Laura Hall
@laurajhall.bsky.social
Travel writer/ author/ journalist. Loves cold places. Based in Copenhagen.
Author of THE YEAR I LAY MY HEAD IN WATER, as well as One Day, So Many Ways; Time Out Copenhagen; Footprint Reykjavik.
www.hellolaurahall.com
Author of THE YEAR I LAY MY HEAD IN WATER, as well as One Day, So Many Ways; Time Out Copenhagen; Footprint Reykjavik.
www.hellolaurahall.com
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Laura Hall
@laurajhall.bsky.social
· Nov 25
I’m new here and thought I’d introduce myself.
I’m an English #journalist, #author and #travelwriter based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and I write stories about
#Scandinavia, the #Arctic & the #Nordic region.
I write about travel, food, culture & lifestyle.
Here are some examples…
I’m an English #journalist, #author and #travelwriter based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and I write stories about
#Scandinavia, the #Arctic & the #Nordic region.
I write about travel, food, culture & lifestyle.
Here are some examples…
Cycling in Copenhagen tips for tourists:
- Stay on the right.
- Don’t even try it at rush hour (7-9am, 3-5pm).
- Keep your wits about you.
- The Harbour Ring Route is a great circular path to follow that shows you the city. Try it!
- DO NOT WALK IN THE BIKE LANE: IT IS FOR BIKES.
- Stay on the right.
- Don’t even try it at rush hour (7-9am, 3-5pm).
- Keep your wits about you.
- The Harbour Ring Route is a great circular path to follow that shows you the city. Try it!
- DO NOT WALK IN THE BIKE LANE: IT IS FOR BIKES.
May 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Cycling in Copenhagen tips for tourists:
- Stay on the right.
- Don’t even try it at rush hour (7-9am, 3-5pm).
- Keep your wits about you.
- The Harbour Ring Route is a great circular path to follow that shows you the city. Try it!
- DO NOT WALK IN THE BIKE LANE: IT IS FOR BIKES.
- Stay on the right.
- Don’t even try it at rush hour (7-9am, 3-5pm).
- Keep your wits about you.
- The Harbour Ring Route is a great circular path to follow that shows you the city. Try it!
- DO NOT WALK IN THE BIKE LANE: IT IS FOR BIKES.
To be or not to be... today I’m pondering if I will actually get this feature about Hamlet’s castle written or if I will deviate into a long-winded essay that has no place in anyone’s travel pages...
March 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
To be or not to be... today I’m pondering if I will actually get this feature about Hamlet’s castle written or if I will deviate into a long-winded essay that has no place in anyone’s travel pages...
What’s Copenhagen’s pizza of the moment? Find out here...
www.timeout.com/restaurants/...
www.timeout.com/restaurants/...
The 19 best pizzas in the world, ranked
Is your stomach rumbling? Same.
www.timeout.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What’s Copenhagen’s pizza of the moment? Find out here...
www.timeout.com/restaurants/...
www.timeout.com/restaurants/...
This is more than a shopping guide. It’s a cultural dive into Copenhagen. Oh, and it includes a spot where you can buy a perfume that smells of the Battle of Trafalgar. You’re welcome.
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
12 of the best independent shops in Copenhagen
From sleek interior stores to modern perfumiers and quirky sex shops, the Danish capital has no shortage of unusual shopping opportunities
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This is more than a shopping guide. It’s a cultural dive into Copenhagen. Oh, and it includes a spot where you can buy a perfume that smells of the Battle of Trafalgar. You’re welcome.
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Today seems a good time to repost this story from Denmark. 80 years ago, a town saved the Danish jews from the Nazis, risking their lives to hide them in their homes and take them in their boats overnight to freedom. Collective resistance has a precendent.
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The town that stood up to the Nazis
This October, a fishing town on the Danish Riviera remembers one of the greatest collective acts of resistance of World War Two: its role in the flight and escape of the Danish Jews.
www.bbc.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Today seems a good time to repost this story from Denmark. 80 years ago, a town saved the Danish jews from the Nazis, risking their lives to hide them in their homes and take them in their boats overnight to freedom. Collective resistance has a precendent.
