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Chapter 7 > Denmark and Sweden
Ten years after I visited Scandinavia with my Dad, I returned for a brief trip with my wife to see the sights and visit some friends who were living in Sweden. We spent about two days in Copenhagen and then took a train up to Gothenburg, Sweden to visit our friends.
On our way to the hotel, which was on the Stroget in Copenhagen, right in the middle of things.
Some nice light on our way to the Little Mermaid.
Taken from a similar spot as the previous photo. We didn't see much sunlight when we were there, but it was nice when we did.
Photos are discouraged in Christiania, so here's one of the entrance. It's pretty incredible that places like this exist. Dirt roads, spotty electricity, no rules (except no hard drugs). But it works.
The Danish Design Centre, across from Tivoli, was a definite highlight.
The Little Mermaid.
The colors of Nyhavn, an area of Copenhagen.
Sounds tasty...
"Christmas in Nyhavn."
A fun-looking ride at Tivoli.
Something festive at Tivoli.
A nice carousel at Tivoli.
After Copenhagen, we traveled to Hoganas, Sweden, to check out their world-famous ceramics.
We stopped at this stand for some meatballs on our walk to the Hoganas Keramik factory.
Next up was Gothenburg, a very livable city.
They showed this cool, but kind of weird, Christmas show on the wall of one of the buildings.
One of the highlights of Gothenburg was going to Liseberg Amusement Park, which was all decked-out for Christmas.
There, we had a traditional hot dog with mashed potatoes on it. Mmmm...
An ice bar, inside of Liseberg. We didn't want to fork over the $25 to enter. Looks neat, though!
You can kind of see the heavy-duty coats they give you so that you don't get too cold.
We ate gyros made from Reindeer Suovas
You can win a giant Toblerone bar if you get lucky on the roulette wheel.
Some nice views on the train back to Copenhagen to fly home.
Posted by Leon on December 11, 2007 05:50 AM [Top of page]