Copenhagen, Denmark - January 2013

Em and I flew from Edinburgh to Copenhagen for a 2 night stay. We got there on New Year's Day and it seemed the whole city was recovering from the night before cos everything was closed and the streets were empty. We got there in the evening so as no restaurants were open we decided to get a cheap dinner from the 7/11....a few snacks later and we had somehow spent about 400 kroners there! Copenhagen is an expensive place.

The next day was much more successful. We had heard the best way to see Copenhagen is by Segway, so we walked into town and booked a 2pm segway tour. We spent the morning cruising the shops, streets and eating Danishes.

We had heard of an area called Christiania - according to Wikipedia... " Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania (Danish: Fristaden Christiania) is a self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood of about 850 residents, covering 34 hectares (84 acres) in the borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital Copenhagen. Civic authorities in Copenhagen regard Christiania as a large commune, but the area has a unique status in that it is regulated by a special law, the Christiania Law of 1989 which transfers parts of the supervision of the area from the municipality of Copenhagen to the state. It was closed by residents in April 2011, whilst discussions continued with the Danish government as to its future, but is now open again." Basically a major hippie community. We went walking through it, pretty interesting, you're not allowed to take photos and not allowed to run!

After the hippy village we headed back for our segway tour. It was awesome! We turned up and found out we were the only 2 ppl booked, so we ended up having a private 3 hr segway tour with just us and the guide. So so much fun - riding a segway is a definite must do! And a great way to see the city too, we even segway'd past Princess Mary's house :)