow boots?
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@ptrikha_2 (49528)
• India
6 Apr
@DaddyEvil Now you perhaps have means to avoid heavy moving around in snow?
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@JudyEv (376660)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr
Those photos all look like they're shot in black and white. I was always pleased to find English-speaking people in our travels.
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@ptrikha_2 (49528)
• India
5 Apr
@JudyEv That is probably due to a lot of snow and cloudy weather. Yes ease of language communication always helps.
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@AliCanary (4039)
4 Apr
I haven't been to Europe yet, so I found this very educational. Thank you!
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@ptrikha_2 (49528)
• India
5 Apr
@AliCanary Great to know that this post interested you. Perhaps you can check some of the previous parts as well!
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