Today I travelled over to the town of Roskilde. I went down to the Viking Ship Museum, which shows five partially reconstructed viking ships and displays information on the history of the vikings. The museum was, however, rather small and there wasn't much left of the ships that were on display. I then headed up to Roskilde Cathedral. This is quite an impressive church which holds the graves of various monarchs and has some very interesting architectural feature...

Today, I made my way over to Hillerod, site of Frederiksborg Castle. This is a very picturesque Renaissance castle, surrounded by a lake, and the inside is fairly elaborate. There's lots of detail on Danish history from the Renaissance through to World War II. After spending some time exploring the town of Hillerod, I made my way back to Copenhagen and headed over to the Carlsberg Brewery. The museum had some interesting displays, including several bottles throu...

The weather was quite nice this day and I thus decided to take in a few outdoor attractions. I started off by taking the train to Osterport and made my way to the waterfront and walked by The Little Mermaid (Den Lille Havfrue) statue. Being a Sunday, there wasn't a lot of activity in town, but the mermaid, being a big tourist attraction, drew a large crowd. After taking a quick picture of the statue, I headed over to the Citadel (Kastellet), a preserved star-shap...

I started off the day heading over to Christiansborg Palace. I took the elevator up the tower, which offers a nice view of Copenhagen, where you can see several landmarks and even all the way to Malmö, Sweden across the Oresund. Next, I checked out the Ruins Under Christiansborg, which show the preserved ruins of previous iterations of the castle and the displays tell the history of the castle. Next I visited the Royal Reception Rooms at the castle. While no...

The weather was a bit dreary this day and was fighting some jet-lag; nonetheless, I set off to explore the city a little to the north of the hotel. Navigation became a bit easier when I saw and remembered from a previous European vacation that a lot of the street signs are posted on the sides of buildings. European streets tend to be narrow and you see quite the mix of new and old with respect to the city's architecture. I eventually made it over to the Nationa...