After work, Henrik gave me a guided tour of Copenhagen. We started off in Christiania, an old military base taken over by hippies in 1971. Christiania is a self-governing community complete with shops, theatre, restaurants and the famous Christiania bicycles. You aren't allowed to take photos within Christiania as the cannabis dealers are worried about the police. I did take a photo from outside the perimeter wall though (first photo). When I did some research on the internet I discovered that Christiania has a history of violence including grenade attacks! Henrik takes me to all the best places.Henrik then showed me some of the more upmarket areas of Copenhagen before heading to the old city for dinner at Pasta Basta. Afterwards we stumbled on an impromptu street party which was continually moving around to dodge the police. I love the lady in the photo below who thinks she can still drive through the street:
After a short walk we came to Nyhavn, a very beautiful old area of Copenhagen full of great restaurants and old boats. Grabbing an ice cream covered in melted marshmallow seemed the right thing to do. To fit in with the locals, you understand.
On the way back to the hotel we came across an excellent display of funny signs from around the world:
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