Steve and Amy's European Vacation

Touring Europe on Your Dime


Copenhagen

July 11, 2004 (84 Photos)

 

This trip encompasses two countries and four cities, Copenhagen and Roskilde Denmark, Malmo and Lund Sweden. If you look at a map, Denmark and Sweden sit right next to each other. We took a train from Copenhagen to Malmo and Lund just to see if Sweden differs from DK very much. Very cool, (you can see in the second pic)- the train actually goes under the Baltic sea (tunnels) than raises right out of the water to continue as a bridge. It's the second longest suspension bridge in the world and just finished in 1998. They are very proud of it.

It rained on and off the entire weekend and both Amy and I were sick but we still had a great time.

Nyhavn is a part of Copenhagen and is very picturesque as you can see and we visited Hans Christian Anderson's grave as well as Soren Kierkegaard's. Christiania (inside of Copenhagen) is an abandoned military area taken over by hippies, artists, wacks. It's a commune where they sell soft drugs and party all the time- pics are forbidden as what they do is illegal.

Amy and I went (the government is closing it down after several years and several attempts). We had a great time chatting with some folks from Norway.

Roskilde, DK is home of the Viking museum - they found 5 Viking ships in their harbor and pulled them out. They decided to start building their own replicas and they let special tourist go out for a sail. What a blast.

 

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Flying into Copenhagen Flying into Copenhagen
Tunnel bridge to Sweden Tunnel bridge to Sweden
Arriving at Copenhagen station Arriving at Copenhagen station
Entrance to Tivoli Entrance to Tivoli
It's pouring out! It's pouring out!
Tivoli Gardens Tivoli Gardens
Ships ahoy Ships ahoy
Should we eat here Should we eat here
pretty pretty
Exit from Tivoli Exit from Tivoli
Nyhavn district Nyhavn district
More Nyhavn More Nyhavn
Steve's favorite area Steve's favorite area
more still more still
Nyhavn with people Nyhavn with people
Happening place Happening place
Anchors away Anchors away
land of the wooden ship land of the wooden ship
Wooden sailing ships everywhere Wooden sailing ships everywhere
the famous mermaid with boy the famous mermaid with boy
Copenhagen sky Copenhagen sky
boats galore boats galore
another sky view another sky view
Arriving in Malmo Sweden Arriving in Malmo Sweden
Malmo Sweden Malmo Sweden
old town old town
more old town more old town
still more still more
kayaking through downtown kayaking through downtown
Swedish money Swedish money
More kayaker's More kayaker's
Windmill in Malmo Windmill in Malmo
Malmo royal gardens Malmo royal gardens
More windmill More windmill
Happy mother's day Happy mother's day
Don Quixote Don Quixote
Royal herb garden Royal herb garden
castle with moat castle with moat
Malmo canal Malmo canal
Welcome to Lund Sweden Welcome to Lund Sweden
Peat roofs Peat roofs
streets of Lund streets of Lund
historical Lund historical Lund
More Lund More Lund
Which way do we go Which way do we go
Bike world Bike world
Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Denmark
Cathedral in Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde
Viking ship museum Viking ship museum
replica Viking ships replica Viking ships
Roskilde Viking harbor Roskilde Viking harbor
Woodworkers paradise Woodworkers paradise
boat building in progress boat building in progress
getting ready to sail getting ready to sail
Row, sailors Row, sailors
Sail's up Sail's up
land ahoy land ahoy
storms a brewing storms a brewing
will we make it will we make it
Amy is not afraid Amy is not afraid
back safely to harbor back safely to harbor
a real Viking ship a real Viking ship
Is there another kind Is there another kind
Tall ships Tall ships
Roskilse church Roskilse church
Christiania- the weird district Christiania- the weird district
Christiania Christiania
and back to the EU and back to the EU
church of the lost savior church of the lost savior
Copenhagen skyline Copenhagen skyline
after the rain after the rain
a bite to eat a bite to eat
lunch time lunch time
time for a beer time for a beer
time for a few more time for a few more
an artist's rendering an artist's rendering
and then, Steve's rendering and then, Steve's rendering
Hans Christian Anderson's grave Hans Christian Anderson's grave
Copenhagen canal Copenhagen canal
more canal more canal
lover's at canal lover's at canal
more lover's at canal more lover's at canal
Goodbye from Copenhagen Goodbye from Copenhagen
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