Today was my first day off for three weeks. After being holed up in an office (complete with its recent scaffolding sarcophagus) for so long I decided to spend the day out in the open and took a long stroll around Ydre Nørrebro. Despite the recent bitter coldness, the sun was shining through the clouds more than it has done for a long time. My programming-numbed-senses were in overdrive over the simplest things and everything was so heightened. It was great!

One of the places I stumbled upon again was Balders Plads. It is a lovely, small residential square with architecturally grand buildings all varying in style from each other. However because of its location inbetween the far end of Nørrebrogade, Tagensvej, a few squats (+Bumzens Café) and the edge of Nordvest, it has much more of a Kreuzberg feel than similar looking places in København. There were a few apartments for sale on the square. I’d like to live there.

My friend Andreas is staying over with me this weekend. He’s currently living in Stockholm, but is attending an independent gaming workshop in København, where it seems the plan is to stay up all hours and write a game in three days. He arrived at my house at 2am this morning after the busy first day and left again at 8am. I’m not sure when he’ll be back but I cooked my first meal for a while this dinnertime, so I’ll leave some in the fridge for him. Although I expect he will have food provided, so maybe it will be my lunch tomorrow.