copenhagen diaries | summer days, books & lots of food

Birta Hlin shares a peaceful summer day in Copenhagen with therapy insights, book reviews, food, and cozy moments.

Key Takeaways

Psychotherapy can involve creative and introspective methods beyond traditional talking.
Finding quality coffee in Copenhagen can be challenging, but Emery's bakery offers a notable organic dark roast.
Spending time alone can be fulfilling and important for personal growth.
Birta enjoys sharing her love for books and reflects on language learning through reading.
The homemade Mexican dish sparks viewer engagement with a question about its classification.

What the video covers

Birta starts her day early with a morning walk to her psychotherapy session, describing the unique approach involving colors and self-discovery.
She visits Emery's bakery in Copenhagen and praises their organic dark roasted iced coffee, a rare find in the city.
Birta reflects on enjoying her own company and resisting distractions, emphasizing personal growth.
Helge buys groceries for a Mexican dinner, including jalapeños, tortillas, and Icelandic energy drinks.
They plan to relax by the harbor, sunbathe, and enjoy the nice weather.
Birta introduces their cat Matilda, a British Shorthair, and shares a question about their homemade Mexican dish—tacos or quesadilla?
She discusses the book she is currently reading, a feel-good story about a struggling writer named Casey.
Birta reviews 'Bonjour Tristesse,' highlighting its beautiful writing, summery mood, and irony, while sharing her experience learning new English words.
She comments on the 2024 movie adaptation of 'Bonjour Tristesse,' appreciating the cinematography but critiquing character portrayals.
The video ends with Birta preparing to go out, showing her outfit and plans for a stroll and Instagram photos.

Chapters

What is the difference between therapy and psychotherapy according to Birta?

Birta is not entirely sure about the difference but explains that her psychotherapy sessions involve creative activities like picking colors to explore her authentic self, rather than just talking.

Where does Birta recommend getting good iced coffee in Copenhagen?

She highly recommends Emery's bakery for their organic, dark roasted iced coffee, which she considers the best she has had in Copenhagen.

What books does Birta discuss in the video?

Birta talks about a feel-good book about a struggling writer named Casey that she is currently reading, and she also reviews 'Bonjour Tristesse,' noting its beautiful writing and summery mood.

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Good morning. It's 7 a.m. I'm going to therapy at 9, so I decided to wake up early because I wanted to walk to my therapy session. It takes about 40 minutes, so I just wanted to be very early, have some breakfast, and have a peaceful morning walk because it seems

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to be very nice weather outside. But I'm actually not going to therapy; it's called psychotherapy. It's been honestly really great. It's my fourth session, and it's been really, really, really good to be able to get things off my chest and just

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discuss things. And I think the difference between therapy and psychotherapy, I'm not quite sure actually, but we've actually been, instead of just talking, you know, sitting in front of each other just talking and talking, I've been doing a

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little bit more kind of—I can't really explain—but I've been like standing and picking some colors and trying to figure out my true self, like the authentic true self when I'm 100% myself and I feel my best. But I've realized

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that I have kind of created some personas—not personas, but it's like things when I'm not myself, and that's like overthinking, people-pleasing, like superficiality. I don't know how you say it, but it's like where you're not going

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deeply and talking about it. It's just like where it's very surface-leveled. So yeah, it's really been amazing. I feel a lot better. I think it's a work in progress. So yeah, I'm gonna go make a quick little breakfast and then I'm gonna

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walk to my therapy session. I was gonna wear my flip-flops, but I made a wise decision to wear my trainers instead.

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I was gonna wear my flip-flops, but I was gonna wear my flip-flops, but I was gonna wear my flip-flops.

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I just got back home. I had such a lovely morning. After my therapy session, I went to this very old-school traditional bakery here in Copenhagen. I usually don't go there, but I tried their iced coffee, and I have to say it's probably the best iced coffee I've had in Copenhagen. To be honest, I'm not the biggest fan of the coffee here in Copenhagen. I feel like the majority of the coffee places use kind of light roasted beans.

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And it's more floral, or like flowery and sour in a way. I just don't like it. And I feel like I'm always wasting my money when I have coffee. But this time, I was... my money when I have coffee, but this

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time I was so surprised. And also, the coffee was organic, which I was really happy about. So if you like dark roasted, kind of rich, creamy coffee, then I highly recommend trying out this bakery. I didn't even write what it was called, but it's called Emery's. So yeah, I was really

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happy. I just like sat there with my book, spent some time with myself. I was very tempted to call some family member, but I was really trying to be there by myself because that's something that I'm working on. I don't want to always have

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to like be with someone or distract myself. I really want to enjoy my own company. So I actually had a really good time. And when I got back home, Helge had gone to the grocery store and he bought...

