Today the sun came out and we packed heaps into our
day. We started with the city walking
tour, which began at the Copenhagen Town Hall.
The building is a replica of a building in Seville, Italy. The only changes to the building were statues
of polar bears that were added to the corners of the roof. When Greenland was part of Denmark polar
bears were significant to the people. We
also visited the Copenhagen Opera House, Royal Danish Theater, Hans Christian
Andersen house, Nytrov, World’s oldest royal family (an Australian girl married
the prince), Nyhavn Harbour, Marble Church and the Danish Royal Palace. We learnt about the many aspects of how
Copenhagen was a trading route before becoming the capital city, the prosperity
of the city due to the triangular trade, Viking warriors, Royal family, how Carlsburg
beer came about, about H.C. Anderson’s life in Denmark and the proposed future
of the city. There is a lot of
construction currently happening in Copenhagen from building more bridges,
building of the city circuit rail track, extending the metro system and
developing the extensive harbor front.
After the tour we wondered done to the Little Mermaid statue which is a
tribute to H.C. Anderson and one of the main attractions of the city. Next we headed for the Rosenborg castle where
we looked at the royal gardens and castle.
By now it was late afternoon and everyone was keen for waffle ice cream,
nothing like a Copenhagen Cone in Copenhagen!
We had spotted a shop earlier in the day along Old Harbour so we headed
there for before sitting on the dock and enjoying our waffle and sorbet ice
creams. Finally we ended our day with a
stroll through Stroget shopping mile where were brought a couple of
souvenirs. The days here are so
deceiving, it feels like 2pm in the afternoon but it’s actually 8pm. Our bodies are definitely not used to this
extended daylight!
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