Copenhagen

Fresh in Stockholm from the love boat, I decided I didn't want to go home and shot down to Copenhagen for the weekend. For kicks, I took the train so that I could go over the bridge that connects Sweden and Denmark. There were even wind turbines in the sea!

When I arrived, it just so happened that it was the Queen's birthday. I met Dave, Chris and Craig, friends from Lulea who happened to be in town, and we grabbed our Danish flags and headed to her parade.

The closest I have ever been to royalty.

There were also gold balls in a fountain getting shot up on jets of water. We were told it was specially for the Queen's birthday, and that the balls were only there once a year.

You can see one of the balls starting to get shot up on the left- so cool.

The next day we went to Tivoli, the world's oldest amusement park which is located right in the centre of Copenhagen. Dave just wanted to ride the rollercoaster, which we did a heap of times as there was hardly anyone there. We also went on a ride which had all of HC Anderson's (they love him so much) fairytales, dodgem cars and a hundred-year-old rollercoaster. It was awesome.

Chris and Dave.

That night everyone wanted to sleep, so I went by myself to see a Danish band called Efterklang. They were awesome and I was really glad I made myself go.

Efterclang!

For the rest of my time in Copenhagen, I did a lot of walking and exploring the city. It is a really nice place and I am convinced that there are more bikes than people. The area of Christianshavn was especially nice and I climbed a church tower there which gave me a great view of the city.

Christianshavn

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The tower I climbed- you got to go outside and walk up the circular stairs all the way to the top.

I also found a glass art gallery hidden in an old supply store under a park with Craig and his friend Elen. It was really cool but a bit creepy, especially the section that was full of life size sculptures.

The art gallery.