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Mar. 24th, 2013 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aloysius_bearOkay, so Copenhagen wasn't *all* about the scary clowns. We managed to get in some cool sightseeing too, in what turned out to be a very walkable, pedestrian-friendly city.
Mister Hans Christian Anderson greeted us on our first night there, looking very distinguished on the street named after him:
This guy, guarding the Glyptotec (probably from Ingress players - there were a lot of portals there), was less friendly:
There were bears to meet! I'm guessing these guys like to be environmentally friendly:
There was even a polar bear on top of City Hall - honest, that's what it is, really!
One thing about Copenhagen in March (apart from the scary clowns) is that it's *really* *really* cold - there was snow on the ground the whole time we were there, and parts of the river were frozen enough that people had walked across them in snow shoes. Newhavn still looked pretty, though:
My human's father had recommended the changing of the guard at the palace, but we didn't officially put it on our itinerary. However, we happened to get there at just the right time, and thoroughly enjoyed the band and all the marching up and down. Of course, when we got home, our source told us the changing of the guard he had been thinking about was actually in Stockholm, but hey...
While wandering around the palace square, we also randomly came across the very impressive Marble Church:
It was just as impressive inside as out:
This fountain was a nostalgic moment for my human, who remembered it from her first trip to Copenhagen, nearly seventeen years ago (wow, she's old). Unfortunately, it wasn't working, because the water was all frozen over, but it was still cool to look at:
We made it all the way round the water front to the Little Mermaid, who was fairly swamped by tourists braving the cold - wind chill is killer!
Out past the Little Mermaid was another friendly chap, the Danes know who's worth doing statues of!
We walked all round the star-shaped fort, which reminded the humans of the village you cycle round in Wii Fit (it had similar blocky, coloured houses and earth ramps up to different levels of grass):
On the Sunday afternoon, we climbed The Round Tower (they have really imaginative names for stuff in Copenhagen), which provided good views across the city. Apparently, they had a penny farthing race there in the 1880s, and it took the winner 3 minutes to cycle to the top (the ramp was pretty steep) - I bet he was dizzy by the end of it!
We found these guys outside one of the shops on the high street - probably guarding against scary clowns...
And this was the only landmark we knew of before we arrived - City Hall. It shows up in external shots a lot in The Killing, which the humans had been watching for a few weeks before the trip:
A very nice little city break. Perhaps a little chilly, but good fun.
Mister Hans Christian Anderson greeted us on our first night there, looking very distinguished on the street named after him:
This guy, guarding the Glyptotec (probably from Ingress players - there were a lot of portals there), was less friendly:
There were bears to meet! I'm guessing these guys like to be environmentally friendly:
There was even a polar bear on top of City Hall - honest, that's what it is, really!
One thing about Copenhagen in March (apart from the scary clowns) is that it's *really* *really* cold - there was snow on the ground the whole time we were there, and parts of the river were frozen enough that people had walked across them in snow shoes. Newhavn still looked pretty, though:
My human's father had recommended the changing of the guard at the palace, but we didn't officially put it on our itinerary. However, we happened to get there at just the right time, and thoroughly enjoyed the band and all the marching up and down. Of course, when we got home, our source told us the changing of the guard he had been thinking about was actually in Stockholm, but hey...
While wandering around the palace square, we also randomly came across the very impressive Marble Church:
It was just as impressive inside as out:
This fountain was a nostalgic moment for my human, who remembered it from her first trip to Copenhagen, nearly seventeen years ago (wow, she's old). Unfortunately, it wasn't working, because the water was all frozen over, but it was still cool to look at:
We made it all the way round the water front to the Little Mermaid, who was fairly swamped by tourists braving the cold - wind chill is killer!
Out past the Little Mermaid was another friendly chap, the Danes know who's worth doing statues of!
We walked all round the star-shaped fort, which reminded the humans of the village you cycle round in Wii Fit (it had similar blocky, coloured houses and earth ramps up to different levels of grass):
On the Sunday afternoon, we climbed The Round Tower (they have really imaginative names for stuff in Copenhagen), which provided good views across the city. Apparently, they had a penny farthing race there in the 1880s, and it took the winner 3 minutes to cycle to the top (the ramp was pretty steep) - I bet he was dizzy by the end of it!
We found these guys outside one of the shops on the high street - probably guarding against scary clowns...
And this was the only landmark we knew of before we arrived - City Hall. It shows up in external shots a lot in The Killing, which the humans had been watching for a few weeks before the trip:
A very nice little city break. Perhaps a little chilly, but good fun.
