{"id":4770,"date":"2026-02-08T10:40:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/4770\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T10:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:40:32","slug":"what-i-learned-from-visiting-the-worlds-happiest-city-as-an-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/4770\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Learned From Visiting the World&#8217;s Happiest City As an American"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Nordic cuisine, popularized by chef Ren\u00e9 Redzepi&#8217;s three-Michelin-star restaurant, <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/photos-dining-experience-noma-famed-copenhagen-restaurant-closing-down-2023-7\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Noma<\/a>, is rooted in sourcing local and seasonal ingredients from the region.<\/p>\n<p>During my trip, I dined at many places that seemed to share that same ethos, like Oens Have, La Banchina, and Apotek 57.<\/p>\n<p>For example, La Banchina, a seafood restaurant located along the harbor, prioritizes ingredients produced in Denmark \u2014 so its meals don&#8217;t use imports like lemons, olive oil, or black pepper.<\/p>\n<p>That felt like a bold move for a seafood restaurant, and I was skeptical at first; however, the food was simple yet delicious.<\/p>\n<p>This inspired me to prioritize fresh, local ingredients when I cook at home. Now that I&#8217;m back in California, I try to shop at the local farmers market every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m at the supermarket, I read labels carefully and prioritize buying California-made ingredients, including <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/why-avocados-are-so-expensive-2019-10\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">California avocados<\/a>, honey from Ojai, and fresh produce from local farms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Nordic cuisine, popularized by chef Ren\u00e9 Redzepi&#8217;s three-Michelin-star restaurant, Noma, is rooted in sourcing local and seasonal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[108,26,2072,4561,4560,393,4564,1301,4563,4565,652,1932,1827,4562,1191],"class_list":{"0":"post-4770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-copenhagen","8":"tag-copenhagen","9":"tag-denmark","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-factor","12":"tag-happy-city","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-impressive-resume","15":"tag-mobility","16":"tag-second-happi-country","17":"tag-small-taste","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-week","20":"tag-world","21":"tag-world-happiness-report","22":"tag-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}