A few weeks before my trip I was watching a show on cities by the sea. They did an episode on Copenhagen and were talking about how the city and all its outlying regions had been converted to an extensive biking network. As someone who does city biking I found this interesting and it somewhat prepared me for what I was about to encounter.The extend to which the Copenhagen region has embraced the bike culture is near impossible to miss, it permeates to every singl...

Today was my last day in Copenhagen and the end of my two week trip. My return flight was 2pm so I had to be at the airport by noon giving the whole morning still to explore.I left the hotel by 8am hoping to visit nearby Rosenborg Palace. This is a smaller version of the larger water castles but located in city park having been absorbed by urbanization.I visited in 2003 and remember small rooms crammed full of furniture. I was hoping to walk around the gardens to...

Heading back to Copenhagen from Roskilde I got the 4.12 train in early rush hour. It was scheduled to run thru Copenhagen Central station and continue to the outlying stations as I was hoping to go directly to Osterport in the north end using my rail pass. However at Central Station they had announced in Danish for everyone to get off so I followed when the train emptied out.Another train came by at 4.52 as I was hoping to squeeze some of Copenhagen in on my last...

Next stop in Roskilde was to the Viking Ship Museum about a 20 min walk from the Cathedral and town centre. The most famous Viking ship museum is in Oslo which I didn't visit both times I visited. I saw a really good but almost unknown ship museum in Bergen. (See Bergen Maritime Museum http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-en tries/londone7/29/1413664717/tpod.html)The next most famous museum is in Roskilde. Entrance was a rather steep 115K ($23) but had more to of...

Having arrived in Roskilde just after 1pm it was time for lunch and I saw a kebab shop by the station for 20K ($4). Prices were cheaper outside Copenhagen and nowhere near Norway prices. Having energized I could continue exploring Roskilde.The town is famous for an annual rock festival which is how I first heard the name. However a Danish friend in Toronto who had been giving me lots of advice had told me about the Cathedral with the royal tombs and I also wanted...