Den Gule Cottage: Copenhagen, Denmark

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After a morning spent at the Ordrupgaard Art Museum, you might think about stopping in Klampenborg for lunch at “The Yellow Cottage.” The idyllic cottage with its roof clock sits on a hillock overlooking Bellevue Beach (with its Arne Jacobsen-designed lifeguard towers).

Originally built as a gatekeeper house for a spa resort in 1844, the yellow cottage was preserved in 1978 – and now houses a charming restaurant with enchanting views of the sound.

(Source: MRNY)

(Source: MRNY)

Picnic baskets can be purchased – but regardless of whether you eat in the cottage or on the beach, make certain that you eat at least two rolls, slathered with butter. This is the kind of bread that you dream about when you’ve returned to the States.

Drive along the water on your way back into town for a view of the Arne Jacobsen-designed gas station, at which you almost expect to see George and Judy Jetson appear at the door.

You couldn’t ask for a lovelier afternoon.

LINK: Den Gule Cottage

Mark Thompson

About Mark Thompson

A member of Authors Guild, Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), and New York Travel Writers (NYTW), Mark Thompson is an editor, journalist, and photographer whose work appears in various periodicals, including Travel Weekly, Metrosource, Huffington Post, Global Traveler, Out There, and OutTraveler. The author of the novels Wolfchild (2000) and My Hawaiian Penthouse (2007), Mark completed a Ph.D. in American Studies. He has been a Fellow and a resident at various artists' communities, including MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center.

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