Not so great Britain
Young life
by Serena Smith
ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADAM Q
It’s a crisp day in Copenhagen. I’m with four of my closest friends: we’ve spent the morning grazing on strawberries and drinking orange juice, and now we’re mooching around the city centre, animatedly catching up on each other’s work and family and love lives. I’m swaddled in a hat and scarf and a huge coat that makes me feel like the Michelin man. The sun is shining and the sky is a piercing bright blue. I’m feeling very hygge.
We’re visiting Emma, who recently relocated to Copenhagen for work. She’s been here for a few months, but until now the idea of her living in another country somehow seemed abstract and unreal. Actually being here—seeing her bike in the hallway, how she navigates the metro so easily, her fridge full of Danish food—suddenly makes it real.