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Nyhavn is not just one of Copenhagen’s most photographed spots – it’s an area brimming with history, culture, and life. Established in the late 1600s, the canal was once a bustling trading hub where goods and people flowed in and out of the city.

With its colorful buildings and old wooden ships, Nyhavn has preserved its historical charm, while today it’s a lively district full of cafés and restaurants. For centuries, it’s been a meeting place for both Copenhageners and visitors, and it was famously home to the author Hans Christian Andersen, who lived and wrote here in the early 1800s.

Here’s a rather funny story from Nyhavn, where Copenhagen’s seafaring life and popular humour came together in a slightly chaotic – yet unforgettable – way.

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Today’s Anecdote

The Sailor, the Piano, and the Herring Sandwich

In the mid-1950s, when Nyhavn was still known mainly for its sailors, pubs, and loose change, a rather unusual scene unfolded at the legendary tavern Hyttefadet.

A Norwegian sailor named Oluf, freshly arrived on a cargo ship from Bergen, had spent a long and very wet night in Nyhavn and decided to celebrate his birthday in style. He had a fondness for three things: aquavit, herring sandwiches, and – somewhat unexpectedly – piano music.

When he discovered that the tavern didn’t have a piano, he was deeply offended and loudly declared: "What kind of harbour doesn’t have a piano for seafaring folk?!"

Oluf stormed out the door and wasn’t seen for hours – until he returned, not only drunk, but pushing a piano on a handcart he had “borrowed” (without permission) from a theatre further into the city. He rolled the piano into the middle of the tavern, sat down, and launched into a heavily improvised version of “Jeg er havren” (I Am the Oat).

But the best part was yet to come: halfway through, he lost his balance on the bar stool, toppled backwards – and ended up with an entire herring sandwich stuck to the back of his neck. Rye bread, onions, and herring went flying through the air, landing squarely on a German tourist, who took it all in good humou r and exclaimed: "Das ist ja echtes Dänemark!" (Now this is real Denmark!)

The piano was later returned (a little scratched), and Oluf escaped charges – reportedly because both the police and the theatre laughed so hard when they heard the story that no one could bring themselves to press the matter.

The story has been told in Nyhavn for decades,

used by old regulars as a reminder of the days when sailors would do anything

– even wheel a piano through Copenhagen – just to set the right mood for a herring sandwich and a shot of aquavit.

Nyhavn was, and still is, a place where everyday logic often yields to local humour.

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