After arguably the worst day of my entire trip, I was determined to get off on the right foot on Day 13. I didn't get much sleep, owing to sleeping in a room with 23 others, but I got up at 8.30am anyway, and set off without breakfast, or even a shower. That was a mistake.
My Copenhagen Card gave me, like the other cards, free trips on public transport, so I took a 30 second bus ride to Rådhuspladsen, the main square. Here's the City Hall. That screen would be in use later.
This is when I turned round on the spot. Not so interesting.
And here's a turn to the left.
I needed some kind of energy, so I went to a nearby pub-type place and had their 'brunch', which was as close to a big breakfast as I'll get. 100kr, though, or about twelve quid. These cities keep getting more expensive. Seeing this Bass-related thing, I had to snap it.
I walked down the street to Gammeltorv, and found a strange surprise at the 7 Eleven (those shops are everywhere in all three Scandinavian capitals I've been to, by the way, and they're great): here, Carlsberg is less than Coke. 15kr for Carlsberg, 18kr for Coke. I just don't know if it's allowed to drink it on the streets!
I stumbled through Nytorv on my way to the National Museum.
And crossed the canal.
And, er, this road. The museum was very big, and free (grr) but I just didn't have time to see everything, so I had a detailed look through the pre-history of Denmark (from Neanderthals to about the point they came to England) and a handful of other things.
Over the road is Christiansborg Palace, with more typical royal excess. Not sure whether I went inside, actually.
I'm getting used to the royals being excessive after the other two capitals. This is from the other side.
This is Holmens Kirke.
And this is the inside. Yes, it's rare that I take pics inside buildings, especially churches.
I needed to rest my feet, so I got the bus the very short distance to the next stop, Kongens Nytorv.
The Royal Danish Theatre looks nice.
I didn't expect the canal down Nyhavn to be so busy, but it was. I even got offered a free prawn and mayo on bread. Yum. Free things always taste better.
It's a nice square, anyway, lots of people there.
This museum was crazy, Kunsthal Charlottenborg. There was a kind of modern art think going on, with lots of string everywhere. A group of 'special' kids were loving it, obviously.
Lovely canal. Didn't try the boats. Maybe I should.
This was the best lighting I could get for this photo, honest.
Next stop, Amalienborg Palace. Yes, another palace.
Marching, marching. It was okay inside, but a bit small. There was a whole section with old maps of the Scandinavian area.
Whee, another fountain, this time next to the river.
Specifically, opposite this, the Opera House.
Just another shot of the palace court, with Frederik's Church in the background.
There was a small-ish museum about Denmark's resistance movement during the war, very similar, obviously, to Oslo's. The park, and road, besides it are named after Churchill. I guess they were grateful.
Now here's an oddity. An Anglican Church (that's C of E to you). So everything's in English. Very odd.
Gefion fountain. Pretty, especially on a sunny day like this.
I was heading for Kastellet, the fortified place where the military still have a presence.
On the way I saw a couple of statues.
Don't know what they are, though.
But I know this: The Little Mermaid. One of the symbols of the city, it seems: you can get models of it, like getting the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The entrance to Kastellet.
The banks are so strange, but clearly man-made.
It's a weird place to walk around.
But that I did. On the right you can see one of the free City Bikes. I couldn't find one ANYWHERE and these bloody foreigners had FOUR of them.
Chapel, I think. Can't go near it.
Nice windmill.
Ah, this was relaxing.
Mmm...
Ooh, Danish flag, and a big one.
I decided to visit the Kunstindustrimuseet (or Danish Museum of Art & Design to you). Quite interesting inside.
Next to it was a Catholic church. Don't see those much, so I had a look. There's a passage to the side of it. Sorry about the photo.
That's better. It's the building itself.
I mentioned it earlier, now time to go inside Frederik's Church. Very nice and spacious inside, I had a sit down for a few minutes.
I decided to give Rosenborg Castle a miss for today, better go for it tomorrow, when I have more time. Instead, I went straight to Rundetårn, or 'the round tower'. There's a nice church connected to it, but never mind that.
There was lots of climbing up this kind of well. Not easy. I hugged the inside, as it's a shorter distance. Simple physics. Most people didn't realise that.
Ah, a lovely view, of course. Stockholm's TV tower was a lot easier to get up, but was quite far out of town.
This is pretty much in the middle of town.
What's that I see? I think I know that flag...
Oh my! They've taken over the Church of Our Lady! There's some kind of gay thing going on, so there's loads of gay stuff going on.
But, inside the church, this has to be the most amazing trick of light I've seen. Come on...
Here's some gay stuff happening.
And here's some gay people singing on the street outside the Chinese buffet I found myself in.
And here's a big gay concert-type thing. All in all, it's a bit of a gay day.
I saw City Hall down the street again, so I took this pic of it.
I did a double take when I saw the name of L Ron Hubbard. These guys aren't banned here yet, then. I know the Danes are very liberal with all the gay stuff, but Scientologists? Come on. As I appeared, lots of people in blue dress shirts and trousers ran outside. Hmm.
This thing's weird: it overflows, and goes down the side. Odd. But nice.
Ah, Copenhagen has its own London Eye. Don't think they call it that, though.
And finally, somewhere I may go to at some point: Tivoli Gardens. Probably very similar to the Tivoli place in Stockholm.So, need a nice easy evening to rest my right foot. My left one seems okay now, but my right is buggered. I was limping most of the day. Only half way, though.
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