Day 7 is Copenhagen, Denmark.
Inside.
Wind turbines out in the ocean.
Color before sunrise.
The city.
A life raft for crew practice.
The cruise terminal.
New staff getting off a bus and ready to get on the ship.
We were supposed to dock at port Langelinie, quay C197, right by the city center, but instead we docked at Oceankaj, quay C333, much farther away. Nobody knew why we changed ports. That's a pain, because instead of simply walking, we would not have to take some sort of transport.
NCL and Norwegian Dawn signs.
Here comes the sun.
And here comes another cruise ship.
Mein Schiff 7, a German cruise ship. It has many positive words on the side: sternstunden (great moments), wellenrauschen (sound of waves), reiselust (urge to travel), wohlfuhlen (feel happy), and entdecken (discover).
Another one, MSC Poesia.
No smoking due to fueling in progress. A cruise ship would be a pretty expensive thing to blow up.
Trying to figure out how to get to the central city. Uber?
Nope.
I guess they're not in the country.
No Bolt either, which is common in the rest of Europe.
Time to see what's used here.
Viggo has some.
$35 for four of us one-way; that's not too bad. Divide by four people, multiply by two for both ways, and it's just under $20 if you tip.
There's also a shuttle bus from NCL. $20 per person round trip, about the same as the ride share.
Ensuring we have enough toilet change.
Another cruise ship arriving, the Costa Diadema. This one is Italian. I never thought about other countries all having their own cruise lines, but it makes sense. I wonder if they would be cheaper, more expensive, or the same price as US ones?
Mein Schiff docked where we were supposed to dock. It's slightly larger (2,900 passenger capacity vs NCL Dawn 2,300), so maybe that had something to do with it? Or maybe it or the Dawn needed services only available at one port? But that port was still in operation.
Oh well, I guess we'll take the NCL shuttle bus.
I didn't even think of a public bus, but this sign says they stop here.
And it would take us essentially where we want to go.
Let's see what that would be.
About $10 round trip per person, half the price of the NCL shuttle bus.
But we already bought NCL shuttle bus tickets and are in line for it. And maybe the NCL shuttle bus will be faster?
Nope. We're still waiting for the shuttle bus, and the public bus is here.
Google Maps has a neat VR overlay of arrows to show you where to go for the bus stop.
The line for the shuttle bus is getting long; I'm glad we're at the front.
Other people taking a ride share / taxi.
Another cruise ship, this time DFDS. This company is smaller; they only have two ships which only spend a couple of nights traveling between Copenhagen, Frederikshavn, and Oslo, so they're more like large ferries.
Our shuttle bus finally arrived.
Only about half of the people waiting can fit. Hopefully the next bus arrives soon for the others.
Many more buses coming.
Passing some sculptures.
Many bikes.
One of the ride shares.
We passed some kids walking. The boys are riding little carts.
We passed them again after the bus dropped us off and we started walking north.
An edge of the Kastellet fortress.
An entrance.
Maritime Monument.
So many magnets.
And mugs, including one of the Little Mermaid statue, which everyone is here to see.
Uh oh, a bus just dropped off a big group; we better hurry so we can get in front of them.
A lot of people here.
The Little Mermaid statue.
Us with it.
A windmill in the fortress.
Bathroom.
The Ivar Huitfeldt Column commemorates the death of Admiral Ivar Huitfeldt and his men on the HDMS Dannebroge, which exploded and sank in the Battle of Koge Bat during the Great Northern War.
The top.
We can see the cruise ships to the north, one on the left, and three on the right.
Ours is the farthest right.
Looking to the east.
Princess Marie statue.
The bottom.
Danish King Frederik IX.
A bridge into the fortress.
It'd be difficult to attack through the water and up the hill.
A tiny truck selling coffee.
Gefion Fountain.
The Norse goddess Gefion plowing the sea with 4 oxen.
Us.
And old mine.
