Nine Things to Do in Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark (B)

I travelled from Aarhus to Copenhagen by train in 2012. It was my first time in a Scandinavian country and I remember wishing I had more time to continue through to Sweden, Norway, Finland and maybe even Iceland! Copenhagen was a wonderfully diverse city, full of culture, arts, youthful enthusiasm and history. I stepped out of the colourful train station and lugged my heavy backpack to a friend of a friend, where I would be trying my very first version of couch surfing! I spent three days here, though you could easily spend longer.

A trip to a European capital should always start with a trip to the city hall. I didn’t realise at the time, but you can climb all the way to the top of this building (105.6 metres) and enjoy wonderful views of the city. Instead, I admired the creative statues in the town square.

A magical old amusement park, which has been operating since 1843 – it is the oldest operating amusement park in the world! Imagine stepping foot in this place in the 1800s?! The world was such a different place back then. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).