[Photos taken 11 – 12 April 2022, posted online 27 July 2022. It’s pouring with rain outside, the plants are happy.]
We hadn’t really planned what to do in Copenhagen before arrival, but thankfully a friend had told us about the Copenhagen Card, which gives you unlimited access to public transportation, and entrance to most of the main attractions in town.
With Copenhagen cards active in our phones, we spent the first day in the Tivoli Gardens. Day two was spent at the Experimentarium. (75-ish images total)
Monday 11 April 2022
Copenhagen was two hours ahead of us in time, so we we had a relatively late start. We began by eating brunch at the Emmery’s right next door.
The Danes are big fans of rye bread, and so am I.
We went upstairs again to fetch a few things, and meanwhile I took a photo of the markings from 1 January 2016 on the wall around the big crack by the front door. Eeek!
Heading to the bus-stop to catch a bus to the Tivoli Gardens. The house we were staying in was apparently one of the first permanent structures built outside “old” Copenhagen across the lake, and our host mentioned that in the olden days, all the houses on “our” side had been made of wood, and had gotten burned down when the Swedes attacked, so they didn’t have a place to stay.
Copenhagen is a bike-city.
City Hall in the background.
Found the Tivoli entrance.
Pretty!
We decided to split up, Finnur took the daredevils, while Anna and I stuck together. The Copenhagen Card only covered the entrance fee, we had to pay for the ride passes.
It was a fairly busy day, the lines were long, but most moved acceptably fast.
This cute wooden roller coaster had quite a few people queueing up, us included.
Cute trolleys. An Operator controlling the breaks was on every ride.
The weather was pretty but a tad on the chilly side.
Anna and I went on this spin-in-all-directions ride. Yes, the modules could in fact turn all the way up-side-down.
There is a mini-mall next to it, where we found a nice pizza place for lunch.
The staircase in the center of the Experimentarium is a sight to behold!
Emma was fascinated by this transport area.
Loading challenge.
Interactive games.
It’s hard to convey how big this place is. It was full of people too.
I lost track of Anna and Bjarki, so I wandered around solo for a bit. They had a nice light section.
A light-your-selfie booth!
Up on the roof.
We were close to the sea.
No falling!
I finally found the big kids again. Bjarki was enjoying this ski-game.
We shot at a screen.
I think I eventually beat Anna, but it was close.
A wall to take videos by, the lights kept changing.
A study of shadows.
A study of colors.
Nicely freaky.
Light-piano. Each laser beam was associated with a certain tone, which played when the light was interrupted.
Water area.
Mirror area.
Soap bubbles are always a hit.
The cafeteria selection was… poor. Very poor.
Emma went back to the transport area, while I took the big kids to the roof.
There was a musical VR game, but only one of the headsets was working.
Cozy rooftop.
By 4 pm the place started emptying out, and Emma had the transport area almost to herself. I took the big kids to the mall next door for a bit of food, and a tiny bit of shopping. Emma and Finnur followed a little later.
All done at 5 pm, time to take the bus back.
Walking to our apartment. There was a bus-stop right outside the door if you were going one way, but you had a walk a bit to go in the other direction. Beyti is the dinner place we’d visited when we arrived.
Walking to dinner, this time with a reservation in hand.
