Copenhagen Sightseeing Day
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You can find the slide sets on Flickr right here or on Yahoo! right here (same set, take your pick).
So the day started with a great buffet (free) breakfast up on the top floor of the hotel. I was tempted to jump on one of the tours to go and see things, but my body said take a nap. Which lasted until almost 3pm. So heading downstairs I asked the concierge to provide me with a city map and a route to see sites that are not taken everyday. With a smile he drew (I darkened the ink line for the picture so you could see it in the slides) a nice long walk around numerous museums, small park areas and just different styles of neighborhoods. The walk took me hours, with some brief stops included to get away from sudden rain. So I covered a bunch of ground and took pictures of names of places to help.
1. Past the main train station that I came from the airport on. Only 3 stops form the airport to the hotel stop in 15 minutes. Cheaper and more direct that a cab.
2. Past the Tivoli which does not open until Apr 12 with a new ride. I can right into it form my hotel window so I did not miss much except the excitement of the name and saying I had been there.
3. A turn off of Bernstorffsgade onto Tietgensgade took me to the Glyptoteket. Luckily the museum was normally free on Wed and Sundays, but since they had construction on some parts it was free today too. I was able to see some of it. The cafe in there I found in quite a few magazines. It looked awesome and the acoustics of the dome and arboretum made conversations from a few feet away impossible to even hear. Kind of spooky, but cool.
4. A turn on HC Anderson Boulevard and again on Ny Kengensgade took me to a complex of large buildings around a small park area. I took some great pictures there. The whole area on the map looks like Christiansborg but there was some smaller signs for the park area. Also inside was the Danish Jewish Museum. Very modern design as you can tell by their sign.
5. Out through another side of the park and I hit Christians Brygge which runs along the channel. I followed that up and over Knoppelsbro bridge into the "hippie area" I was told, called Christianshavn. Reminds me of our Central West End area in St Louis, or even The Loop around Delmar.
6. Down Torvegade and then a big square around some side streets looking for the church, Vor Frelsers Kirke, that had this gold spire that you can walk up (150 steps on the outside, 250 inside to get up there) I could see in the distance when crossing the bridge. I found a great sushi place called Sushi Saiko on the main road. I found the spire around Overgaden oven and Annae Gade area and took some pictures there of the spire and church. The church was open for only another 10 minutes by the time I had found it
7. Back across the bridge, around the National Bank and on to Kongens Nytorv via Holmens Kanal.
8. I suddenly realized where I was from walking around that area for dinner the past two nights. So I jumped on to the main roadway through the central shopping district. (it has like 3 names along the way on the same pedestrian street). Some shopping, poking into side walkways and streets that I had not seen yet and back to the hotel
I came back to download pictures, dry off myself and some clothes, a cup of Cacao Fantasy and then thought about heading off to dinner. No destination, just heading. I found out that the Copenhagen Night Film Festival runs through this weekend with 165 films (there is an English link in the top middle of page). I am trying to find a place to see what movie is here before I grab some food. This movie looked too good to pass up in my quick searches and on-line recommendations. I found that two of the theaters are within 2 blocks of the hotel.
Late dinner was found at Indian Taj Restaurant, right near the hotel. Quite good food and the waiter suggested the chef's private recipe for hot coconut chicken. Not a disappointment. A nice walk to wear myself out for the flights home to get back on schedule. I don't plan on sleeping tongiht, but on the London-Boston flight instead.
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On Saturday, April 1st, 2006 by Chris Miller
