Laura Hall is an award-winning author, travel writer and journalist based in Copenhagen. 

Author:

• One Day, So Many Ways, a children’s book about how life is lived around the world;
• TimeOut Copenhagen, a first-timer’s guide to the city;
• Footprint Reykjavik, the first published guide to the most northernmost capital city in the world
• The Year I Lay My Head In Water, a memoir about swimming the seas of Scandinavia in search of a better life, is forthcoming with Icon Books in 2026.​
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Contributor:  

• Kinfolk, Condé Nast Traveller, Sunday Times, BBC Travel, The Guardian, Time Out, Vogue Scandinavia, Lonely Planet, Imagine 5, Adventure.com, Afar, Conde Nast Traveler.

Credentials:

• Graduate: Oxford University, London College of Printing, Bristol University, altMBA
• Professional Certificate in Sustainable Tourism (GSTC 2022)​

Awards:

• Winner: Cheshire Prize for Literature (2022)
• Finalist: Travel Media Awards, Specialist Travel Writer of the Year (2024)

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