So for Copenhagen I have so much to write about, so I’ve decided to write three blogs on stunningly beautiful city and I need to keep these blogs short and sweet for you lot. Back in early 2018, I decided that I would like to do a little travelling across Scandinavia and Copenhagen the Capital of Denmark. August 2018 and Denmark were the starting point of my little travelling expedition. After doing some research into what there was too, I was pleasantly surprised, I had three full days to explore and with a vast array of royal palaces, castle, a city centre theme park, museums and the famous Carlsberg museum and beer tasting a new I would not be disappointed. Copenhagen is a historic city but at the same time youthful and innovative, which what made me fall in love with this city. The one thing you will notice is the vast number of people who cycle around the city, and the roads even have their own cycle lane. Arriving from my AirBnB, I collected my three-day Copenhagen Card from central station. A Copenhagen Card is a pass that gives you access to over seventy top attractions in around Copenhagen as well free transport in and around the city. So, this I would highly recommend if your visiting Copenhagen, it saved me over £150. The one thing you notice when you first step outside Central Station is the Theme Park, Tivoli Gardens, a great place to escape the Hussle and bustle of the centre, I will talk more about Tivoli Gardens in one of my other blogs on Copenhagen. ![]() There was one place that was top of the list that I wanted to visit, and this was a place called Freetown Christiania or simply Christiania. Christiania is an autonomous anarchist district right in the heart of Copenhagen. Located in Christianshavn area of Copenhagen, easily accessible by bus or metro, Christiania is well known for the open selling of Cannabis on the streets. Christiania is located on an old army barracks, which back in the early seventies, a group of hippies, broke into the barracks and squatted there and it has now become the area it is today, with a population of around nine hundred. With an array of building art, market stalls, street food and sculptures, its hidden gem. You not allowed to take pictures on the main street, due to the selling of Cannabis, however me being me, took some anyway. For around Fifty Danish Krone you can have guided tours by the locals and learn a little more of the history of Christiania, but for now it was time to head on to my next attraction. ![]() One thing I love it looking our over cities from high up, some of the views I have seen are breath-taking. One of the places that offered this in Copenhagen was tower called The Round Tower or Rundetaarn as it is known to the locals. Built in the seventeenth century as observation tower, its now open to the general public. You access the tower by walking up a steep walkway, which circles around the centre of the tower, closer to the top, there are a few stairs that you need to climb, before you can exit and walk out on the balcony at the top. The views from the tower are beautiful, Copenhagen has the feeling of an old town, and unlike most capital cities there are very few modern buildings and no sky scrapers. You can look out over the city and you can see the multitude of churches palaces and castles that Copenhagen has to offer. ![]() I opted to do a river cruise next, after walking around the city for a good few hours I decided I need to sit and unwind. As I previously mentioned in my Montreal blog, river cruises a great way to relax and unwind. The river cruise was included in the Copenhagen Card and as I was collecting my ticket, the guy who served me advised me to sit on the right-hand side of the boat, which give me the best views. Naturally it would have been rude to not purchase a couple of beers, so that I did, and I was sorted for ninety-minute relaxing sail through the rivers and canals of Copenhagen. The guide naturally was very informative, we got too see a lot of what Copenhagen had to offer. We stopped at the Little Mermaid statue, a very popular statue and I can not remember the exact number, but it has about ten new heads this statue, and if I recall correctly a new arm or two as well. We got to see many of the castles that Copenhagen has to offer, including Church of the Saviour. I never visited this church, but you can walk up to the top of the spire, which I can only imagine will again offer some amazing views of the city of Copenhagen. We also got to see the Folketing, which is there the Danish Parliament sits, as well as the Danish Opera house and many other interesting places. Day one was finally coming to an end and there was one final place that I wanted to visit. Copenhagen has a museum called Ripley’s Believe it or Not, if you have not heard of Ripley’s it a museum that houses items or details of events that you would question their authenticity. A great museum with a vast array of weird and wonderful facts. I wanted to visit the museum as I visited Ripley’s in Niagara Falls (watch this space for blog on Niagara Falls) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. However, having visited Ripley’s once, it did not have the same feeling. This not to say it’s not worth a visit, as I would highly recommend it, but I do recall the articles, facts in Copenhagen, were similar to what I seen in Niagara Falls in 2017. You have free access with the Copenhagen Card so please visit Ripley’s of you haven’t already done so, you will not be disappointed. Next door to Ripley's is the Han Christian Anderson museum, a Danish author best known for his fairy tales, not my cup of tea, but is free with the Copenhagen Card. Upon leaving the Hans Christian Anderson museum, which is located next to Town Hall and City Hall square, unknown to me, it was pride week, and set up in city Hall Square was a pride event, this is where I ended up each evening, and I’ll have a little talk about this in a later blog that I will write on Copenhagen.
Watch this Space for my second blog on Copenhagen!
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