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"Copenhagen - a day on the town" Technotrekker's photos around Copenhagen, Denmark

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Preview of Technotrekker's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/technotrekker/overland05/1138636680/tpod.html This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Copenhagen, Denmark Entry Title: "Copenhagen - a day on the town" Entry: "The fog was still pretty thick when I stepped off the train in Copenhagen an hour or so after departing Skurup in Sweden. It wasn't a pea-souper, like the type you get in London that has people walking into lamp-posts on a regular basis, but made cross-c**** viewing in the capital just a little tricky. Still, fog means that it's relatively warm (around 0C) and once you were in the vacinity of an attraction it was definitely appreciable, so my day in Kobenhaven was certainly not lost. Off I trotted with city map and recollections of last year's visit fresh in my mind, heading along Christian's Brygge with the Little Mermaid as the first major goal. Emerging from the gloom, the Nyhavn was the first site to behold. This is a string of c****-front properties dating back to at least the 17th century, all colourfully painted and most housing restaurants and cafes that make this a bustling central dining area during the summer months. There wasn't a great deal happening there early Monday morning (probably fair enough) but it was good to see the boats in the ice and the striking decoration cutting through the grey day Continuing on past various street delights took me to the Amalienborg Plads - a large rounded square (was never good at geometry) flanked by palatial properties that I think featured heavily in the recent marriage of the Crown Prince of Denmark and Australia's favourite princess, the delightful Princess Mary. Nothing that exciting was going on, but I timed my wander well with a whistle that sent all of the guards around the place into a flurry of pomp and partial ceremony. Ahh the memories - onya Mary! Eventually up north I found the mermaid in question. Like ******* Pete in Brussels, the Little Mermaid is an institution in Copenhagen and should be on the itinerary if here for short or long periods of time. She sits there quietly on the seashore (not selling seashells), gazing out over the water in an adoring manner, looking like she's about to wave her fishy tail and plunge in to the deep. The's cute so I'd follow her, and which would be as close as I'd get to picking up my own Danish princess. Sigh. In the general vicinity there are a number of other monuments and statues. I liked the angel on a pedestal whose base is ringed by cannon and cannon balls, interesting message there. Also the right honourable Winston Churchill is featured and commemorated for some reason, I assume for services rendered on behalf of the Danes during WW2. A striking and beautifully constructed church tops it all off at this end of the city, the colours of the brickwork particularly attractive to a lover of grey tones like me. Once you're on the fringe of the city like this you are probably tired and hungry, so off I went back to town in search of food. However, more sights that I somehow bypassed last time around came into view, requiring their own detour and appreciation. These included a massive church, the Marmorkirken that looks nothing special on the map but has a heavy, marble-pillared facade and a team of statues playing tip footy (or some other heavenly past-time no doubt ;-) at its base. The ornate Theater on Kongens Nytorv was also worth a look. It's nice but I didn't bother with the main pedestrian shopping strip (the Ostergade, amongst other names) in the end, heading directly to the central Radhauspladsen. There I caught up with Mr (Hans Christian) Anderson himself along with some of the large buildings that surround it. The Tivoli (amusement park), the Glyptotek(?) and Dantes Plads are all ..." Read and see more at: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/technotrekker/overland05/1138636680/tpod.html Photos from this trip: 1. "C****-side buildings in the fog" 2. "Boats and townhouses on the Nyvan" 3. "Old boat in the ice" 4. "Chocolates looking good at ground level" 5. "Palatial suites all round" 6. "Guards on alert" 7. "The cutest Lil Mermaid I know" 8. "Cannon and shot monument, with angel" 9. "One for Winston" 10. "Grey toned church in the mist" 11. "Large church" 12. "And the guys playing footy below" 13. "External ceiling of the theatre" 14. "Grass dolls on sale" 15. "Large building, main square, unknown purpose" 16. "HC Anderson on his boulevard" 17. "Techno pram" 18. "James Bond ski trike" 19. "Multicoloured wellies" 20. "Funky lighting" 21. "Flow Store" 22. "Silence and the environment" 23. "Unconditional lurve" 24. "Need some of this" See this TripWow and more at http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00c1-6832-ad36?ytv4=1