Copenhagen, Denmark

Now, Copenhagen is more than just Eurovision and Carlsberg. Yup, its also vikings, lego, mermaids, and flying cars.

A not as cheap as Ryan Air, but more reliable and more comfortable.

In between drinking Carlsberg and attending Eurovision parties Charles, Aleena and I did a little tour of the town. Not surprisingly there was lots of cool stuff to see.  

This was a cool wall outside a construction site. You flip the boards to reveal the coloured rectangles underneath to leave happy messages for passersby. Admittedly we were drunk and left a not so happy message as well as this smiley face.

We visited the Nyhavn district on the canals for drinks and dinner on our first evening before finding ourselves at Eurovision square (in the centre of town) for some live music and drinks. 

Nyhavn

In fact, the entire town was in Eurovision fever with the a pedestrian boulevard decked out as a 'Eurovision mile'.

Baiky diving head first into fun at Eurovision Square.

We visited a lego store, because...well...lego, as well as castles, forts, and statues. We wandered past two of the four palaces Christiansbord and Amalienborg on our way to Kastellet, a star-shaped fort. These forts were developed in a response to gunpowder and cannons. 

  It also has automatic weapons. Did I mention the automatic weapons?

Nearby is also the little mermaid statue that is based on the Danish fairytale 'the Little Mermaid' shared by Disney with the rest of the world.

It was real tough to get a photo that wasn't full of tourists. In this angle all the tourists are hidden behind the foliage.

Sure enough we got to see a replica viking ship and a Danish windmill in a field. On our wanderings in the city we visited a lego store.

 where Charles fell victim to a Danish ninja

and the house where Niels Bohr was born.

I wonder how many other people get as excited as I did when I unexpectedly saw this!

They also had there fair share of fountains, none better than Gefion fountain outside of the Kastellet

 Aleena at the Kastellet - the fountain is waaaaay in the background. I think she hates this photo so I made sure to publish it online.

 And that pretty much sums up my weekend trip to Copenhagen.

I'll leave the Danish flying cars for another post...