Following our first couple days in Copenhagen, we checked out a few other notable sites in and around the city.
We started our third morning with a delicious Nordic breakfast at Hotel Kong Arthur and then put our Copenhagen Card to use again with a visit to the Designmuseum Danmark, which features an extensive collection of Danish and international design icons. Teddy quickly fell asleep after we entered, but the adults in our group enjoyed looking around. A highlight for me was the long corridor of chairs.
We spent a couple hours at the Designmuseum and then went for another smorrebrod lunch, this time at Aamanns 1921. I preferred this place over Schonnemann as it had more of a modern take on their menu and the beef tartare smorrebrod was delicious.
In the afternoon, we took the metro to the Osterbro district and over to Fælledparken, where Teddy had the chance to play in the Children’s Traffic Playground. This is a really cool playground designed as a miniature roadway with pretend traffic lights, road signs, bike lanes, and petrol stations. There are bicycles available to borrow for free, but Teddy was a bit too small for those so stuck around in the little kid section with the tricycles.
Afterward, we stopped at Juno Bakery to pick up a tin of butter cookies to go and had a Scandi hot dog for dinner at DØP.
The next day, we went on a day trip to Humlebæk to visit the famous Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Our trip was timed perfectly as they had their Basquiat exhibit running at the time. There was also a little children’s section and the outdoor sculpture garden was a nice place for Teddy to run around.
On our final day in Copenhagen before moving on to Norway, we went to Teddy’s favourite excursion of the trip – Tivoli Gardens amusement park. Opened in 1843, it is the second oldest amusement park in the world and famously inspired Walt Disney’s vision for Disneyland. Most of the rides had a minimum height requirement of 100 cm so we didn’t bother with a ride pass and instead took Teddy on a couple rides that were suitable for him, the Flying Trunk and the Vintage Cars, the second of which he really loved and still talks about.
For lunch we had another Scandi hot dog, this time at John’s Hot Dog Deli stand and then we went over to the Lego Store to make some custom mini-figures as souvenirs.
Finally, we ended our day with a walk up to Langelinie Pier to see one of Copenhagen’s most famous attractions, the Little Mermaid. The statue was admittedly underwhelmingly small but the park was a nice spot to walk around.
With that, the first leg of our Scandinavia trip came to a close and we were headed off for our adventure in the Arctic Circle – Tromso, Norway. More on that coming up.
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