While Stockholm is considered part of an archipelago you can easily walk for hours without necessarily crossing the water. In contract, Copenhagen is a series of connected islands with canals running through them. It is hard to avoid the water, let alone its beauty. During our three days in the city we walked and boated around constantly - the canal tour was particularly interesting due to the low-hanging bridges (seen to the left).
One particularly interesting aspect was the abundance of specialized bicycles. As it turns out, a special neighborhood with a kibbutz-like structure named Christiana has created this mode of transportation and popularized it around the city. We spent an afternoon walking around the area, marveling at the beautiful houses, talking with a few locals to find out the history, and enjoying the strange types of bicycles going by. It was quite memorable.
Then - to my surprise - I discovered a memory that had been long forgotten: the Danes invented LEGO! The wonder building-block toy that my brother and I used to fight about had its home in this country. We walked by a LEGO store as it was closing and spent 10 minutes marveling at the amazing works of LEGO art. My favorite part, however, was the back of the store where you could buy individual pieces to complete your collection - it was magnificent.
All in all, this trip was a great experience for my girlfriend and me - seeing the sites and learning parts of new languages. Experiencing local cuisine and finding out history from a region we had not thought about much before. Sufficed to say, we both highly recommend a trip to Scandinavia and will likely return soon.
All in all, this trip was a great experience for my girlfriend and me - seeing the sites and learning parts of new languages. Experiencing local cuisine and finding out history from a region we had not thought about much before. Sufficed to say, we both highly recommend a trip to Scandinavia and will likely return soon.
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