Mads - Your Local Guide in Copenhagen

19/06/2024

No, Shakespeare never set foot in Elsinore - or Denmark.
But the toŵn is pure "hygge" and the castle is amazing... 🙂

18/06/2024

Working from home - with a view of the world famous fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen's first "home" in Copenhagen:
the guesthouse "Gardergården", where he stayed after arriving in the capital in september 1819 - 14 years old, poor as a church mouse and dreaming of fame and fortune.

In september 2014 I first arrived in this courtyard with a small group of curious guests and told them about young Andersen.
I was completely in love with this strange character and the story of his fascinating life.

I remember thinking this would be a cool place to live...

I gave up on keeping score long ago, but since then I have told that story at least 400 times. I must admit I'm a little tired of him by now, but somehow his story still manages to captivate me, and a few minutes into every tour I fall in love all over again. 🙂

29/12/2023

Received this kind feedback on yesterday's tour:

"Mads was the most brilliant guide. Very knowledgable and made it fun and interesting for our 3 twenty year old boys as well as for us. Pitched it absolutely right. Couldn't recommend more highly. Thank you."

No no, thank YOU!
How great is this job..?

Serena and family found me on toursbylocals.com

Happy New Year! 😃

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14/12/2023

Så vågnede man lige op til blå himmel og morgensol så skarp og lav, at det var decideret farligt at køre på arbejde. 😀

Hvad jeg ønsker mig?

Såmænd bare at I alle sammen køber enten gavekort eller billetter til jer selv, jeres forældre, børn, børnebørn, kolleger, chefer, bedste venner og værste fjender, så 2024 bliver det bedste byvandringsår ever!

Det er jubilæumsår - 10 år siden jeg første gang påtvang andre end skoleelever og den nærmeste familie at lægge ører til fun facts og skæve historier om mit elskede København.
Der er nye ture i støbeskeen, og en slags jubilæumsfest til efteråret. Det hele bliver lagt ud i løbet af den kommende uge. Allerede nu ligger de to første åbne vandringer klar i januar og februar. Så der er ingen undskyldning!

Find en åben tur under begivenheder, eller book en privat til dig og dine 25 nærmeste via mailen, der i øvrigt også kan bruges til at bestille et ægte håndlavet oldschool gavekort, som du får sendt med posten.

På forhånd tak og det var da så lidt! (Det gode vejr) 🇩🇰🎂🥳

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20/11/2023

Welcome to this new page for Mads - Your Local Guide in Copenhagen - the new alias for me, Mads (danish version of Matthew) - aspiring to be YOUR guide when you visit the happiest city on the planet - good old Copenhagen.
Though both name and page are new, you have found one of the most experienced guides in the danish capital. From a slow start in early 2014, when I finally took the leap and left teaching for good, I have done somewhere in the vicinity of 1500 tours with locals, tourists, companies, school classes etc.

On this page I will share teasers, updates and stories and hopefully inspire more people to visit Copenhagen, and when you do, to dive a little bit deeper in the city's rich history.

(and just because it's great, it's from Copenhagen and it gives you an idea of what your future Copenhagen guide looks like, here's me in a pictoresque courtyard in Copenhagen's latin quarter. Thanks to my favorite photographer Karina Fuglsang.)