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Copenhagen
Dec. 24th, 2010 01:22 pmWell we are back from Copenhagen! We got back yesterday afternoon after a two hour delay. But as people down south have been really suffering when it comes to flights I feel we got off lightly. We had an excellent time. I'm going to write up my hand-written journal and back date it but I shall sum up the gist of it here. The weather was ok surprisingly. It had already snowed on arrival but it didn't really snow again until the day we left so the weather was ok for walking around. The -6 temperatures, not so much. It much have gone lower than that as well. But we survived! And saw a lot:
Radhaus - The town hall has a tower which you climb to the top off and get great views of the city. It was pretty clear and you could see right out to the Oresunds Bridge, the bridge that goes to Sweden and which we crossed on our day trip too...
Malmo - Having always wanted to go to Sweden it made for a nice day out. That said, there's not actually as much to do in Malmo (Sweden's third largest city) compared to Copenhagen. We had a wander around some lovely squares and the shops but spent a lot of the day in the Malmohaus, the city museum based in a castle which was excellent. It was part Natural History Museum, part aquarium, part antique museum, part art gallery, along with a history of the building itself. Very interesting. Oh, and we got to see the Turning Torso, the largest building in Scandinavia.
The Little Mermaid - For such a famous landmark I was quite surprised to find out that a) she's really small, b) she's not in the prettiest area and c) she's quite far out of the city. It was nice to see her though, especially as she'd been in Shanghai for most of the year.
Tivoli Gardens - James was a bit disappointed with Tivoli but I liked it. It was beautifully lit up for Xmas although it was very expensive. It was 95kr to get in (£11) and then you had to pay for everything inside the park too. We didn't go on any rides as it was far too cold but we did see the largest saltwater aquarium in Europe, drank some glogg and had a nice wander around the shops. It may well be better in summer though, when you could sit outside by the lake and eat.
Christiania - We made it over to the self-contained hippie village but were a bit scared to actually go in! It's an interesting little place though.
Architecture - There are some excellent buildings in Copenhagen including a lot of large churches. We also made it to the royal palaces, notable as you can almost go right up to the queen's door. You wouldn't even know they were palaces if you didn't see the guards stood outside. We also saw and briefly went in The Black Diamond, the public library, an impressive building. Also, Christianborg Slot is great for buildings.
Nyhavn - This lovely picture postcard place is by one of the many canals and we ate round here too. A buffet with ten different types of herring!
Stroget - Copenhagen is excellent for shopping and we had a good wander around the main shopping area. We went in the Lego shop and bought some Xmas scenes and went in another great Xmas shop. We bought quite a lot of bits and pieces, things for the tree, trinkets, James bought some clothes too. We had a great time.
The cost of things was ok actually. We had a great guide book and didn't really eat out at a restaurant in the evening which helped. We tended to go out for lunch instead and went to the supermarket to pick up things in the evening. We had polsar twice, their speciality hot dog and also ate a lot of pastries! We'd definitely go back there as it's an excellent city. We didn't do it all and the trains are so cheap and easy that it would be great to go further afield again (Lund maybe, Ystad, Roskilde or even Stockholm!). We'd have to go back in summer though, to take advantage of the parks and see the canals when they're not frozen over!
I was in work today but finishsed at 12.30pm. We did our food shopping yesterday and got some lovely things and I shall make mince pies later on. I'm quite excited about Xmas! To everyone on my friends list - have a great day!
Radhaus - The town hall has a tower which you climb to the top off and get great views of the city. It was pretty clear and you could see right out to the Oresunds Bridge, the bridge that goes to Sweden and which we crossed on our day trip too...
Malmo - Having always wanted to go to Sweden it made for a nice day out. That said, there's not actually as much to do in Malmo (Sweden's third largest city) compared to Copenhagen. We had a wander around some lovely squares and the shops but spent a lot of the day in the Malmohaus, the city museum based in a castle which was excellent. It was part Natural History Museum, part aquarium, part antique museum, part art gallery, along with a history of the building itself. Very interesting. Oh, and we got to see the Turning Torso, the largest building in Scandinavia.
The Little Mermaid - For such a famous landmark I was quite surprised to find out that a) she's really small, b) she's not in the prettiest area and c) she's quite far out of the city. It was nice to see her though, especially as she'd been in Shanghai for most of the year.
Tivoli Gardens - James was a bit disappointed with Tivoli but I liked it. It was beautifully lit up for Xmas although it was very expensive. It was 95kr to get in (£11) and then you had to pay for everything inside the park too. We didn't go on any rides as it was far too cold but we did see the largest saltwater aquarium in Europe, drank some glogg and had a nice wander around the shops. It may well be better in summer though, when you could sit outside by the lake and eat.
Christiania - We made it over to the self-contained hippie village but were a bit scared to actually go in! It's an interesting little place though.
Architecture - There are some excellent buildings in Copenhagen including a lot of large churches. We also made it to the royal palaces, notable as you can almost go right up to the queen's door. You wouldn't even know they were palaces if you didn't see the guards stood outside. We also saw and briefly went in The Black Diamond, the public library, an impressive building. Also, Christianborg Slot is great for buildings.
Nyhavn - This lovely picture postcard place is by one of the many canals and we ate round here too. A buffet with ten different types of herring!
Stroget - Copenhagen is excellent for shopping and we had a good wander around the main shopping area. We went in the Lego shop and bought some Xmas scenes and went in another great Xmas shop. We bought quite a lot of bits and pieces, things for the tree, trinkets, James bought some clothes too. We had a great time.
The cost of things was ok actually. We had a great guide book and didn't really eat out at a restaurant in the evening which helped. We tended to go out for lunch instead and went to the supermarket to pick up things in the evening. We had polsar twice, their speciality hot dog and also ate a lot of pastries! We'd definitely go back there as it's an excellent city. We didn't do it all and the trains are so cheap and easy that it would be great to go further afield again (Lund maybe, Ystad, Roskilde or even Stockholm!). We'd have to go back in summer though, to take advantage of the parks and see the canals when they're not frozen over!
I was in work today but finishsed at 12.30pm. We did our food shopping yesterday and got some lovely things and I shall make mince pies later on. I'm quite excited about Xmas! To everyone on my friends list - have a great day!
