20 July 2007. Copenhagen, Denmark. Meetup. Photos.

July 24, 2007 4:27 PM

Photos from the Copenhagen meetup of 20 July. [more inside]
posted by gramschmidt to MetaFilter gatherings at 4:27 PM (19 comments total)

The attendees were dabitch, Nice Donkey, sveskemus, nelle, gramschmidt, and two of my squatter friends.

My photos are here.

dabitch's are here.

Some more of dabitch's are here.

sveskemus's are here.

Nice Donkey has some, too, which I assume she'll post, unless her head exploded due to the subtle but important differences between Danish and Swedish kroner she experienced last Saturday.

The meetup went well, I think. The progression (for those MeFi Meetup Recreationist Societies we'll undoubtedly see a hundred years from now) was as follows: BrewPub upstairs, BrewPub downstairs, dabitch's departure (with accompanying tears), edible shawarma, the departure of my squatter friends (with accompanying tears and renting of garments), and finally Kong Christian for Tuborg and foosball and then the inevitable 3 AM theft of a schooner in the harbor and subsequent armed, malicious invasion of the island of Bornholm, made all the more trivial by the fact that it was already part of Denmark.

Or such is my recollection.
posted by gramschmidt at 4:28 PM on July 24, 2007 [2 favorites]

the inevitable 3 AM theft of a schooner in the harbor and subsequent armed, malicious invasion of the island of Bornholm, made all the more trivial by the fact that it was already part of Denmark.

Obviously, you were already sleeping, and dreaming you were a viking. A literal one. More so than a Danish person would be anyway.
posted by LionIndex at 4:42 PM on July 24, 2007

Nice Donkey's photos are here.

Copenhagen is a most excellent city, and it was made even more excellent by the meeting of many cool people. And the drinking of good beer and the eating of fast-food-ish shawarma in the wee hours.

Also, the repeated paying for said beer and food by sveskemus. Gosh, thanks sveskemus! You'd better be careful in the future . . . you're giving Copenhagen a good name.
posted by Nice Donkey at 4:46 PM on July 24, 2007

Looks like a fantastic time was had by all. Oh, I wish I could've been there.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 5:04 PM on July 24, 2007

Looks like a fantastic time was had by all. Oh, I wish I could've been there.

Ditto. And: lol!

I mean, you ostentatious nincompoop!
posted by languagehat at 5:24 PM on July 24, 2007

I thought ostentatious was that place where they hold the SXSW every year... oh, ostenTexas!!!
posted by wendell at 5:34 PM on July 24, 2007

Literal vikings meeting up! They so cute.

Thanks for the abhorrent and destructive shoutie; love u 2, dabs!
posted by taz at 5:34 PM on July 24, 2007

What a handsome and well-groomed group of mefites.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 7:50 PM on July 24, 2007

Ashtrays on tables! Hawt wimmens! Funky beards! It looks like a wonderful place.
posted by Meatbomb at 9:43 PM on July 24, 2007

Hubba hubba, Copenhagen, you're all gorgeous. I love the Potato and amberglow shoutouts. :>
posted by melissa may at 10:42 PM on July 24, 2007

I got a shoutout from one of my favorite peoples! Thanks dabs!

Also, is this Matt Haughey's evil twin?
posted by dodgygeezer at 12:45 AM on July 25, 2007

I want to play Squatter Friend #2 in the afterschool special.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 4:27 AM on July 25, 2007

Europe really is better. Your beard is mighty festive.
posted by chuckdarwin at 5:57 AM on July 25, 2007

A++++ WOULD MEET UP WITH AGAIN
posted by sveskemus at 6:42 AM on July 25, 2007

Gawd I miss Copenhavn.
posted by Totally Zanzibarin' Ya at 8:34 AM on July 25, 2007

The only thing that could have made that night better (and our hangovers worse) would be the Absinthe we spoke of. Must do that next time! ;P
posted by dabitch at 11:53 AM on July 25, 2007

: >

next time i'm coming! (if you do it in the winter)
posted by amberglow at 3:18 PM on July 25, 2007

I stay a ryanair flight or so away. I am coming next time.
posted by ClanvidHorse at 3:56 PM on July 25, 2007

I can only encourage any other mefites visiting Copenhagen to call for a meetup. It was lots of fun and next time I'm sure we can somehow fit some Absinthe in there.

Oh, and gramschmidt, don't forget to email me a couple of weeks in advance if you decide to try for a Berlin meetup. I can get there quite easily by bus.

And dabitch, I eagerly await an invitation to try some moonshine in your 100-year-old home. :D
posted by sveskemus at 4:10 PM on July 26, 2007