Denmark

From the 3rd-5th June I was travelling in Denmark. This was the first stop on my Scandinavian tour. To be fair, I was only in Copenhagen, but I thought that I would share some of my impressions and experiences whilst I was there.

First impressions

Flying into Copenhagen I was struck by how flat it is. I know that this shouldn't be new for me as I live in NL, but I did notice. I was also stuck by the amount of bikes that were around. I knew from some Danish friends, that people often rode bikes in Copenhagen, but I wasn't prepared for just that many. Also I noticed that they seemed to ride quite fast, but that could just be me.

Time with my host

For my two nights in Copenhagen I was able to stay with a local Danish girl, Grethe. She met me at the airport with a sign, which was the first time I think I've been met with a sign that had my name on it! It was actually very handy as we hadn't met before, and neither of us had even seen a photo! It was great spending time with Grethe and getting to know her. She was so laid back and it was good to have some company. We had breakfasts (when she didn't go to the office early) and dinners together and it was so relaxing. We even cooked a Danish summer meal together with frikadeller and a dessert called koldskål, literally translated as 'cold bowl', which is a buttermilk soup that you eat with biscuits. Grethe even changed the recipes a little in order to make everything lactose free!!

The beautiful city of Copenhagen 

I only had one full day in Copenhagen, but I used it as much as I could. I started off with a 3 hr 'free' walking tour around the city. These tours are fantastic (at least the two I've been on) and usually very informative. The tour guide, Igor, knew his stuff and made the tour interactive and interesting. After the tour you would think I would be all walked out, but there was still more that I wanted to see, so I went for my own walking tour to see the extra things that I wanted to see. Here are some of the photos I took on my wanderings around Copenhagen (rove over picture for explanation). Enjoy!