27 June Copenhagen Day 1 - Arrival in Denmark

 Arriving in Copenhagen, they quickly passed through the extensive Duty Free and took the metro into town.  The city's metro system is quite new, first opened on 2003and has many similar features to the Montreal REM,  driver-less cars, platform doors, short length (3 cars vs REM's 4), and (hopefully for Montreal) very frequent service.  The main difference A.T. noticed unlike Montreal, Copenhagen's metro has a tap on tap off system with no turnstiles.  This makes for easier boarding and carrying large objects.

 

The took the metro to our hotel was near the Copenhagen Central train station.  After checking out the station's parking lot we dropped off our bags and had breakfast.

 

After a lazy afternoon, we had supper at the nearby Meat Packing District.  It is a revitalized industrial area with a wide variety of trendy restaurants and shops. Queen Victoria's favorite shop was a kitchen supply house.

 

 

A.T.'s favorite was Motorious, a place to buy everything needed for a Man Cave.

 

"These shoes weigh a ton."

 

On the way back to our hotel we stopped by another hotel with a classic Copenhagen trishaw display in the lobby.  Many bikes like this were seen on the city.

 

There was also an Insect Bridge art display nearby.