This is our last day of our Sweden, Norway, Denmark trip.
Click here if you want to go to the start of our trip
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Started
off today visiting another section of the city called Christianhavn.
Lots of old warehouse buildings here that have been converted. Lots
of canals again as well. We think we may have gone along one of
these canals on our boat tour the other day. This area is kind of
the new place to be. From here we walked along to Freetown
Christiania which is the hippy throwback area of Copenhagen. Not
much going on at this time of day but it was fun and quirky to walk
through. When I looked it up online there was a warning not to buy
drugs here lol.
From
here Andre climbed the tower at Church of Our Savior. This is a
beautiful church outside the tower is spiral, but most all of it is
covered in plastic right now under renovation. I did not feel like
climbing 400 steps then coming down 1 at a time, so it was all Andre,
plus he got the +65 discount.
Back
across the main canal to closer to where we are staying. Went to
watch the changing of the guards, which happens every day here at
noon. Today we went to the palace to watch the actual event, we have
seen them marching around twice now, but never seen the main event.
It was fun to watch, not too crowded and had a nice visit with an
older couple from Scotland. Warned them to watch their valuables as
someone from our cruise was pickpocketed at the changing of the
guards before the cruise.
Off
to get some lunch, decided on a slice of pizza each, screwed up the
currency conversion and realized we had 2 slices of pizza for $48,
ouch. Back to microwave supper tonight lol.
After
our lunch we decided to go up the free viewpoint at Christiansborg
Palace. This time not too many stairs, there is an elevator for the
first 3 floors, and only about 40 stairs after that to climb. They
do a full security check like at an airport so it takes a while to
get through the line, we were in line about 40 minutes. Nice views
from the top, it was fun to see all the places we had visited.
Next
off to Rosenborg Castle, I hadn't decided yet if I had enough energy
left today but we did it. It is not a huge castle, only 3 floors
plus the crown jewels which were fun to see. The Royal family did
not move back here after they moved out for renovations, it is now a
museum, I doubt they will move back here now.
Back
to the grocery store and we are home for the night. Trying to get
caught up on these blogs, have let them slip a little. Andre has
beer and ice cream so he is happy, I tried the chocolate milk which I
guess is a thing here, not great. We have a few drops of rain on the
way back to the apartment, but nothing like we had been expecting.
Trick is to pack umbrellas, you won't need them :)
Got
checked in for our flights tomorrow, will be spending the night in
Halifax as we get in too last to want to drive home. Looking forward
to getting home at this point, at the end of our trip it is always
like this, ready for home.
Steps
23,100
total
289,196 in 14 days
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| Beautiful reflections early morning on NyHavn canal |
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| Opera house |
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| What they use to lock their bikes. Only a few of them had cables |
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| Gray Construction trailers stacked in front of a construction project |
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| Christianshavn canal |
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| The shipyard worker |
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| One of the furniture store we saw in the few days. Very nice high end designs |
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| Church of our Savior tower that Andre climbed, 400 steps |
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| Some of the steps |
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| Happy they did not go off while I was going by |
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| Wendy is between the trees |
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| Andre is half way up the spiral |
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| View from the tower of Church of our Savior |
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| evidence that I made the climb |
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| front the top |
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| for Canadian prices, divide by 5 approximately |
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| At Freetown, a more hippy part of Copenhagen, a self-governing, bohemian anarchist commune located in the Christianshavn neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It began in 1971 as a squatted military base. Its main selling street, Pusher Street, was famous for its open illegal trade of cannabis until 2024, when a large portion of the trade was shut down in a collaborative effort between Danish police and the majority of the inhabitants, with the street being physically dug up |
On the way back to old town
