Shopping and Christmas in Copenhagen
Another slow day today. We are leaving everything for the last moment and perhaps that is not the best thing to do, but what could we do. We didn’t leave the hotel till nearly 12 and it was too bloody cold to do anything. Anyway, Damian had to drop the keys to his previous apartment at the Pussy Galores café so we went there first. While there, there was a guy there setting up Xmas trees for sale. Here is a picture of me in front of them.
The banner behind me says Christmas Trees. There is another shot from the other side.
After, this we walked back to the city and I came upon this familiar scene across the world.
Yes, Yes, you were right, I was wrong.
And now a shot of the canals across which we had to go to cross into the city.
We then had lunch at an all you can eat Chinese café for 49 kroner. Good value, but the food was a bit ordinary.
Next we went to a place called Rundetårn (Round Tower), which is supposed to be the oldest working observatory in Europe. It is attached to a church, and I took some photographs inside but somehow, none of them came out right. The Church was pretty awesome, but the main attraction is views of the old city when you get to the top of the tower. Here are some photographs.
Before you get to the top a sign warns against letting little children out of sight..
We trudged back to the Tourist Centre at RÃ¥dhuspladsen, to get the Copenhagen card, but the centre had closed by then. Why close the tourist centre at 3 in a major tourist city? Anyway, lacking things to do, we went to the Illums Bolighus and Illums shopping centres. Pretty impressive centres, but way too expensive. They have a lot of Georg Jensen stuff and more contemporary Danish artists as well. Some photographs from inside:
With this done, we strolled to the Nyhavn and looked at the roadside shops, but didn’t buy anything as we felt that there may be cheaper stuff in Tivoli. Coming back from here, we reached Kongens Nytrov, a square where there is an ice rink and it was bustling with activity. We watched for a while and then decided to eat at an American style eatery where we finished the night watching soccer. Walking back, I saw this sign and thought it was funny..
