My first impression of København was: wow!! This city looks so clean, nice and spacious! It remembered me a little bit of Canada in some ways. We took a long bus ride from the airport to Sylvia's house and I liked everything I saw. No poverty like in London can be found here; it's a world of difference. It even looks nicer than the Netherlands to be honest. We Dutch people made the mistake of building very ugly houses in the past fifty years, whereas the Danish still built their houses in the same vein as their old ones. This makes the whole city look as an organic whole. Also, there are no high buildings.
Today we just strolled around the city. Our first stop was the bicycle dude, where Daniël and I rented bikes for five days. I'm very happy about this, there's nothing more pleasant of getting around in a city on your own. It's not that I dislike public transport so much (although the Tube in London was quite horrendous at times), but I prefer to not be tied to buses, trains, and tubes. You are more able to move freely on a bike, and I like that.
We went to the Botanical Gardens, Rosenburg Castle and the gardens around the castle, the city centre, Nyhavn and Daniël and I even went running together. I had to bring my running gear because I'm awfully behind on my training schedule. The Dam tot Dam loop is drawing nearer and nearer and I'm nowhere near ready to run the 10 miles. It was a little to hot to go running, but we managed to not get lost and ran for about one hour. A shower is almost never more pleasant than after heavy sport activity and this was no exception. We made a nice pasta pesto salad and just now rented a movie.
Tomorrow I want to visit a museum and visit the Palace.
Here are some pictures to give you a general impression of what I saw today.
The last picture was taken in the city centre, where you could find the 'living statues'. This man was the best one I have ever seen! He was walking his bicycle, apperantly on a very windy day. This guy payed attention to the tinyest detail of 'looking windy'. His scarf, the fake smoke blowing from his pipe, his coat...awesome!
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I was in Copenhagen about 12 years ago and it was so beautiful. I was only there maybe 24 hours, but it made quite an impression on me.
What part of Canada have you visited? I assume somewhere in the east, if Copenhagen reminded you of Canada...
Yeah, I've been in Toronto. That's what it reminded me of (some parts of Toronto at least)
There is poverty in London? Where???? ahahahhahhaha
I have visited Norway and Sweden and generally Scandiavian countries are much cleaner than the rest of Europe (ESPECIALLY cleaner than London). It is as if people had more respect for ALL the environment around them, city AND countryside.
Great about the bike trips! Again, something that London is still outrageously lacking.
Beautiful pictures as always!
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The living statues, I remember them :) Have you also seen didgeridoo players? There were quite some about when I was there. Most of the pictures bring back memories, places I've been myself!
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