MAY'S TRIUMPH JOURNEY

The Copenhagen effect

“If I were a man, I would move to Copenhagen today. My goodness, everyone here is so attractive.” I am on a press trip with fellow online entrepreneur Anna Nooshin and she can't stop talking about the number of attractive people in the Danish capital.

Besides being attractive, they are also incredibly friendly and helpful. A, indeed, extremely attractive young man takes minutes to take a good group photo of us and a passing lady, who undoubtedly was a top model, points out that one of us has placed her bag on the ground and that this could potentially serve as bait for pickpockets and bag snatchers. Do you have those here? Is our question. Almost not, but if you display it like that, you are of course asking for it a bit. To top it off, the woman treats us to the perfect Borgen accent.

Denmark, reportedly the place where people are the happiest in the world, is the venue for a party by German lingerie brand Triumph. I had been there before and was treated to a magical tape measure that gave me a hip measurement of 89 centimeters. The measurer in question must have had one Kronenbourg too many (because they love that here, I told you; a people after my own heart), but I was happy with it.

During this trip our cup size was also measured. You always hear those stories of women who thought they had an A cup and suddenly have double C after a professional measurement. Well, such miraculous stories do not apply to me. I had, as always, that boring 75B. And my pregnant online sister Janine Breukhoven measured, according to her, 100Z. That tape may have been magical for my hips, but for our breasts, it was a different story.

But we got a second chance. After a rarely pleasant lunch at Brasserie Viktor, we strolled through the city and headed for dinner. After sushi that was certainly not slimming but incredibly delicious, there was also a fitting session here.

Janine went first. Still a little bit in post-pregnancy mode (her daughter is only five months old), she didn't want to share her cup size yet. “But it was far from 100 double Z, so I am a happy person.” And what happened to me? Exactly. 75C. Finally.

And I think it has nothing to do with the tape. It's the Copenhagen effect. I may not be a man, but I will also live there. Anna, will you come with me?