Copenhagen Collective

I managed to take 134 photographs on our enjoyable holiday to Copenhagen. We returned on Monday flying Norwegian Air from CPH to London Gatwick (an airline that I can thoroughly recommend for its modern fleet of Boeing 737-800s, leather seating throughout and delightful cabin crew).

We stayed at the Hotel Alexandra on H.C. Andersen's Boulevard, just two blocks from Rådhus-pladsen and Tivoli, Denmark's most-visited attraction.

Hotel Alexandra, a delightful boutique hotel in the best possible city centre location

The splendid archway entrance to Tivoli

Tivoli was opened in 1843, the creation of architect George Carstensen and commissioned by King Christian VIII. Apart from the beautiful gardens and numerous restaurants Tivoli contains thirty-odd rides, which include one of the world's oldest still-functioning wooden roller coasters and the hair-raising Spinning Top, which lifts up and twirls thrill-seekers around, some 80 metres above ground. No, I didn't!

The Spinning Top

 During our visit to Tivoli we enjoyed lunch at Groeften, a historic restaurant, popular with celebs of a certain vintage, so it suited me!

Restaurant Groeften

This magnificent Peacock put on a display for us.

Peacock in Tivoli Gardens

On Saturday we met up with friends Kaare and Charlotte for lunch at Restaurant Heering on picturesque Nyhavn, a very popular hangout for locals and tourists alike. The 'new harbour' was created in 1671 to link Kongens Nytorv to the sea. The earliest of the townhouses, No.9, dates from this period. Hans Christian Andersen lived for a while at No.67.

Nyhavn

On Sunday we took a canal trip from Nyhavn that enters Copenhagen harbour and then negotiates the numerous canals connected to it. The Danish 78 metre royal yacht HDMY Dannebrog was moored in the harbour, a vessel of beauty and elegance. The vessel was commissioned on 26th May 1932 and is the oldest royal yacht in service.

HDMY Dannebrog

Just a short walk from our hotel is located the Latin Quarter, one of the city's most historic areas. The buildings around Fiolstraede date back to the foundation of Scandinavia's earliest university in 1475.

The Rundetårn (Round Tower) in the Latin Quarter was built by Christian IV in the mid 17th Century and functioned both as church tower and observatory. The observatory is still operational.

For our last dinner in Copenhagen we splashed out at A Hereford Beefstouw located at Tivoli http://beefstouw.com/tivoli/ . The food was amazing - and so was the bill! But it is a fabulous location. I certainly enjoyed it...

and so did my wife Rosalind...

And all to soon our magical visit to wonderful Copenhagen was over. Until the next time.....