After much travelling, we’re finally here in Copenhagen, our base from which we will attend the Eurovision Song Contest.
Copenhagen is quite different to Stockholm. It’s just as busy as Stockholm, the prices are about the same as in Sweden and the people are friendly, but it just seems a little bit dirty. Also there are bicycles everywhere!! Sometimes there are more bicycles riding down a street than cars, yet Copenhagen doesn’t have a bicycle hire scheme like London (Copenhagen had a scheme in the past but ditched it as the funding stopped). There have been multiple times in the past couple of days where having a bicycle handy would have been much more convenient to get from A to B than trying to catch a bus or train/Metro.
Anyway, so far we’ ve visited Rosenborg Palace, Kings Gardens, the Round Tower, Storget (the main shopping street), Christensborg Palace (the 3rd version, as the royal family has burnt down the previous two versions back in the 18th century) and gone on a canal tour. On Friday and Saturday we’re hoping to go to Amalienborg Palace (current home of the Danish Royal Family), Kastellet (The Citadel), The David Collection, Skagen shop, Our Saviour’s Church (more specifically the tower of the church) and if we have time Tivoli Gardens and a wander around Christianshavn.
Our hotel here is very spacious compared to Stockholm and is centrally located. The water pressure in the shower is somewhat lacking and I had huge Internet problems for the first 2 days but these appear to have sorted themselves out.
I’m looking forward to the 2nd Semi-Final this evening and we’re just about to leave for the train, so I’ll tell you all about it when I come back.
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