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Nyhavn
Canal time - so colourfull Copenhagen - Denmark!
So, I last left you in Sweden, soaking up my Scandinavian experience and loving being considered a local. I didn’t originally plan on adding in a Danish journey however since I was all the way up there in lap land and predicting that I would love being Scando for a while, I thought I would add an extra cold climate country to explore before I hit the European summer.
I caught the high speed X2000 train from Stockholm to Copenhagen which gave me just over four hours of viewing Swedish country side with all those lovely red houses that look like small barns and even a small rain storm and took me straight into the centre of the capital. As I got off the train I recognised 2 young Irish boys (Damian and Fergal) I briefly met at a pub in Stockholm (since the night before I was trying to get their attention to save me from the crazy Czech man who bought me a drink, but anyway...) and we got talking and figured out we were staying at the same hostel, and became new buddies.
A slight rain storm on our arrival made us
decide to begin our Copenhagen experience in the bar over a few Castleburg beers and as the rain stopped and the temperature plummeted we braved the weather and wandered around town before the extended sunlight hours died. Without much of a plan, safety in numbers and not feeling the need to consult the map, we wandered the city streets until we accidentally wandered into the red light district and dodgy area decided to call it quits. The boys met up with a mate so I found a Wagamama noodle house to give me a dose of soup and vegetables and explored the city by night until I went numb with frost bite.
I woke up to a mostly sunny day and met up with my Irish boys to go sight seeing. Without knowing much of what the Danes are known for, we saw that the Castleburg Beer brewery was within walking distance so that decision was made without having to think at all and the self guided tour ended up with 2 free beers. Copenhagen is not that big and easily walkable (although again most people cycle) but after a few beers under our belt before lunch time and
Downtown Copenhagen
Gotta love a good fountain knowing that the main city area was at the other end from where we had walked, we decided to again employ the ‘catch the random bus’ game which actually worked out pretty good (except for the crazy Malaysian lady who screamed in broken English to be let off the bus because the driver wasn’t announcing the stops in English because not everyone spoke Danish - cringe worthy).
So where we hopped off took us to the green Kings Garden, Rosenslott (Royal Castle) guarded by the army, and to the gorgeous Nynhavn cafe area by the Canal. This area was just gorgeous and colourful, and everyone was out enjoying the sunshine. We continued on through the shopping district until it was time for the boys to depart for their next destination, so I continued onto the Bohemian part of Copenhagen to find monuments and buildings not associated with Hans Christian Anderson like most of the city was (and since the famous mermaid statue had been temporarily moved to China for an exhibition just before I arrived).
My stay in Copenhagen was only for 2 days and 2 nights but I covered a good majority of the city before I
left for the airport bound for mainland Europe. The city was beautiful, and I would like to see it in either full winter or full summer for the best effect. It was easy to navigate and get around and the people were lovely, but for some reason I think I Stockholm had more effect on me. So it was time for me to put my beanie and scarf at the bottom of my backpack and bring out the t-shirt and shorts for my journey to continue on.
Next stop - CROATIA.
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