For the assignments, I was given a walking map around Vesterbro, which would allow me to familiarize myself with the area in the past and the present. Vesterbro is one of the working-class districts of Copenhagen and developed during industrialization. The area originally consisted of many tenement houses with little breathing room. Since then, it has undergone several urban renewal projects, however it still maintains evidence of its history. Many younger working-class families continue to live in the area as well as an emerging immigrant population. Throughout the walking tour, I was introduced to 16 different sights in Vesterbro including churches, renewed tenement housing, a mini model of Medieval Copenhagen, schools, the local YMCA, one of the rare parks in the area, and presence of old factories to name a few things. It was definitely informative and interesting to see how the history in the area has evolved while also being maintained. I had never been over to this area of Copenhagen, so I also enjoyed getting to explore a new area.
After my trip around Vesterbro, I walked back to the main station and continued to DIS. I had about an hour and a half before my afternoon field study and needed a place to warm up and eat my lunch. Then at around 12:30, I ran into some people who were also getting ready to head over to our field study – a business visit to Norrebro Brygghus, a local brewpub. This was quite fitting considering it is St. Partick’s Day. The “business” aspect of the business consisted of a gentlemen (who was the original drafter of the business plan) telling us about the history and concept behind the restaurant and brewery. It was interesting because they chose to use an “American” twist on the idea of how they develop and produce their beer. Additionally, they are a very small producer in the rather large beer production in Denmark. Since we were visiting a brewery, we were given the chance to “sample” some of the products. Throughout the presentation, we were given four different beers to try – they were all pretty good in their own way.(In the picture, one of those glasses was for water, and they are "smaller" than a regular size beer - just letting you know). It was also interesting because the gentleman would tell us about the inspiration and brewing concept behind each beer that we tried. I feel like I am learning quite a lot about beer during this trip (additionally my business core class is now focusing on the beer industry as our primary topic). As you can guess, this “business” visit was a good start to everyone’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.After the visit, I went with some of my friends to a restaurant for an afternoon bite to eat (as well as something to absorb some of the alcohol we had just consumed). Following that I made my way back home for the rest of the evening. I didn’t have any plans to do anything for St. Patrick’s Day, and additionally, I have a cold that I am trying to get over. I did have a lot of energy though once I got home, so I decided to go for a run – which may or may not help my cold. It was really good to run though, since I hadn’t gone running for such a long time and needed to do something to release some energy.
The rest of the evening was spent doing some homework and relaxing. I did attempt to get to bed early, since I have felt exhausted recently, however I just don’t feel quite as tired when I actually crawl into bed. Instead, I end up reading for longer than I should and not getting enough sleep. I really need to kick this habit over the next few days; it may also help me get rid of this cold too.
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