We arrived in Copenhagen last night at 18:00 and took the ("best in the world"!) Copenhagen metro to the center of town. Checked into the Admiral Hotel. Discovered a very friendly stretch of restaurants and bars along a Nyhavn waterway adjacent to our hotel. The Nyhavn waterway contained a number of boats frozen in place.
We settled on a cozy pub that resembled the crew lounge on the inside of a sailing ship, with low ceilings and low lighting, sailing memorabilia on the walls. We enjoyed a couple of Tuborg Julebyrg beers and shared a fancy world-fusion cheese burger. The bill was around 200 Danish Kroner, a common price for one meal in the area.
This morning we set out to explore the town. Despite having a list of attractions and destinations, we opted to wander around a bit to soak up the environment. We wandered up to a peculiar tower building, inside of which an art exhibit was setup in honor of
Henri Rousseau. One ascended the tower by walking a spiral brick corkscrew. The tower, named
Rundetårn, was used for a long time as a library and observation tower for the Copenhagen university. There was a lovely view of the snowy city at the top.
We spent much of the remaining daylight walking through shopping areas, stopping occasionally to browse or to eat snacks. Copenhagen, like other European cities has a very pedestrian-friendly environment, with whole districts dedicated to foot traffic.
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| A hidyhole in the Rundetårn. |
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| Another hidyhole. Look at the slope of the brick corkscrew! It would be fun to rollerblade down this thing. |
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| Beautifully formed snowflakes on a window sill in the Rundetårn. |
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| Rousseau had a friendly, cartoony, post-impressionist approach to art. It was all very pleasing. |
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| Jon had purchased some cool wool socks at a Copenhagen department store and decided to put them on while inside the art gallery. |
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| Becky and the gallery. |
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| Becky trying to break-in to a locked pew inside the church that was attached to the Rundetårn. Fun fact: the Rundetårn held the church's bell in its loft. |
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| We were there! Trying to navigate to the Denmark National Museum, which turned out to be closed. |
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| Becky posing in front of a statue. We don't know what the statue represents or anything. |
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| Irish coffee with a rock candy stirrer 1 |
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| Irish coffee with a rock candy stirrer 2 |
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| A typical Copenhagen walkway. Note that this snow is not slushy at all; the snow stayed entirely solid due to the very cold temperatures. It was very soft to walk on. |
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| Black bikes were everywhere! |
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| OMG look how expensive Red Bull is in Denmark! Just kidding, that's about $4. |
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| Becky and the city. |
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| Jon and the city. Watch out for those cars slipping all around. |
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| One of many tasty treats: chocolate-covered waffle on a stick. This lady was laughing at us because we had a hard time giving her the right combination of Danish Kroner coins and because we didn't speak Danish. |
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| Jon modeling a sexy jacket in H&M. Sorry everyone, he decided not to buy it. |
