After breakfast, day 2 started at the Tivoli Gardens, but we misunderstood what it was. I truly thought it was a park/garden, but it’s the second oldest amusement park in the world. Nobody was very interested. While it did advertise a pleasure garden, which I almost insisted on seeing, we passed on the entrance fee and looked for something else to do.
Instead, we saw the free shuttle to the Carlsberg brewery, which would get us down to Frederiksberg.
Above the exhibit is the World’s largest collection of unopened beer bottles. Leif Sonne, an engineer from a small town called Svendborg in Denmark, has been collecting unopened bottles of beer since 1968.
Walked the Frederiksberg Gardens and Søndermarken (Søndermarken is the site of three underground cisterns which used to be part of Copenhagen’s earliest water supply system. In 2001 they were converted into a museum for modern glass art.
Constructed and extended from 1699 to 1735, the palace served as the royal family’s summer residence until the mid-19th century. Since 1869, it has housed the Royal Danish Military Academy.
We sat at this waterfall and played with the cameras. I was explaining to Tor about a photo effect where you blur the running water. I think I took 20 pictures of this stupid waterfall. His is better. I threw my camera in the water. Ok, not really.
The city planning for public transportation, pedestrians and bicyclists is impressive. Walls are lined with bicycles. Dedicated bike lanes on most streets give you safe passage. But you know what Seattle, it’s also flatter than a pancake.