Tivoli Gardens 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 …

So many courses!
Turns out Scandinavia is not very sunny and warm in late November. After flying in to pick up Raeann in Germany we buzzed over to Copenhagen for a short few days to celebrate the time honored tradition of eating too much and being thankful that you don't have to share the leftovers w/ the more needy. Our stay started like most …

Gorgeous day here in Copenhagen. Bike ride to park and picnic near Tower Playground. Everyone in Copenhagen seemed to be there. The sun was shining all day, with only a few clouds in the sky. Which seems to be rare here! The kids had a blast playing on a playground with replicas of Copenhagen landmarks.

Then we are off to the 2nd oldest …

We started our day with a German breakfast buffet and a walk across the platz to the train station. We took the train to Hamburg and spent about an hour and a half walking around and absorbing the city. Then it was back to the station for McDonald's cheeseburgers (so we could say we ate hamburgers in Hamburg) and we caught our next exciting train. …

It was been a busy day and we walked more than 7 miles! Our spirits were high (not from anything illegal, I hasten to add) but from all of the wonders of Copenhagen.

As we made our way back towards the center of the city we view the official celebration of Denmark's National Flag Day honoring their military forces. There was a large …

Saturday, 19 May 2012

We stayed Friday night at Bernie and Janet's place and we left the house to drive to Stansted airport at 5am. It took about an hour to drive there, park the car and then take the bus into the terminal. The line to get through security was very long and we were cutting it fine. We still had to pick up our Danish …

Arrived in Copenhagen this morning after a sleeper train last night from Cologne. Not very impressed they wouldn't let us have our breakfast that was included with our tickets because they were short-staffed on board!

Very nice man on reception allowed us to check in early. I had put on our reservation we were on honeymoon and I think this …

Early start this morning, driving to Stansted Airport for our Easyjet flight to Copenhagen. This was a very quick flight and we were soon in the terminal looking for the rail station. About £7 bought two tickets in to Copenhagen centre, where we looked for our first bar. We had not really planned to see anything in particular so decided to …

It takes less than two hours to fly from Basel to Copenhagen but somehow the journey seemed to take the entire afternoon. I left work at midday and finished packing before we left the apartment. We bought some cold lunch at the grocery store on our way to the airport. Once we were through security I received a text message from Swiss. Once again, …

Another grey, grim day. It’s frustrating though, we want to see the city under sunlight and only did the first day. We went to Café Bankerat for breakfast this morning. They do brunches and also had an "English" breakfast with egs, bacon, sausage and beans which Graham liked though the sausages were a bit spicy. The breakfast I had was cold …

... pirates, and Chinese pagodas. I'm not sure if those things fit into one theme, but if they do, that's the theme of the Tivoli gardens. We ended late and walked around seeing the town hall and the government buildings. At night we went to bed feeling like ...

... was white and arabic in structure. We definitely were somewhere else! We caught the train in from Copenhagen airport and had a wander after checking in. The Tivoli gardens are shut until the middle of the month so we will visit them om our return. Found ...

... Surprised at how quiet Copenhagen is on a Sunday with most stores closed and prettymuch just toursists walking the streets. Checked out Tivoli Gardens and chilled out with yet another hotdog for a while. Seems like every 3rd person at Tivoli Gardens has ...

... that we like very much....Nyhavn (the street lined with many small bars and restaurants facing out to a picturesque harbor), Tivoli Gardens (an oasis of greenery and enjoyment in the centre of Copenaghen) and Christiania ( a self-governing neighbourhood ...

... the main plaza by City Hall, Radhuspladsen.    Hans Christian Anderson sits alongside the City Hall, across the street from Tivoli Gardens.  We didn't have time to linger and take in a fairy tale as we had a tale to create ourselves at ...

... friends and the city is enthusiastic and alive. I love this city with its pedestrian malls, public squares and bite-sized museums. Tivoli Gardens has a life to it all its own that seems to radiate over the entire city. The water front is beautiful, the ...

... very good, they did a medley of 5 ballets so good for the uninitiated & some cool Arvo Part music. It was in the Tivoli Gardens concert hall which as been newly renovated & was very good acoustically. But they have set the Christmas lights in Tivoli & ...

... much to do there. Much like Eurodisney or Wonderland but for littler kids. We thought it was an actual garden as the brochures say "Tivoli Gardens" however it was not. And unlike its name in reverse, sadly on this occasion we didn't "i lov iT" at all. ...

... ... and the quick dashes back to shore... to dry off and get dressed before hypothermia set in... An evening at Tivoli Gardens... the pleasure of watching the children run, play, laugh and build closer bonds... Donning Viking dress and swords ...

... to go into the city, which proved fairly easy to do by taking the train from the airport. We strolled around the Tivoli Gardens - a winter wonderland, beautiful at dusk, had something to eat at a mexican(!) restaurant and headed back to the airport. All ...