- Langelinje Pier and The Little Mermaid. So sad and lonely looking out to sea.
- The largest monument in Copenhagen - The Gefion Fountain
- Nyhavn (New Harbor) - full of fishing boats (herring) and restaurants
- Rosenborg Castle (and saw the Crown jewels)
- The Kings Gardens (outside Rosenborg Castle)
- I saw a Youth Rally in the City Hall Square - Danish Hip Hop!
To finish off my day, I went to an Aussie bar around the corner from my hotel and shelled out $100000 for a beer. A good day in all!
Day 2 was full of frustrations, which went like this:
- The Tivoli - closed
- Christiansborg (parliment) - closed
- The Ruinerne (Ruins of Absalons Castle and Palace of Copenhagen from 1167) - Closed
- Vor Frelsers Kirken in Christianshavn (Our Saviours Church)- 400 steps to the top for views of Copenhagen - closed
I went on a canal tour, which pointed out lots of modern (and ugly) architecture - so out of place in such a lovely old city. Absolute highlight was seeing the heads of statues poking out from the water and being told they were underwater statues of Mermen! Fabulous! Then, I walked over the bridge into Christianshavn to see a hippy commune that people have raved about. I'm not sure why - I felt very uncomfortable and hot footed it back out - there were a lot of young thuggy types with dead looking eyes - maybe they were zombies?! From there, I ehaded back t the city and wandered through the Latin Quarters, and then stoppen off at the Orsteds Parken (a park) and sat by the lakes watching the ducks and trying to spot the ugly duckling!
My final day began with a tour of the Carlsberg Brewery. I was shocked to see the early Carlsberg emblem was a swastika!
Then I read 'The svastika symbol originated in India in 3000BC and is a symbol of happiness'.... Hmmm, or were the brewers of Carlsbesg Nazis...? I also visited Jens Olsens Verdensup - A mechanical, astronomical clock showing local time, actual solar time, sunrise and sunset time, the Gregorian calendar, the Julian period, the firament, the migration of celestrial pole besides geocentric and helocentric orbits. Yes indeed.....To finish off my trip, I spent the afternoon in an Irish Bar, celebrating Paddies Day, and my Da's birthday! And feeling horribly, horribly, ashamed of all the drunk bogans littering the ancient Stroget....
But what a fab time I had in Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen!
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