Christmas is definitely on its way! How can you tell? Just visit Copenhagen, where the city is brimming with lit trees, santa hats, markets, and bright holiday music, while a distinct waft of spicy glögg fills the cool winter air in the streets.
Sonja, Tina, Noemie, Marisa and I took a weekend trip to one of the most livable cities in the world.
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| A Christmas table on display. |
We first visited the
Royal Copenhagen store for its annual Christmas table display. It turns out that Danes are really keen on having beautiful Christmas table settings, so they head to the Royal Copenhagen for its annual display, created by notable artists.
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| Line up for "Jeanette's Pølser." |
Soon after arriv
ing, I was HUNGRY. So Tina and I went for the quickest, cheapest and a "must-eat-when-in-Denmark" food: the Pølser. Denmark does have it's own version of the hot dog, and it's definitely the
most popular street food, as seen by the carts that can be found on every street corner!
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| Hungry and happy! |
The hot dog is bright red in colour, and is considerable longer than the bun it is sitting in. It's filled with raw onions, dried onions, pickled cucumber, and at least three different sauces. It's tasty, fills you up, and probably the cheapest food you'll find in Copenhagen!
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| Nyhavn |
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| Nyhavn |
Copenhagen is really pretty, with lots of beautiful old buildings and architecture. We took a walk along Nyhavn, the 17th century waterfront, where there was long line of Christmas market stalls.
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| Tivoli from the distance. |
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| The expensive hotel that we tried to enter.. |
Tivoli Gardens is a major Christmas attraction here. It's open year-round as an amusement park, but if you go during the holidays, it's all lit up and is a magical winter wonderland. Lots of activities, sights, and of course, markets, but it's so freezing at night that it's not easy to stay for longer than 2 hours! I don't have many pictures because my camera is really bad at taking night pictures.
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| My favourite Disney movie as a child :) |
Annnnnd, we ended the trip with a BANG. Well, sort of - we met the
Little Mermaid! She's so famous that she's regarded as the Eiffel Tower of Copenhagen, though 1/50th of the size. This was one of my highlights of the trip :)
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| Hej hej, Sonja! |
One of our last stops was at the
Amalienborg Palace, the Royal family's winter home. They have a different palace for every season, isn't that crazy? So much moving around!
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| Leaving from the Black Diamond. |
This was a lovely little trip with the girls, and nice break from cold, cold Uppsala. Schoolwork is starting to pile up and an exam is approaching, but once that's through, I've got my Christmas holidays to look forward to! This weekend my corridor is going to have a traditional Swedish Christmas dinner, and then next week is Sankta Lucia Day, where I sing with the school choir, eat lots of lussebullar (saffron buns), and drink plenty of glögg. More on that coming soon!
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