We were on a short vacation in Copenhagen last week. We stayed two days and had some great time there. It was four hours journey by train from Gothenburg.
We had planned out our tour before we started. I had even made a list of the attractions to be seen. The list contained little mermaid, Tivoli garden, Stroget, and historic monuments like Amelienborg and Rosenborg Palace and some other attractions.
We arrived Copenhagen central station at about 4.00 in the afternoon. Being very close to the station, we got into our hotel on feet. After having lunch we came out to explore the city. We had very good weather on our entire trip. The nice thing here is that most of the attractions locate within a short distance and very handy for the central station. After walking a little while we reached Stroget.
The Shopping street called "Stroget"-longest pedestrian street in Europe
Stroget is one of the longest pedestrian streets in Europe formed by a series of streets and squares crossing the whole of the old city. It's a shopping street too. It begins in Town Hall Square and ends in King's Square. In between there are some other squares- old Square(Gammeltorv), New Square(Nytorv) and Amagertorv Square. It was really great fun walking in this long path and looking around lots of interesting shops and resturants, souvenir shops, street entertainment on both sides and beautiful fountains in the squares.
Traditional Danish jewellery made from amber (left) & a souvenir shop(right)
Copenhagen Town Hall Square(Rådhuspladsen)
There is Dragon Fountain in the center of Town Hall Square(Rådhuspladsen). This square is the largest square in Copenhagen and surrounded by a gigantic fortress and the bus terminal.
Fortress (left) & Bus terminal (right)
We crossed the road in the square and coninued to walk. The first section of Stroget, Frederiksberggade, links Town Hall Square with the twin Old and New Squares. This is the gateway to the city center for people coming from the nearby Central Station and is, therefore a busy street. In the center of the square is the Fountain of Charity, which once supplied the city with drinking water.
Royal Theater in Kongens Nytorv-New King's Square
Taking Nygade and Vimmelskaftet streets, we came to the heart of Stroget, Amagertorv Square. Here we saw Royal Copenhagen which houses an exhibition of the best of Danish art and craft work. The last section of Stroget runs through Ostergade, where you will see the department stores Illum and Magasin.
Royal Copenhagen in Amagertorv
Left:Department store 'Magasin' & Right:Guinness World Museum
Amagertorv Square & Fountain of Charity
While walking in the Stroget we saw a very interesting thing, Copenhagen Rickshaw, a kind of transport like cycle. Rickshaw is one of the main means of transport in Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh. So, it is not unfamiliar to us at all but we were surprised at seeing such things in Copenhagen, though a bit modernized.On the way back to hotel we entered Tivoli Garden which is one of the oldest amusement parks in the world. It lies between Town Hall Square and Copenhagen Central Station. It's a very nice place to enjoy a concert or show, to have meals or to watch night-time fireworks display. There are few rides here but i didn't find it much interesting. Rather other things like artificial lake in park Carstensen, viking ship, Chinese Pagoda and the performance in Pantomime Theater were all very entertaining. We planned to see little mermaid next day. Below you will find some pictures taken in Tivoli.
Tivoli Garden-One of the oldest amusement parks in the world
Ride in Tivoli (left) & Chainese Pagoda(right)
Viking ship in Tivoli
Performance in Tivoli auditorium
Circus house across the Tivoli
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