Stroget Copenhagen

Today is our day to see the highlights of Copenhagen. Our first stop is Tivoli Gardens, which is right across from the main train station. We were lucky----Tivoli just re-opened today for Halloween, and it was beautifully decorated with lots of pumpkins and fall decorations. We had a great time just wandering around and watching all the crazy rides …

Since today is our last day in Copenhagen, we were on a mission to find a flag t-shirt for little Sylvia. Mike wanted to get a Danish flag t-shirt for her just like he had gotten one for her mom when he came to Denmark in the 1980s. We looked at a couple of stores yesterday but didn't find one, and Klaus' iPhone didn't have any good suggestions …

We started the day in true kids fashion, with a Puppet show in the beautiful King's Garden near Rosenborg Castle. It was a cleaver and entertaining show for all ages. A masterful feat for only three puppeteers.
We then headed to the famed shopping area called Stroget. There were amazing street performers, high end shopping, and restaurants …

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And so it was. Puneet's foot massage worked!

It was a day to get some mundane chores done before we head out on another one of explorations. Puneet went out in search of a launderette, Arshia and I sorted the bags and did our hair. We managed to get out by 9.00 and today's plan was to visit the Christianborg and Tivoli gardens. Tivoli …

... back to base then treated ourselves to a taxi to the port (and thank god we did... The walk would have been huge otherwise!). Goodbye Copenhagen, a fab 24 hours and worthy of much much more. I will spread the word to all my friends! Next and final leg... ...

Christmas markets (15.11.08)   We went to check out the Christmas markets on Stroget (Copenhagen's main shopping street). There was some really good food on display but nothing really Christmassy. Here are some photo's of Copenhagen at mum's ...

... 16 hours by car, finally we arrive at Copenaghen....Here we stay for 3 beautiful days walking in the city during the "Copenhagen Jazz Festival", a popular annual event which takes place in summer and that is the result of a significant jazz scene having ...

... ; We were quite a distance from the city - so we took a shuttle bus to one of the main squares, Kongens Nytorv, in Copenhagen and from there we set out on our journey.    Saturday finds the Kongens Nytorv hosting a flea market so we perused ...

Following a week long Fulbright conference in Berlin, Zach Zeman, Emily Gutzmer and I set off for a weekend in Copenhagen. Both Zach and Emily attended Southwestern with me and are current English Teaching Assistants in Germany as well. Parallel lives ...

... of the social welfare system seems so ingrained in the culture that it surprised me.  It was also cool to see aspects of Denmark and Copenhagen in the 20th century including 3 TVs that showed television in the 70s, 80s, and 90s - the same anchor was ...

... 't have any real hard touristy things we wanted to do. The oldest and longest pedestrian street system in the world lives in Copenhagen (Stroget) and we walked the length of it almost 3.2 km and ended up at the very beautiful Kongens Nytorv (The Kings ...

... proti vpadom vikingov in roparjev, ki so bili menda kar pogosti. Samo bežno sliko sem si ustvarila o trgovskem središču Stroget. To naj bi bila najstarejša in najdaljša peš cona oz. nakupovalna ulica na svetu ali vsaj v ...

The Danes struck us as very open and trusting people. The train from Oslo to Copenhagen goes through a newly built underwater tunnel between Sweden and Denmark. When we approached the tunnel, the train workers invited the passengers nearest the front ...

Our friends M&E arrived thurs night when we had lovely home cooked dinner a la C. & few beverages until the early hours. Fri C. did his super dooper walking tour of Cph with them, while I was at work, where I think he covered all the highlights incl. ...