Category: Sight-seeing
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Kastellet- Copenhagen’s original fort
The other morning in a walk about of Copenhagen I discovered an urban gem. Like history, architecture, peace, quiet and natural beauty. Check out the “Citadel” The Kastellat or Citadel was built in 1664 and actively in use as a fort into the mid 1800’s. Today it still houses military activities, but it’s primary functions…
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Assistens Cemetery
This morning’s walkabout for a different bakery (Meyers Bageri) lead us to one of the oldest cemeteries in Copenhagen, Assistens Cemetery. This burial ground has become a hybrid space: a churchyard-turned-city park. For more than 250 years, the people of Copenhagen have buried their dead here. From the very poor and unnamed to the famous…
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Saturday – Playday!
Saturday is for playing. So play we did. First stop – breakfast! We walked about 15 mins from apartment to get a seat outside at Mad & Kaffe. It’s a busy cafe on a bustling street. Lots of cool kids. They let us seat anyway. Breakfast is kind of an a la carte thing. You…
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Day 2 – Canal Cruise
We are here in Copenhagen. After 2 months of scrambling and the shedding of ‘the stuff’, we have fully arrived. Blurry and excited. Another beautiful day is unfolding. A canal cruise with ‘Hey Captain’ is on the docket. We stumble down to hotel breakfast. Getting lost twice. It’s a maze, but we find our way…
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Day 1- Copenhagen
We have arrived in Copenhagen on the morning of the 12th of August. It is gorgeous. Immediately I feel short. Why? Everyone is tall. Half are blonde. I am sure they are the great-great-grandchildren of Vikings, but the friendly kind. I am relieved. I hear many languages being spoken around us as the other half…
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