Anyway after taking my breakfast and cooking my lunch (fried rice without eggs. Weird that I cannot find eggs at the supermarket. Not too sure if its becoz Danish do not take eggs) I headed to school. Coz I had to meet the Post-doc whom I'll be working closely with for the next 3 years.
Our meet-up was really short.... only about 30min, then I was free... hahaha..... so headed back to my room, took my lunch, check out what are the sights in the capital and i headed out at 11.30am. So i've got about 6 hours to spare before I meet a Soka leader later tonight at 7pm.
It was a 1st for me to purchase the tickets. hahaha... i had some difficulty understanding how the system is like... luckily, its pretty similar to the ticket machine in S'pore and Japan. Just a matter of the pricing though.... hmmm... the train ticket is really not cheap. Coz from Lyngby to København H (that's the danish spelling for the capital) the price is 48 DKK (this is equivalent to SGD 10.40!!!) Really expensive! so which means that for 2 ways, it will cost me SGD 20.80!!!! scary!
My train tickets
The number of stops from Lyngby to København H
Becoz the transportation is expensive i decided to walk from 1 sight to another. So I got off at København H and started walking to Strøget, which is a little similar to the shopping district of Luzern in Switzerland. Along my walk to Strøget, I walked pass Tivoli, the most famous amusement park in Denmark. I've read that there is a huge and fantastic garden there.... hmmm... becoz I need to pay to get in, I just took a couple of pictures of Tivoli outside.
Carlsberg musem (Carlsberg is from Denmark!)
The streets
Gardens inside Tivoli
Entrance of Tivoli
In Strøget, there are lots of shops and ancient buildings. It gives me a nice feeling. lots of tourists there too! I did not purchase anything... just walk through the streets. 
City Hall
1 hotel opposite City Hall
Inside City Hall
The Danish Ingina
Streets of Strøget
Finally I reach Nyhavn. Hmmm... Don't ask me how to pronounce it, coz i simply do not know... hahaha.... just like i thought i pronounce the town where I'm staying in (Lyngby) correctly, but apparently the Danish pronounce of the town is 'long-bu' hahaha.... anyway back to Nyhavn. U must be thinking what so great about this place... this is the icon of Copenhagen! When u flip a guide book or look up on Copenhagen, this sight of Nyhavn will greet u!
Nyhavn
By the way, the red house below is Han Christian Andresen's house! not too sure if u know who he is, if u've read 'the snow white', 'ugly duckling' etc. u'll know who he is. Yup! Denmark is the birth place of Hans Christian Andresen!
Han Christian Andresen's house
The next place i visited was Rosenborg Castle. To visit it, I had to walked through the King's Garden. hahaha.... nothing much... just that the castle was built by the royal family in 1606. To enter the castle premises gotta pay. As i did not want to spend unnecessary money, I just walked around the castle and left.
Rosenborg Castle
One of the entrances to Rosenborg Castle
Moat surrounding the castle
Seeing that I still got time, I decided to walk to the Langelinie to pay a visit the the famous Little Mermaid! hahaha.... as I walked there, I passed by some very interesting houses that were painted yellow. Hmmm.... they are interesting to me... but not so sure about u. I think people live in those houses....and the houses even have chimneys on the roofs.
Rows of yellow houses
Close up shot of the yellow houses. can u see the chimneys on the roof??
Finally I reached the Little Mermaid! hahaha... nothing much, just a bronze statue. hmmm... maybe because i cannot appreciate it. But looking her up on wiki, its mentioned that Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg, had it commissioned in 1906. and the mermaid was sculpt using 2 models - 1 a ballerina the other the sculptor's wife. The bronze statue was only revealed in 1913.
The Little mermaid
Close up view of her
Another angle of her
After snapping a few pictures of the mermaid, i headed back to Lyngby (long-bu). gotta cook my dinner + tomorrow's lunch then after that will be heading out to attend the monthly Danish Zadankai! hahaha... can't wait for it! =D
Hmm... maybe the next entry will not be so soon.. as I'll be shifting to my real apartment on sat. till then! =D
Hey Siyin...
ReplyDeleteIt has been some time..glad to see that you are doing great and now being a PhD student! Congrats to you..
All the best for your studies yea..I will be checking out yr blog on and off for travel news in Northern Europe :)
Hey Shu Hui!
Deletegreat to hear from u! Sorry i did not meet u up before i left s'pore. Maybe we can meet up when i visit s'pore nxt christmas or when u visit northern europe? hahaha.... how's ur studies?