Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Denmark – Copenhagen



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.
Me in front of something big
Us in the royal palace 


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.
like a festival
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.
Leah waving to Mary (royal palace)
Little Mermaid
Little Merman
Nyhavn

Drinking on the street (its legal!)

So much 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’.
Gates to Christiania 
We had beautiful weather in Copenhagen, now off to the rain and clouds of the UK. 

Arvi

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