Nyhavn (New Harbor)

This is a popular part of town. Right now, as you can see, the street is lined with stalls selling Christmas decorations, scarves and touques, jewelry, etc. Plus a stall selling crepes, which I have to go back and try! Right behind the stalls is a harbor (picture below) and right across from the stalls, the entire street is lined with restaurants and pubs that all have alot of outdoor seating. We were looking at an apartment in this area, but we were warned that in the summer, people are outside drinking and of course being Loud until 2 or 3 in the morning. It doesn't get dark until 11 or 12 we hear, so the people stay out late. Needless to say, we didn't rent here. I read that even in the winter, the restaurants will put a blanket on each chair outside so brave people can still sit outside and drink. Our second night in Copenhagen, we came to this street to eat dinner. We didn't know we were at a popular spot in the city, but we had a delicious dinner here. Super expensive, and really good!

This is one of the most swankified places to stay in town. A lady at Don's work said all of the movie stars stay here when they come to Copenhagen. It is a pretty impressive hotel.

Right in front of the hotel, and right next to Nyhavn, is this park. They make an ice rink track in the winter. It's free if you have your own skates, or you can just rent the skates and go. I was there today, and just thinking that this was how I would picture a typical big city in northern Europe. Freezing outside, people of all ages laughing and skating on an ice rink, a stand selling hot dogs nearby, the pigeons or seagulls or whatever they were flying around, big beautiful buildings with Christmas decorations up...it was fun.