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Published: June 23rd 2018
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After reading up on the best things to do in Copenhagen I was excited to start the day. I walked over the Inderhavnsboen onto the island of Christianshavn. I found a market area and bought some porridge with almonds, apple and caramel for breakfast. From here I walked to the Freetown of Christiania. This area was settled by squatters in 1971 and has drawn non-conformists from across the globe who were attracted to the concept of collective businesses and communal living. It certainly was an interesting place to walk around with its artistic graffiti and dealers on "pusher street" - it was like stepping into another world. It considers itself to not be a part of the EU.
Stepping back into civilisation as we know it .... I decided to head to the spot I had seen earlier to purchase a Hop on Hop off bus and ferry ticket as this would give me a great snapshot of the city. I did the full circuit of the red bus first, to get my bearings and work out what places I want to visit. I got dropped off in Nyhavn and decided to walk back to my hotel as I wasn't
feeling great - felt as if I was starting to come down with something so wanted to get some Immune Defence into me.
After a little bit of a break, I went down to the waterfront and saw a place that had a sandwich and beer special (if you can call $20 for a sandwich and a beer a special but it was cheaper than nearly every other option!). Surprisingly I felt much better after this and full of energy so decided I would walk along the waterfront to the Little Mermaid, and many other sights along the way, including the Gefion Fountain and the Amalienborg Palace. The Little Mermaid is really, well ...... little!
On the way back I walked through the Kastellet which was commissioned by King Frederick III as a fortress to protect his family in case of an attack - which really annoyed all the citizens of Copenhagen who weren't impressed by the fact that he was just protecting himself and his own. Anyhooooo..... most fortresses are built using rock but because there isn't much in a Denmark they used soil instead and packed it to withstand canon fire. It is designed as a
star fortress and is considered the best of its kind in Northern Europe. Of course I popped into the palace to see if Fred & Mary were home. Wow, they have very nice digs.
I walked back to Nyhavn and jumped on a Hop on Hop Off ferry to see all the sights from the waterways. So many canals - so many low bridges! Also a good way to observe everyone out on the water celebrating midsummer. Why don't we do this in Australia! We actually have a summer ?. There are also dingy's that seem to been built for the sole purpose of being a party boat - it has a table in the middle so everyone can sit around it and have drinks. The Danes sure know how to partayyyy.
The canal boat drop me off in Ved Stranden and I decided to see if I could find this Vietnamese place I had read about in the Lonely Planet - District Tonkin. Found it and had a very delicious Pho Bo for dinner. Walked back to my hotel via Nyhavn - found this really interesting little wine bar just around the corner. All the wine is
purely organic - makes me think drinking it must be good for you!
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Tony
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Hey Cath did u get tempted to look up Joe and Shabbir and the Nordea crew in Copenhagen to suss out jobs?