Arrival
After we picked up our luggage, we stopped by the tourist center to try our luck with getting the Copenhagen Card. It's the same promotion as the Stockholm Card. While they were also not sure of the promotion, the nice lady there called up some office, and confirmed that we could indeed get the Copenhagen Card for free. We were only asked to show the AE card. Then we walked to the airport Metro station, and boarded the driver-less train to town and got off at the Norreport station, and it took only about 15 mintues.
Metro
Norreport station
Hotel Fox
Though we were staying in Copenhagen for only one night, we did quite a bit of research for hotel. There were couple of good choices, including pricelining to try to get the Marriott, or using the Friends and Family rate for the Crowne Plaza. Both hotels have good reviews on TripAdvisor. But in the end we decided on Hotel Fox, a designer hotel that's not any cheaper than the more centrally located hotels near Tivoli, nor did it have good reviews on TripAdvisor. Why ? The hotel was strategically located near the Metro station and the bike tour start point ! We would be able to get off Metro, walk to the hotel, drop off the luggage and walk to the bike tour office in very short time. We left the airport around 9:00am and were already at the bike tour office around 10:15am. And the designer aspect of the hotel is indeed interesting, as an added bonus, when we checked out, we were told that our stay would qualify for 500 UA miles (and has since been posted).
Hotel Fox
Lobby
Room
Hotel amenity
Copenhagen Activities
The Copenhagen bike tour is pretty much a one person operation as far as we can tell. Mike did everything ! He's the guide and the owner, and what's amazing is that he sometimes does two to three tours a day, each tour is like 3 hours long. And if you check his website, you will find out he's a cancer survivor too. Mike not only explained the sites to us, but also talked a lot about the current politics and trends in Denmark. It was a lot more than just a bike tour ! Mike also gave us a 20% discount for having the Copenhagen Card. Here are some of the sites we visited :
Adjusting bike
Tour orientation
Stroget - oldest Pedestrian street
Safest Cafe ?
Christiania
Cozy
Palace
After the bike tour, we went back to the hotel and took a shower and a quick afternoon nap. Yes, we were exhausted again. But there's still a lot more to see in Copenhagen, and we soon took off and went to see other sites by the city tourist bus, which circles around the city every 7 minutes. This is also covered by the Copenhagen card. We spent some time in Nyhavn, enjoying the canal view and ice cream, before heading back to the Tivoli near the main station.
City Cirkel Bus
Nyhavn
Canal
Ice Cream
We walked more to explore the sites near Tivoli in the evening, and went back to the Stroget pedestrian street area, and finally tired ourselves out in front of the Lurblaseren restaurant and had some steaks and burger for dinner.
Tivoli
Pedestrian street
Dinner