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
“The White Lotus isn't the first drama to have an outsized effect on the travel industry...But what's interesting right now, in the digital age, is how quickly news about a streamed TV show setting can have an impact.”
My latest on BBC Travel today...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
My latest on BBC Travel today...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
Measuring the 'White Lotus effect': How TV and film locations impact travel
As White Lotus season three is released, executive producer Mark Kamine explains the behind-the-scenes wrangling and key challenges when choosing a filming location.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The White Lotus isn't the first drama to have an outsized effect on the travel industry...But what's interesting right now, in the digital age, is how quickly news about a streamed TV show setting can have an impact.”
My latest on BBC Travel today...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
My latest on BBC Travel today...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
My MFA Diary. I couldn’t find much about MFA programmes in the UK online so I’m writing a series about the one I’m on. Are they like the US MFAs? What is it like to go on one? Is it worth it? Let’s find out...
#writing #amwriting #writers #mfa #creativewriting
www.hellolaurahall.com/mfa-diary
#writing #amwriting #writers #mfa #creativewriting
www.hellolaurahall.com/mfa-diary
My MFA diary
A personal diary following my late in life decision to take an MFA course in Creative Writing
www.hellolaurahall.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My MFA Diary. I couldn’t find much about MFA programmes in the UK online so I’m writing a series about the one I’m on. Are they like the US MFAs? What is it like to go on one? Is it worth it? Let’s find out...
#writing #amwriting #writers #mfa #creativewriting
www.hellolaurahall.com/mfa-diary
#writing #amwriting #writers #mfa #creativewriting
www.hellolaurahall.com/mfa-diary
Joining in with a bit of #yellow because I love this house in South Greenland.
#TravelAddicts
#TopTravelPics
#TravelAddicts
#TopTravelPics
January 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Joining in with a bit of #yellow because I love this house in South Greenland.
#TravelAddicts
#TopTravelPics
#TravelAddicts
#TopTravelPics
If you’re struggling with your attention span – and I know I am – maybe you should try this...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
The new museum trend helping us regain our lost attention
In a Manchester art gallery, a quiet room with just three paintings is starting a mental health movement aimed at reclaiming our lost attention spans.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
If you’re struggling with your attention span – and I know I am – maybe you should try this...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
"You could say that perhaps we are looking for new anchors. Travel trends like stargazing, holiday romance, nostalgia tourism, and so on show us that people are searching to be reconnected to something bigger than themselves."
Philosophy + travel in my new BBC piece.
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
Philosophy + travel in my new BBC piece.
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
The seven travel trends that will shape 2025
As firms around the globe reveal how they think we'll be travelling in 2025, we look at why it matters – and what it says about us.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"You could say that perhaps we are looking for new anchors. Travel trends like stargazing, holiday romance, nostalgia tourism, and so on show us that people are searching to be reconnected to something bigger than themselves."
Philosophy + travel in my new BBC piece.
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
Philosophy + travel in my new BBC piece.
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
A special one-off MODERN SCANDINAVIAN today looks at Greenland and what Trump and so many commentators are missing when they turn it into a strippable asset.
modernscandinavian.substack.com
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January 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A special one-off MODERN SCANDINAVIAN today looks at Greenland and what Trump and so many commentators are missing when they turn it into a strippable asset.
modernscandinavian.substack.com
modernscandinavian.substack.com
Meet the man who kayaked Greenland’s West Coast while eating an ancestral Inuit diet.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Dried halibut and whale jerky: how a traditional Inuit diet fuelled an epic kayak adventure
British chef Mike Keen paddled up the coast of Greenland eating only what local people did, and the health benefits led him to question the global food system
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Meet the man who kayaked Greenland’s West Coast while eating an ancestral Inuit diet.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Woke up to snow in Copenhagen today. What a lovely start to the work year.
January 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Woke up to snow in Copenhagen today. What a lovely start to the work year.
