Living in Copenhagen #2

Hey guys, so we have finally decided to get bikes of our own, since literally everyone owns a bike. We came across a shop called Buddah Bikes, in a nearby suburb which still took us 40 min to walk there in the 30 degrees sun.

When we finally arrived we were greeted by the friendly staff, they gave us advice in looking for the right bikes. We tried out couple bikes until we found one that we were happy and comfortable with, and here I settled on my first Mustang.

We couldn't wait to take our new rides for a spin, we headed straight into the city. We came across this food market that situated near the Nørreport station, which is north east of the Central station. Coming so far from Melbourne, I just had to try out their coffees and danishes.

After a nice pour over and some fresh danishes, we went to one of the asian grocers and bought some sauces and noodles back.

The next day, we rode our bikes into the city getting ready for a 72 hour fun time. We found online that you can get a 72 hour travel pass around Copenhagen where almost everything is free for about 500 DKK each, which is about 100 AUD. With a great pass like this, we found all the attractions and places that we could make our money back.

The first attraction was going to be the City town hall, which I have taken photos of in my last blog; but this time we can go inside and have a look. There was an advance astronomical clock there build by a skilled lock smith, Jens Olsen, that at the slowest gear would turn one circle in 25,700 years. As an engineer, this is the testament to human ingenuity and science. 

Here I waited for someone to cross this window of opportunity, I really like the symmetry in the stairs and the silhouette of the woman in front of the window.

When we came out of the town hall, this gentleman here got off his bike and took out this little bag of something. I wasn't sure what he was going to do and all of a sudden started throwing these bread crumbs on the street and the pigeons just took off like crazy. After the bread crumbs was empty, he once again took off on his bike, like a pigeon man; he's the hero we need, but not the one it deserves.

Next stop was the main castle within the heart of Copenhagen, Christiansborg Slot, which literally just means Christiansborg castle. We took a quick tour inside the castle and reception cause we were on a time crunch for 72hr pass.

Right next to the entrance of the castle was one of the start of the canal tours that takes you all around the harbour and the borders around of Christianshavn. The place famous for the Pusher street, where rules runs a little different from the rest of the country.

We passed by the nice looking apartments that's along the harbours and the crazy looking house that they literally built on top the canal. And according to the tour guide, it's not they couldn't rent, but they chose to live like this. Which I think they are just more brave than rest of us honestly.

I really recommend the canal tour for those who has about 2 hours in Copenhagen, it nice and relaxing way to go around the city where would have taken couple hours. Even without the travel pass, if I remember it was only about 20-30 AUD.

Thanks for all coming again to my little adventures into the life of Copenhagen, I know last blog I promised more frequent but small blogs, but I just have not find the time to edit my photos and also write the blog along with my uni work loads. But please come back again for part two of this 72 hr travel pass, as I have tons of the stuffs I wish to share with you all. And again, please give me a comment or a share.