Denmark! (Part 3)

The Royal Palace

 Sunday was by far our worst day in terms of weather but we didn't let that stop us getting out and about.  We headed along the harbour to the royal palace and to visit the big one - The Little Mermaid!

Statue in front of the royal palace

Photo Bombed!

The church viewed from the Royal Palace courtyard

The changing of the guard

Nature in the harbour

With the Little Mermaid!

The dummy tree

 Walking through the park we found this strange little tree literally covered with babies dummies.  We think that there must be a nice story behind it - something to do with the children giving them away as they grow older.

A modern take on the traditional statues in Copenhagen

On the long climb up

 Our last day was also our travel day so we didn't have as much time but we did manage to squeeze in a visit to the church tower for an amazing view over the city.  We had waited, hoping that the weather might improve and we were rewarded with blue skies after our climb and a great view of everywhere we had walked over the weekend!

The church bells

View of the centre from the top

View of the harbour

The golden staircase

The last part of the climb was outside around the tower.  Daunting but spectacular views.

We made it!

At the top!

On the viewing platform

On the viewing platform

P.S. Read about Part 1 and Part 2 of our trip.

Denmark! (Part 2)

The church tower we climbed on the last day

 When looking through the photos from this day for this post, I feel like we must have walked much further than we did.  There was so much to see and experience in Copenhagen.

Lille Molle - little windmill

Christiania - hippy commune

Fountain in the town centre

Approaching the round tower

Rooftop Statue

In the crowd

The round tower

This tower was originally a church, student library and astrological observatory.  I'm convinced it's the one from the Steve Berry novel due to the winding path upwards, rather than steps like most towers.  It was a really interesting visit and as you can see below, the views were impressive.

The round tower and church

Dad on the way up

Nico on the way up

View from the top

Another view from the top

With Dad at the top

With Nico at the top

In the park

Halloween witch hunt at the palace

Palace and royal treasury

Palace

Typical street view - love the colours

Echo

Denmark has a monarchy too

Another interesting statue

Pete's ginger cousin hunting birds in the park

Walking around the lake

Swan lake

Ghostly bike in the lake

Mural

 We saw some crazy sights on our way back to the apartment on this day.  Here are a few...

Chicken feet in the street

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 Check out Part One of our trip too.

Taking a well earned break on the pier in the park