Setting out - the boats were very long and flat so they could go under the many low bridges
The new Opera House - it has a Maple centre in the shape of a heart
Opera House with maple centre visible
The dome of Amalienborg Palace
A better shot of the dome.
The spire of the Church of Our Saviour - Christian IV ordered this built for Chistianshavn and it was finished in 1682.
A wider shot of the spire
This is part of the Copenhagen Royal Library, known as "The Black Diamond/Den Sorte Diamant"
A glass dome artwork
Facade on a canalside building
These next few shots show the spire on the top of the old Stock Exchange, it is made from the tails of four dragons twisted together.
This is the front of CF Tietgen's house. He was the director of the privatbanken fron 1857-1897 and was prominent in alot of business ventures for Denmark.
One of the ships on the canal
The tour went under lots of low bridges. At one point Kris reached up to touch the roof and Tomas turned around and said "No touching the bridges! Its the rules.." Sure enough it was. Bad Kris
A replica of the Statue of David outside the Danish Royal Cast Collection - Langelinie Promenade.
An old crane - formally used to lift the mast sections from boats and ships
The reception area for foreign dignitaries.
Wider shot of the reception area
Holmen (The Islet). This was the site of the former Naval Base - Cannon salutes are fired from the Batteriet Sixtus for special occassions.
Copenhagen's Little Mermaid - made in recognition of Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale. It has had its head stolen twice.
Decorative Roof
One of the many bridges
The 'Nordic Goose' was created entirely from recycled buckets
Next we headed to the Tycho Brahe Planetarium but we didnt have time for the 3D movie and the displays were a bit of a letdown. So we headed for our final destination - Tivoli Gardens Amusement park. The park was created in 1843 and was apparently the basis for some of Walt Disney's ideas for Disneyland. It houses several rollercoasters and rides, including the Wooden Roller Coaster from 1914, which still has a brakeman on board the train. We didnt pay for a ride card as it was already getting late, so we just explored the park, which was themed up for Halloween.
The big Palace - This was lit up by hundreds of small lights
The winner and runner-up of the biggest pumpkin competition
One of the main streets in Halloween Theme
The Tivoli gates and massive hanging pumpkin
One of the main dislays - but everything was covered cobweb, spiders and pumpkins
One of the main walks
Well we had to come all the way to Denmark, but we did finally find something with Kristine's name on it... now to find mine somewhere..
The big lake in the middle of the Gardens, including the pirate ship
The Tivoli Pirate ship
The two jackolanterns looking out from the Tivoli Hotel
We left Tivoli around 6pm and caught the bus back to the Copenhagen airport and then the train back to Malmo. By the time we grabbed some quick take away for dinner we were all very tired. The kids slept in until after 7am the next day and I got up around 9am.
We're definately going to have to return to Copenhagen another time to visit more of the attractions and maybe try some Tivoli rides.
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