Until I hit my forties, I believed there were two types of traveller.

There’s the splurger, who goes away once a year and lets the good times roll, believing the cost of everything on holiday is something to worry about on the flight home.

Then there’s the scrimper, going local and cheap wherever possible.

I have always been very much in the latter camp, first because I was broke and because I wanted to travel more.

Spending less in cheaper destinations has always been the name of my game.

Indeed, I still believe that, usually, travelling cheaper will give you the most authentic experiences, the best bragging rights and, quite often, the tastiest plate of food in any country.

However, since becoming an honorary Nordic, I’ve come to realise that there’s a third way.

Because Danes and Swedes are masters at the high/low lifestyle.

They know when to save, they know when to splurge, and they’re damn happy because of it, coming in second and fourth respectively in the most recent global happiness index.

The Swedes actually have a word for this, "lagom", meaning "not too much, not too little".

So, I’m now on a mission to set the record straight about Nordic cities and how accessible they can be to every budget because everyone deserves to eat a delicious cardamom bun under a fresh blue, sunny sky on a Copenhagen street.

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