A day in Copenhagen 🇩🇰

I was flying back home from Helsinki on SAS and Air India. The Air India flight from Copenhagen was at night so I decided to fly to Copenhagen the previous day and spend one night here instead of staying one more night in Helsinki and taking the day time connection. My flight from Helsinki reached Copenhagen at 9:25 PM the previous night and the flight to Delhi was at 8:45 PM giving me about a 23 hours layover. I had stayed at the Park Inn By Radisson Copenhagen Airport last night. I got up early in the morning and walked to Kastrup Søbad to see the sunrise. There was a boardwalk from the beach leading to a circular multi-level wooden structure around a seawater pool.

Anticipating that the water would be very cold, I was hesitant to get in. But after walking around for a while I decide to take the plunge, pun intended. The water was not as cold as I thought (and also not as salty even though it was the sea) and after swimming around for a while it actually felt quite nice. There was hardly anyone around so it was quite enjoyable. This was an awesome way to start the day with a nice morning swim.

After while I went to the hotel for a quick shower and headed out. I checked-out of my room and left my bags at the front desk. I already had a a 24 hour City pass which I bought last night to get from the airport to the hotel and which I would used later today to get back to the airport. I took the subway from Femøren St. to Kongens Nytorv and walked to the Københavns Rådhus. I didn’t know that it was Pride week in Copenhagen and there were lots of flags everywhere.

I joined the Grand Tour of Copenhagen at 10:00 AM and then the Classical Tour of Copenhagen at 1:30 PM. After that I took the subway back from Nørreport to Kongens Nytorv. I wanted to visit the tower at Christiansborg Palace. Access to the viewing platform was free of charge after a security check. The panoramic views of Copenhagen from the top were very nice. I could even see the Øresund Bridge in the distance.

After coming down I saw the Børsen and the Church of Our Saviour.

I walked past the Niels Juel statue and the Royal Danish Theatre to the take a closer look at Frederik’s Church.

After that I headed back towards the hotel. When I reached Femøren St. I made another visit to Kastrup Søbad and it was equally pleasant in the evening. Looking back now, maybe I should have taken a quick dip, it would have surely been refreshing after a long day walking around. But I didn’t have my swimming shorts and I had also checked-out of the room so I had no where to clean-up afterwards.