Before our trip to Düsseldorf-Amsterdam-Brussels-Bruges, my dear wife and me went a short trip to Copenhagen and Stockholm. Again it was mostly a rainy trip (does the world change or are we the rain magnet? No no, it was October) Still, it was an exciting trip.

First stop: Copenhagen!

Copenhagen is a historical city, established in 10th century as a Viking fishing village, now the most populated and capital city of Kingdom of Denmark. Like some neighbour countries, as a capital city, it is next to the sea and far away from the center of the country. Despite being in the European Union, Denmark uses Danish Krone as its currency. You may pay in Euros or USD, but you will get DKK as change. As a friendly reminder, Norway, Sweden and Denmark are more expensive than the other European countries.

As I reminded in my other travel article, this is not a travel article as expected. So, beware!

After landing Copenhagen Airport, probably you would travel to Copenhagen Main Train Station first. Main station is very close to city center and you can travel many places by only walking (we walked 23.000 steps/day!)

Our next stop was City Hall Square, because famous Tivoli Gardens were closed at that time 😦 I have nothing to say about Tivoli Gardens. But there’s a Lego Shop City Hall Square is a big square that hosts the naming City Hall of Copenhagen. There may be some protests and shows in the square. You can see many protests in parts of Copenhagen (we saw more in Stockholm).

If you go to north east for a few hundred meters, you can find the oldest fountain of Denmark, the Caritas Well.

If you follow streets from Caritas Well in the same direction, both streets have lots of shops to visit. You can find anything you want. Also, you can find the Guinness World Records Museum in Østergade.

And Stork Fountain in Amagertorv.

Moving on, and you reach the King’s New Square. This square is a big square, but unlike many look-a-likes across Europe, there are less trees or plants around. You can also see lots of interesting buildings around, like the Royal Theatre and Magasin du Nord.

Nex to King’s New Square, you will find the famous Nyhavn. There are lots of bars and restaurants alongside very old houses, some exist from 17th century.

When you exit from Nyhavn to the seaside, you can see the Copenhagen Opera House on the opposite side of the canal.

Turning your back to Opera House and you will see Amalienborg, the official residence of the Royal Danish Family.

Juts behind the palace, you can find Frederik’s Church.

If you walk for a few more hundreds of meters to north west, you will reach The King’s Garden and the 400-year-old Rosenborg Castle. If you can wait for the queue, you can visit the Castle.

Next to the Garden, there’s the Statens Museum for Kunst, which we can not visit like other museums.

I must admit, we just visited Louvre in Paris, only the Italian side to see Mona Lisa., and before I visited British Museum, National History Museum, London Transport Museum and Tate Modern in London, that’s when I had lots of time to spend.

Moving on to Kastellet, a very well preserved fortification with a star-shaped wonderful oasis in the middle. Don’t miss to visit.

Very close to Kastellet, there’s a statue of “The Little Mermaid“, the famous story of the famous fairy-tale-teller, Hans Christian Andersen.

There’s a special region in Copenhagen, the Freetown Christiania, where you can buy and use small amount of drugs only in this region. I just prefer to respect the privacy of the inhabitants, so I only have the photo of the entrance.

Our next stop was the capital of Sweden, Stockholm. We preferred to get the night train to go to Stockholm. We got to train from Copenhagen Main Train Station and over Øresund Bridge, we reached Malmö and changed to the train to Stockholm. Because it was dark when we crossed the Bridge, I have no photo 😦

Sweden has lots and lots of islands (more than 200.000!) and Stockholm includes some of them. There are lots of museums to visit, like the famous ABBA Museum, National Museum, Vasa Museum, The Nobel Prize Museum and many more.

The Stockholm City Hall is located in the center of the city, but the center of the city is full of water.

Moving to the eastern island, there’s the Royal Palace of Sweden and The Parliament House. Comparing to other buildings, I have to admit that they are not attractive at all.

There are more attractive buildings in Gamla Stan, the Old Town of Stockholm. The Nobel Prize Museum is there, with some multi-colored buildings.

Like in Copenhagen, we saw some protests around Stockholm. It is like tradition to protest something, I think.

We returned to Copenhagen at late night and get some rest, as we have to go back to our home the next day. We enjoyed our trip, I hope you enjoyed reading the article.