We spent three days in Copenhagen. I had booked a bike rental from the hotel for one day, so we biked around the first day and walked around the second. M took SO many pictures of bikes – because there are SO many bikes everywhere. Not as many as Amsterdam, I think, but enough to be a little perilous for those of us not sure of the rules. Like, how do you turn left from the bike lane? Figured that out – but not until the end of the day.
We visited a fort in a star-shaped moat… and wondered how the heck they mow the steep banks. Mowers on ropes?
Across the harbor, we were surprised to see a lot of heavy industry – and wind turbines.
We also saw something that required us to bike around to see it up close:
Seen around town:
Copenhagen’s botanical garden was awesome. I saw lots of plants I’d be happy to add to my gardens, especially this one:
Then we headed over to the King’s Garden. Apparently the king was mainly interested in lawn and trees, but there was one very formal garden with crabapple trees espaliered into fences. Definitely not my style – I like my plants natural looking.
The palace made me wonder – did each successive king decide to build a taller tower?
We randomly wandered into a church that had an open sign, and found a beautiful wood interior… and a gentleman who told us all about it. It wasn’t a Lutheran church like most in Scandinavia, but rather a Reform church with origins in Switzerland, brought here by Queen Charlotte Amelie. We liked that the altar was in the middle of the church instead of at one end, making it easier for everyone to hear.
We also visited a Lutheran church – Frederik’s church, aka the marble church. It was more ornate than I expected for a protestant church, but I guess that’s what you get when it’s the king’s church…
Not everything is old. The opera house looks like a modern take on Japanese architecture to me…
You see and hear English everywhere…
Beyond Our French Adventure 