Day 4: More Sea

The day started once again with bread rolls from the supermarket. After breakfast, we packed our backpacks and headed back into the city.

Our first stop was a walk through the city center of Copenhagen. Besides 'Joe and the Juice', there are a few other shops and a number of old houses and churches here. One of them caught our interest from the outside, so we entered the Trinity Church, located right next to the Round Tower. The approximately four-hundred-year-old university church is equipped with a beautiful organ and a number of golden chandeliers. Interesting fact: During the German occupation in the time of National Socialism, the Torah rolls from the Great Synagogue were hidden here.

A little further down the street, we caught sight of Christiansborg Palace behind the Absalon statue. The large, representative building on the island of Slotsholmen in the middle of the city might miss the elegance of Rosenborg, but it is much more imposing.

First, we passed the stables next to the palace and saw a carriage drawn by two surprisingly clean gray horses. After we circled the palace and carefully observed it from the outside, we decided to visit the banquet kitchen. Here, it was explained and shown how much work goes into a royal banquet with several hundred guests, and what was prepared and served a hundred years ago compared to now.

From the palace, we walked to the beautiful little library garden. We also viewed the 'Black Diamond', the new building of the Copenhagen Library connected to the old building, from the outside before we boarded the bus towards the last unvisited palace.

Amalienborg Palace, the residence of the Danish royal family, consists of four almost identical wings with a large square in the middle. Here, the suspicion slowly grew that the Danes apparently like equestrian statues, and they were also surprised to see cars everywhere, just like in the 'pedestrian zone'.

Due to the lack of time, we only observed it from the outside, although the Queen was present during our short visit to the palace - indicated by the raised royal Danish flag.

From here, we went to the last stop in Copenhagen, the Frederik's Church. It's not called the 'Marble Church' for nothing. It consists of a circular hall with a dome, which features depictions of the twelve disciples. We took some more photos here and briefly enjoyed the reverent silence.

After retrieving our backpacks from the accommodation, we took the metro and S-train to the main train station. From here, the journey continued over the Øresund Bridge towards Malmö. Due to the high speed of the train, the route over the sea seemed relatively short, but no less impressive.

Here, at the first station after the border, a control was carried out - by young Swedish policemen in quite advantageous uniforms. 😋

Due to the modest public transportation payment system in Malmö (only through an app, no cash 🙄), the journey from Triangeln station to the accommodation was made under adverse conditions (both phones were dead...) with the help of a tablet and mostly by foot. However, it was reassuring to hear the sirens of the ambulance, sounding like at home again and no longer like a toy car.

After half an hour, we finally arrived in the Augustenborg neighborhood, where a very nice and spacious room with its own refrigerator and another friendly host awaited us.

After a short trip to the supermarket and instant noodles for dinner, we briefly planned the next day. Now we are just going to relax a bit so that our batteries will be recharged tomorrow - after all, Skåne (Scania) wants to be explored!