So after our shitty
train that kept being delayed mid journey we made it to Copenhagen: city of
bikes (second I think to Beijing). We stayed in a one-bed apartment in the
trendy part of town surrounded by lots of little bars and food places. We ate
an awesome burger from Banana Joe the first night, what a legend.
Copenhagen is
a pretty place, expensive but very pretty. We saw old churches and town halls
that had been burnt down and built again only to be burnt down several times
again even after relocation. It was good to go on a walking tour again, to hear
about Copenhagen and the stories and history about the area. Leah lost her shit
when she heard about Tivoli, one of the oldest amusement parks in the world.
Created in 1843 and its said that Walt Disney got a lot of ideas from Tivoli
for his theme parks.
Leah on the loop de loop |
Big chair swing |
Yay! Leah can ride the rides!!! |
So of course off we
went to see what all the fuss was about. We started off with a rollercoaster
made in 1912, then on to a floating boat alien shooting ride, then a spinney
spin ride that threw us around a bit, then on a high swinging chair ride (that
was scary) then another rollercoaster and that’s when I cracked… I got off that
ride. I sat out the next 2 while Leah went on the scary rides. I joined her on
the giant drop and we were done for rides for the day. Every Friday at Tivoli
during summer they have a band come and play in the park for free. So many
locals rocked up for the performance by a band we would describe as the Danish
Coldplay. It was a very weird experience being in the atmosphere of a festival
with beer, shots and tipsy people and then an occasional kid running through
the crowd collecting cups to trade for more ride tokens.
We visited the Danish
palace and waved to Mary and asked Freddy if she could come out to play (they
didn’t answer).We also pushed through tourists to get a picture of the little
mermaid (my pose is better). For lunch one day we feasted on a herring buffet at Nyhavns Færgekro (thanks for the tip Rein and Leah).
We enjoyed different types of delicious herring from sweet mustard,
smoked, baked, and creamy to a sweet blueberry variety. Overall, we found
Danish herring sweeter than Estonian herring.
Our last visit was to
a place called Christiania, a social experiment town created in the 70’s that
is now independent from the EU. This colourful little town looks straight out
of the hippy era, full of colourful murals, reggae music, free love and
marijuana being sold in the ‘green light district’.
We had beautiful
weather in Copenhagen, now off to the rain and clouds of the UK.
Arvi
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