Sea crossingHad splashed out and booked a budget hotel room, arrived to find out we had been 'upgraded'. Room was the smallest hotel room in the history of the world but that's ok, it wasn't a dorm. Spent our first night in Copenhagen blobbed in front of the tv, eating shawarmas and doing as little as possible.
Next day was New Years Eve, we wandered the town, climbed the round tower, visited some royal gardens and, of course, had danishes. The evening plan was to go to town hall square, everybody we'd talked to had said the new years fireworks were amazing there. We got there at 11pm to find that, counter our misguided expectations, the fireworks 'display' was actually just every drunk Dane bringing his own fireworks and letting them off in a crowded city square. Important to note that all the banned fireworks in NZ are still available here. After several near misses, we retreated to watch the show from relative safety (ie we only got hit once there). Despite the amateur nature, it was a good show, just a little strange from our kiwi point of view.
Round Tower
Crazy fireworks of deathNew years day was COLD, -10C plus wind. We went out to visit the little mermaid statue and wandered around the royal palace and stopped in the national museum for 15 minutes to warm up. Visited Christania that afternoon, a hippie commune taking up a city block that claims independence from Denmark. Interesting to visit, but perhaps better in the summer where you can sit outside at one of their cafés and enjoy the sun.
Little MermaidHave to get up shocking early tomorrow to catch a train to Örebro...
Budget tip of the day: Sj sells 'last minute' tickets with big discouts 24 hours before a train leaves, but sometimes you'll need to be flexible with times. We got Copenhagen to Örebro half price, but had to leave at 6am.
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