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some jalapeño, tortillas, cilantro. So I think we're going to make something Mexican tonight and some licorice and also my recent obsession. These are Icelandic energy drinks. I don't really want to drink energy drinks, but I do it once in a while because it is really good. This one is

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my favorite. It's passion fruit and lime flavor, and Helge is drinking raspberry and apricot. Helge suggested we go to the harbor to sunbathe, jump into the water because the weather is actually pretty nice,

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and I am really in the mood to just relax, read my book, and have a cozy time.

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Guys, I just took a shower after the day and the sun, and we are about to make dinner. I'm so excited. I'm so hungry, and I think this little kitty cat is also ready for some dinner, isn't she?

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The most adorable cat you've ever seen. It's crazy because before we got her, I used to have an identical cat on my Pinterest board. I remember seeing this picture of a cat in a sink, and it's literally the same

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as Matilda because there are a lot of British Shorthair out there, but I feel like she is like so beautiful. She has such big eyes and this chubby face. I love her. We have a question for you guys. Please comment down

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below if you know the answer, but we're so curious what you would call these. Is it tacos? Is it quesadilla? Or is it none of the above? We don't know. I mean, I posted a video on TikTok. I feel like everyone had different opinions,

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so I'm curious to hear what your guys' thoughts are. But yeah, I have showed you guys this in one of my videos before, but this is our ultimate comfort food. We put like cheddar and mozzarella and chicken and this salad. It's heavenly.

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Yeah, it is the best thing ever. So you just put a bunch of it in the tortilla. Actually, these are supposed to be a little bit smaller, but we couldn't find it at the—or Helge couldn't find it at the supermarket, but still really good.

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With my cup of tea, I really want to sit down with you guys with my cup of tea and my book that I've been reading in this vlog.

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I want to briefly tell you guys about it because I've been really enjoying it. I'm a bit more than halfway through it. It's been so easy getting through it. It's such a page-turner for me. It's definitely not plot-driven

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or anything. It's very much a feel-good book, but it's not cringy or cliché.

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It's about this struggling writer. Her name is Casey, and she works as a waitress as kind of a part-time job, and she is kind of navigating her career as a writer, but she is struggling, and she's also dating a little bit. I just find the story

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very relatable in a way. And it's just very genuine, and I've been really enjoying it. I will tell you guys my final thoughts in my next video, probably. I'm most likely gonna finish it in the next couple of days. I also wanted to talk about

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Bonjour Tristesse that I finished a couple of weeks ago. I just never got around to talking about it with you guys. I really liked this book. It's written in such a beautiful way, and it has this slow, dreamy, summery feeling to it. The story also has this kind of

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irony to it that I wasn't expecting. You'll have to read it to understand what I'm talking about. But one thing about this book is that I struggled a little bit to get through it, and I think it's mostly

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because I'm not a native English speaker. So I'm going to show you guys. I had to like underline quite a few words. I'm just going to show you. You can see, but the good thing is

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that I'm learning some new English words because I kept this notebook, and I wrote down the words and the meaning. So I feel like my

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English has expanded a little bit. But you know, during the nighttime when

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I was about to go to sleep, I was not super excited about reading this book because I always had to have a pen in my hand and, like, you know, underline all of the words. I mean, I didn't necessarily have to do it,

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but I just wanted to kind of challenge myself. Also, I watched the new movie.

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I think it was released in 2024, and to be honest, I hadn't heard

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anything about this movie, and I don't think the rating is that great, which is a bit surprising to me

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because I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. I think the cinematography was absolutely beautiful, and I even had to Google the exact location because it was just so breathtaking. It is, of course, filmed in the south of France. That's

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where it happens in the book. And the movie was quite slow and artistic, but I definitely feel like they could have done a better job at, like, getting the characters correctly. I didn't feel like both Elsa and Anne and even the dad, I didn't feel like they were very convincing in a

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way. Maybe they could have done a better job at replicat...

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little bit then you need to pick then you need to pick this one up i just did my makeup and picked out a really cute outfit that i need to show you guys we're gonna go out for a little stroll maybe have some

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lunch take some instagram pictures and just enjoy the really nice weather okay please excuse the squeaky floor but i just wanted to tell you guys about the cardigan that i'm wearing it's from mad that I'm wearing. It's from Mad Happy and it's in collaboration with

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Hello Kitty. I'm about to scream. I've always been so obsessed with Hello Kitty, especially when I was younger. So I am in love with this cashmere cardigan and I put a white t -shirt underneath and I'm keeping it a little open and I put on the

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three -fourth jean from And I put on these 3 4th jean from Generica and I'm also wearing black ballerinas with a little heel and I put on a gray headband because I felt like it was really cute.

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I'm also wearing black ballerinas with a little bit of a gray headband because I felt like it was really cute and I put on a gray headband because I felt like it was really cute.

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and buy some groceries because we're having Helge's friend over for dinner and I think we're gonna make some chicken piccata because it's easy but still fancy so it's perfect for dinner parties

Topics:Copenhagentherapypsychotherapyiced coffeeEmery's bakerybooksBonjour Tristessesummer vlogMexican foodBritish Shorthair cat

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