Copenhagen Guide - Grethe Neergaard Arani

Wonderful Copenhagen is my home town where I have been an officially - licensed guide since 1970.
Let me show you the Little Mermaid and tell you about Hans Christian Andersen. Walk with me to see the Queen's palace at Amalienborg, drive with me to see the museum of Isak Dinesen (author of "Out of Africa" and "Babettes Feast"), Kronborg Castle, made famous by Shakespeare in his play "Hamlet" or visit Christiansborg where the Danish parliament meets and the Tivoli Gardens.

Summary:
As a true believer of what my fellow countryman Hans Christian Andersen wrote: ”To travel is to live”, I have visited over 100 countries around the world, met many foreign people and learned to speak five languages fluently. But I have always come home to my little country of Denmark, the land of the Vikings.

When I am in Copenhagen, I guide groups as large as 40 persons, to as small as two. It has been my only profession for the past 35 years. When I am not in Copenhagen, I conduct H.A.T. Tours. In 1982 I started my own company, H.A.T. Tours, with special emphasis on operas.

By travelling to other countries, I get to know what the visitors to Denmark wish to know about my little fairytale land. I do my best to make their stay in Copenhagen a happy and enlightened experience.

Experience:
After becoming an official guide in Denmark, I was hired in 1970 by Alumni Flights Abroad, White Plains, New York to conduct some of their tours in the Far East, India, North Africa, South America, Turkey and Greece. In words of the President of the company, Roger Ravel: “A native of Copenhagen, Grethe has worked as escort with virtually every tour we offer …. , her unique qualities of all-around excellence and her inquiring mind and interest in the way of life of the world’s different civilizations have combined a high sense of professionalism and a remarkable friendly and adoptive personality to make her an asset in any part of the world.”
In 1982 after marrying my world traveller American husband, I have conducted my own tours and have guided groups in and around Copenhagen. 

Language(s):
Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German and English 

Tours:
Let us work together and make your very special tour to suit your sightseeing.

Places to see in Copenhagen considered the musts are:
The Little Mermaid – Tivoli Gardens - Amalienborg Castle (Residence of the Royal family) – Christiansborg Palace (Home of the Danish Parliament) – Rosenborg Castle (home of the Danish Crown Jewels) – The Round Tower (built 400 years ago as an observatory)

Places to see North of Copenhagen are:
- Isak Dinesen’s museum (author of “Out of Africa”, “Babettes Feast”, etc.)
- Kronborg Castle (portrayed in Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”)
- Frederiksborg Castle (most stunning renaissance castle in Europe)
- Fredensborg Castle (Summer Residence of the Queen)

Denmark seen from foreign land.
Looks but like a grain of sand.
Denmark as we Danes conceive it
Is so big you won't believe it.

Why not let us compromise
About Denmark's proper size?
Which will truly please us all
Since it's greater than it's small.
Piet Hein

A year ago, the New York Times published:
“The Danes sell Copenhagen as the crossroads of cute. Come see the cute Little Mermaid, gazing wistfully out to sea! Come see the cute little boys in their jaunty uniforms and bearskin hats, playing soldier at Tivoli! Come see the armadas of bicycles, with their own cute little traffic lights! Come on. …
Copenhagen is in fact one of the sophisticated capitals in Europe. It boasts four of the Continent’s best museums, big-league jazz and dance, a wealth of elegant modern design and architecture, superlative shopping, an ever-increasing number of cutting-edge restaurants and a tolerant, worldly, good-looking, pleasure-loving population. Evelyn Waugh once called the Danes “the most exhilarating people in Europe,” and he wasn’t very far off. …… an article by R.W. Apple, Jr.
 

Rates:
Up to three hours: $250. Subsequent hours: $55 per hour
 

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Contact Info:
Contact in U.S.A.
Phone: 727-367-3973
Fax: 727-360-8459

Contact in Denmark:
Phone: +(45) 4879-7751
Fax: +(45) 4879-3051
Email from anywhere: gnahat@EuropeanOperaTours.com