Hanging out with trees and talking about how slowly they grow is somehow something I love to do now.
TL,DR: I went to Lapland with the kids, avoided all the santa schmaltz, went arctic cocooning in the forest and found a state of bliss.
www.intrepidtravel.com/adventures/a...
TL,DR: I went to Lapland with the kids, avoided all the santa schmaltz, went arctic cocooning in the forest and found a state of bliss.
www.intrepidtravel.com/adventures/a...
I took my kids arctic cocooning in Finland - here's what we learned
Travel writer Laura Hall takes her kids arctic cocooning in Finland and discovers a whole new way to see the world.
www.intrepidtravel.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Hanging out with trees and talking about how slowly they grow is somehow something I love to do now.
TL,DR: I went to Lapland with the kids, avoided all the santa schmaltz, went arctic cocooning in the forest and found a state of bliss.
www.intrepidtravel.com/adventures/a...
TL,DR: I went to Lapland with the kids, avoided all the santa schmaltz, went arctic cocooning in the forest and found a state of bliss.
www.intrepidtravel.com/adventures/a...
Book recommendations apropos of nothing:
Modern Nature by Derek Jarman - just the most staggeringly beautiful memoir about life in the shadow of death, and gardening in the shadow of a power station.
The Baby on the Fire Escape by Julie Phillips - valuable portraits of creative motherhood.
Modern Nature by Derek Jarman - just the most staggeringly beautiful memoir about life in the shadow of death, and gardening in the shadow of a power station.
The Baby on the Fire Escape by Julie Phillips - valuable portraits of creative motherhood.
December 17, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Book recommendations apropos of nothing:
Modern Nature by Derek Jarman - just the most staggeringly beautiful memoir about life in the shadow of death, and gardening in the shadow of a power station.
The Baby on the Fire Escape by Julie Phillips - valuable portraits of creative motherhood.
Modern Nature by Derek Jarman - just the most staggeringly beautiful memoir about life in the shadow of death, and gardening in the shadow of a power station.
The Baby on the Fire Escape by Julie Phillips - valuable portraits of creative motherhood.
My latest, out on Adventure.com, about Deinfluencing travel.
Reddit says it best: “Many of us are sick and tired of being treated as endless buying machines instead of people... We don’t need the latest, trendiest things to be happy.”
adventure.com/de-influence...
Reddit says it best: “Many of us are sick and tired of being treated as endless buying machines instead of people... We don’t need the latest, trendiest things to be happy.”
adventure.com/de-influence...
Meet the de-influencers: The social media pros trying to burst the bubble of ‘perfect travel’
There’s a new kid in town, calling out clichéd images and misleading travel ideals. Laura Hall looks at the rise of the de-influencers.
adventure.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:27 PM
My latest, out on Adventure.com, about Deinfluencing travel.
Reddit says it best: “Many of us are sick and tired of being treated as endless buying machines instead of people... We don’t need the latest, trendiest things to be happy.”
adventure.com/de-influence...
Reddit says it best: “Many of us are sick and tired of being treated as endless buying machines instead of people... We don’t need the latest, trendiest things to be happy.”
adventure.com/de-influence...
Wrapping up December with some stories about truly inspiring people: one kayaked Greenland while eating only Inuit food, and another is rethinking museums and adding mindfulness to them.
It’s a reminder that there are incredible people out there, not just the ones we read about on the front page.
It’s a reminder that there are incredible people out there, not just the ones we read about on the front page.
December 13, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Wrapping up December with some stories about truly inspiring people: one kayaked Greenland while eating only Inuit food, and another is rethinking museums and adding mindfulness to them.
It’s a reminder that there are incredible people out there, not just the ones we read about on the front page.
It’s a reminder that there are incredible people out there, not just the ones we read about on the front page.
Would you fly in an airship to the North Pole? Because soon you will be able to...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
Could the airship be the answer to sustainable air travel – or is it all a load of hot air?