The walk down Amaliegade road to Amalienborg Palace was packed with tourists.
And vendors, who had stores along the side and many items out on the sidewalk.
Ogii inside one.
And another.
Carving on a door.
Panorama of the courtyard at Amalienborg Palace, which consists of four castles surrounding a statue.
Christian VIII's Palace to the northwest.
Equestrian statue of King Frederik V with Christian IX's Palace to the left (southeast) and Christian VII's Palace to the right (southwest).
Frederik VIII's Palace to the northeast.
The statue.
Frederik's Church to the northwest.
There was a guard at each castle door.
Fountain in Amaliehaven park to the southeast.
One of four large abstract columns.
It's like they have damage to show the inside.
Another one.
The Copenhagen Opera House across the water.
And the Papiroen housing complex.
South part of the garden.
Waterfall.
A few blocks south is Nyhavn.
Which is a very popular tourist location.
For the canal lined by brightly colored 17th and 18th-century townhouses.
Us.
To the other side.
There are a ton of restaurants along the canal.
And one bathroom.
Which is underground.
Packed with people.
Walking back towards the palace. There are bike lanes and pedestrian sidewalks. I think this person was in the bike lane and got hit by a biker. You have to be careful and be in the correct area.
Statue of Christian X.
Odd Fellow banquet hall.
A men's clothing store with stuffed pheasants.
Back at Frederik's Church.
The back to the palace courtyard.
To watch the changing of the guard at noon.
It was packed with people.
So I stuck my camera up on a selfie stick and hoped I got it. You can see some of it to the left.
The we walked west, past some shops.
Gasoline Grill, a hamburger restaurant built into a gas station, was very popular.
But we want something with local food.
This place was on the Michelin list, but they were full hosting a party.
So we went to Restaurant Vita.
Inside.
It was originally the Old Royal Pharmacy, created in 1669, and was the oldest pharmacy in Copenhagen.
Johan Gottfried Becker was the royal pharmacist in 1668 Under Frederick III, and the store was passed down father to son.
Their menu.
Tea, water, and a local beer.
The royal guards passed by after the changing of the guard.
I ran out and got another short video of them.
Then time to eat.
Ogii had fried pork.
I had roast duck.
Mom and Dad had the fish platter.
Most cars had a parking disc on the windshield. You set it to your arrival time when you're only allowed to park for a limited amount of time.
A toilet on our way.
The King's Garden is a large park.
With many tree-lined paths.
Hans Christian Andersen monument.
Close up.
The had QR codes so you could listen to some history.
Headed west.
A children's play area.
Many wood pillars for the kids to run around.
Bathrooms.
Ice cream nearby.
Nice day to sit out and have a snack while talking with friends.
Rosenborg Castle.
Us with the castle.
The entrance is guarded by lions.
Even lions like neck scritches.
Ogii's turn.
The moat around the castle had a lot of fish.
Which you weren't supposed to feed.
But people still did. They're fighting over some bread.
Some ducks came to get some, too.
Rose garden.
Bright red.
Multi-colored.
Statue of Queen Caroline Amalie.
The castle from the side.
To the northwest is the Danish National Gallery.
Which is where the shuttle buses picked us up.
Many birdfeeders.
Tons of bikes.
Funky building.
A tram.
Back to the ship.
Ogii taking a nap.
Mein Schiff 7 leaving.
And the DFDS ship leaving, too. At 4:40pm, there were still six people unaccounted for, but we left right on time at 5pm, so they must have gotten back in the last 20 minutes.
Dressed up for dinner.
Ogii and Mom.
Sitting in a window.
We ate at La Cucina.
We watched the city go by as we left, but the windows were distorted, so it was a bit disorienting.
Our food has arrived.
Pork scallopini.
Salmon.
Lasagne.
Dessert.
And a second one. The food here wasn't very good, except for the decent lasagna. We didn’t go to the nightly show, as it was Heidi Karlsson again, and there was no game show.