Copenhagen, Denmark

Feb 10-13

The beautiful, colourful city of Copenhagen is perfect for a weekend getaway. For the start of my half term break I managed to squeeze in a slightly longer weekend, giving myself three days to enjoy Denmark's capital.

When I arrived on Friday night I met Chloe at the hostel and we promptly headed off to Paper Island to get dinner from Copenhagen Street Food. Just outside the Street Food market, we found wishing trees covered with wishes left by people from all around the world on little white cards. That teamed with the snow-covered ground, made the place feel like a winter wonderland! The inside was equally impressive. Tons of amazing food plus cocktails and some good tunes.

The next day started off a little rough. Turns out one of my roommates stole all my cash while I was in the shower. Oh, the joys of hosteling! So we wasted most of our morning at the police station. On the way back we passed Tivoli - a famous amusement park, but sadly it's closed in winter!

We eventually made it to Nyhavn, the postcard picture destination of Copenhagen! The colourful houses lining the canal. So beautiful. So many tourists.

While roaming the city, we wandered through a park which was stunning, all covered in snow.

In the afternoon we went on a walking tour to discover a little bit about Christiania; a self proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood that is known to be the 'hippie' area of Copenhagen. A walking tour when it's -1 (but add the wind and it becomes 'real feel' -7) was perhaps not our wisest choice. Christiania was really interesting, lots of street art and quirky shops and cafes. They have their own community rules and are somewhat independent from the Danish government. Unfortunately, pictures are forbidden!

We were positively frozen by the end of all this, so we hibernated in the hostel for a little while to properly defrost. That night, we had a traditional Danish dinner - herring covered in egg yolk. Can't say we loved it...but we tried it!

On Sunday we had amazing porridge before we popped over to Sweden! 

Malmö is just less than an hour away by train, so we figured..why not?! Matthias, a friend from my Latin America travels, lives nearby so he joined us for lunch after Chloe and I had explored the town. It's not a particularly interesting place... But I did enjoy more snow-covered parks and even a snow-covered beach!

On my last day in Copenhagen I made it a priority to go and see the Little Mermaid statue! On the way there I also walked by the Amalienborg Castle and went through a park full of windmills, statues and a huge frozen lake.

The rest of the day, I just roamed somewhat aimlessly, meandering through pedestrian shopping streets and checking out more snow-covered parks, one that was full of kids tobogganing down the hills!