Amid talk of sustainable aviation fuel and electric flights, there's another form of air travel currently being mooted as a green alternative to flying: the airship.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Would you fly in an airship to the North Pole? Because soon you will be able to...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
My favourite story of the year: about a trip to Greenland to listen to a whale radio station, just published in Beau Monde Traveller.
#greenland
beaumondetraveler.com/3d-flip-book...
#greenland
beaumondetraveler.com/3d-flip-book...
December 12, 2024 at 9:54 AM
My favourite story of the year: about a trip to Greenland to listen to a whale radio station, just published in Beau Monde Traveller.
#greenland
beaumondetraveler.com/3d-flip-book...
#greenland
beaumondetraveler.com/3d-flip-book...
December 6, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Absolutely delighted: Norway has suspended deep sea mining
"It has been truly embarrassing to watch Norway positioning itself as an ocean leader, while planning to give green light to ocean destruction in its own waters." - Greenpeace Norway's Haldis Tjeldflaat Helle.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"It has been truly embarrassing to watch Norway positioning itself as an ocean leader, while planning to give green light to ocean destruction in its own waters." - Greenpeace Norway's Haldis Tjeldflaat Helle.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Deep-sea mining: Norway suspends controversial plan
Oslo's plan to open up its Arctic seabed for mining prompted stark environmental opposition.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Absolutely delighted: Norway has suspended deep sea mining
"It has been truly embarrassing to watch Norway positioning itself as an ocean leader, while planning to give green light to ocean destruction in its own waters." - Greenpeace Norway's Haldis Tjeldflaat Helle.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"It has been truly embarrassing to watch Norway positioning itself as an ocean leader, while planning to give green light to ocean destruction in its own waters." - Greenpeace Norway's Haldis Tjeldflaat Helle.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In other news, I was at the Nordic Food Innovation Summit yesterday, and there are exciting things happening.
Claus Meyer: “The fight against climate change and the combined health crisis can be won in the kitchen and around the dining table.”
Ambitions are huge; projects are coming. Soon.
Claus Meyer: “The fight against climate change and the combined health crisis can be won in the kitchen and around the dining table.”
Ambitions are huge; projects are coming. Soon.
December 4, 2024 at 9:47 AM
In other news, I was at the Nordic Food Innovation Summit yesterday, and there are exciting things happening.
Claus Meyer: “The fight against climate change and the combined health crisis can be won in the kitchen and around the dining table.”
Ambitions are huge; projects are coming. Soon.
Claus Meyer: “The fight against climate change and the combined health crisis can be won in the kitchen and around the dining table.”
Ambitions are huge; projects are coming. Soon.
My Alchemist experience last night – it’s not a dinner, it’s so much more – was utterly mind-bending. I ate my own face. I ATE MY OWN FACE. I don’t know what else there is to say. For a feature on the head chef, Mr Rasmus Munk, just voted The Best Chef in The World, for Artful Living next year.
December 4, 2024 at 9:44 AM
My Alchemist experience last night – it’s not a dinner, it’s so much more – was utterly mind-bending. I ate my own face. I ATE MY OWN FACE. I don’t know what else there is to say. For a feature on the head chef, Mr Rasmus Munk, just voted The Best Chef in The World, for Artful Living next year.
Old school writing advice: Always take notes, and always save your own version before you submit text into a CMS.
I am doing queries for a book chapter I wrote this summer, and I would be LOST without my notes. My brain is fried. I remember nothing. If it’s not written down, it does not exist...
I am doing queries for a book chapter I wrote this summer, and I would be LOST without my notes. My brain is fried. I remember nothing. If it’s not written down, it does not exist...
December 2, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Old school writing advice: Always take notes, and always save your own version before you submit text into a CMS.
I am doing queries for a book chapter I wrote this summer, and I would be LOST without my notes. My brain is fried. I remember nothing. If it’s not written down, it does not exist...
I am doing queries for a book chapter I wrote this summer, and I would be LOST without my notes. My brain is fried. I remember nothing. If it’s not written down, it does not exist...