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Thursday, 10 March 2011

Scandinavia 2010 - Part 2

Sightseeing And Tivoli Gardens

Monday - August 30th 2010

Our first full day in Copenhagen. We got up early and since our hotel didn't offer breakfast, we went to a local bakery for a cup of coffee and a choco croissant.

Copenhagen

A Choco Croissant for Breakfast

Afterwards we walked to Nyhavn, because we wanted to do a boat tour through the canals of Copenhagen. On the way we passed some beautyful buildings and stopped at Castle Rosenborg to watch the guards. and to spend some time in the beautiful park of the castle

Castle Rosenborg

Castle Rosenborg Garden

Europe made of Flowers

Nyhavn is a wonderful place with old buildings, ships, bars and restaurants. We purchased our tickets and soon the canal boat tour started. The route covered the entire harbour from Fisketorvet in the south to the Fortress Trekroner in the north. The roundtrip took approximately 150 minutes. Since the weather was really nice, the sun was shining and it was quite warm, we got to see a lot. The boat tour was great, totally worth the money and shouldn't be missed during a visit to Copenhagen.

Nyhavn

Copenhagen - Boat Tour

Christianshavn - Boat Tour

Copenhagen - Boat Tour

Trekroner - Boat Tour

Copenhagen - Boat Tour

Copenhagen Opera - Boat Tour

Copenhagen - Boat Tour

Nyhavn - Boat Tour

In the afternoon after the tour we visited Christiania. Christiania was a strange, but special place. Unfortunately it wasn’t allowed to take any pictures. I think that was due to the fact, that people were selling drugs there. Coming from a country where even "light" drugs like cannabis are forbidden, we were a little bit shocked to see that in the public. We just walked around that interesting place and had a coffee. Afterwards we went to a small pizza restaurant and then we returned to the hotel, because it started to rain.

Christiania

Pizza

In the evening the weather was getting better again and so it was time for Tivoli Gardens. Tivoli is a beautiful amusement park and we enjoyed every minute there, although we only rode one attraction, a very high carrousel. The park looked really great after sunset when everything was illuminated. The park offered some nice restaurants and live entertainment, which we really liked. Two bands were playing that evening and the guests enjoyed them and were dancing and clapping to their music. We spent a few hours there, before we visited the Hard Rock Cafe just outside the park again.

Tivoli Gardens

Hard Rock Cafe Copenhagen

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Scandinavia 2010 - Part 3

Malmö

Tuesday - August 31st 2010

Today we had planned to go to Malmö, since it was just across the Öresund, the strait that devides Denmark and Sweden. Malmö and Copenhagen are connected by the Öresund Bridge and the train takes only 25 minutes from Copenhagen Main Station to Malmö Main Station.

After a cup of coffee we were on our way and soon we arrived in Malmö. First we just walked around the city and enjoyed the sunny weather. The town offered an American Store and we were eager to buy some US products there. Unfortunately the shop was a little bit disappointing, since it didn't offer a lot. Most of the things were available at home as well and so we only got some snacks.

Malmö

For lunch we went to a vegetarian Chinese buffet restaurant called Vegegarden. The buffet had a big selection of different noodles, spring rolls, vegetables and the food was really, really good. Afterwards we walked to the harbour where we had a cup of coffee while watching the ships. Later we strolled around the city until we found a wonderful small bar, the Basement Cafe, in the old part of the town. We got a table outside and ordered two beers. It was so relaxing just sitting there in the warm summer weather.

Lunch

Malmö

Malmö Harbour

Malmö

Malmö - Bssement Cafe

Then we visited a nearby park until we returned to the inner city. Since it was already evening, we went to a restaurant to have dinner. Before we took the train back to Copenhagen, we did some shopping and bought souvenirs.