The four of us departed from Horsens early on a Saturday morning and returned the following day. This time we chose to travel by coach instead of train as we calculated it was cheaper. The problem was that the bus stops were ridiculously far away from both city centres and it costed as additional money (and stress) for a frantic search of a taxi to reach the stop on time. But we made it! Anyways, the road to Copenhagen is a cool experience, specially crossing a 17 km long bridge connecting two Danish islands. Narrow road with endless sea on both sides... Priceless!


When we arrived we intended to rent bikes to move around the city, but no bike rentals were open off-season at weekends. Maybe it was even better, since it was freezing outside... We took a train that would take us from the bus stop to central Copenhagen, from where we moved around by foot.





I appreciated modern-y and historical details a lot.







Then we strolled the alleys a lot. We were quite frustrated because some of the top attractions like Tivoli or main square by the city hall were under conservation works. This is logical, though, who would travel to Copenhagen in february? Actually, some people - suprisingly we were not the only tourists roaming around the city.

This was what I noticed about Copenhagen - it is definitely the most commercialised city of Denmark. There was a giant clash between the humble Danish lifestyle and cheap plastic souvenirs or vivid orange and yellow kebab signs. These things rarely ever occur in other Danish cities I have visited so far.

I do not want to question Copenhagen's greatness, though! When you wander off the tourist trails you will see that it is a splendid mixture of old and new. Copenhagen used to be a very wealthy city and it is full of typical colourful and insanely charming houses as well as quality contemporary architecture. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has a lot to do with it.


 


















And here is the postcard view of Nyhavn!





















Later on as we walked we stumbled upon two interesting churches in the centre and headed to the Design Museum. It is a one really worth visiting, its exhibitions included japanese inspired furniture, fashion and history of... chair design. The latter was brilliant!












After that we went north marking off a couple of landmarks on our way. We did the fortess
 Kastellet with its surroundings and the famous Little Mermaid. We did not enjoy the walk by the harbour where the statue is located, because the freezing wind got so intense it was hard to enjoy anything in these conditions...










Okay, maybe it was cold but at least pretty.













Walked around the centre until it got dark, then we slowly headed back to the hostel.












Following morning we went to the museum of art history (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek), which was very good. It was also quite bizzare because it had a giant courtyard inside covered by a glass dome and there were exotic plants growing there that suddenly trasferred us to spain or somewhere.


 














  
 

Then we walked to "little Amsterdam" district that really felt like Amsterdam, but colder.





 





Oh! We also went up a tower Rotundetaarn from where we had an excellent panorama of Copenhagen. We also saw Malmo in Sweeden from up there!