Radhus is Copenhagen’s town hall. An imposing building with a rich history, but most of all I loved these nice creatures. :)

Here it is, the second most popular postcard view from Copenhagen right after the Little Mermaid. A picturesque canal with the old sailing boats, cute cafés on the quay, I just regret not coming here at a different hour to avoid the crowd of tourists. We lacked only “I<3Copenhagen” to match the place.

It’s not really that this royal palace with a guy on the horse was different from the others, but the atmosphere around is quite pleasant – not too many people around, so the palace looked calm and solemn.

The same concerns Amalienborg Plads – a current royal palace (with a guy on the horse), where the Queen lives. In front of the castle the guard changes, that brings a touch of vivacity to local scenery.

Lille Havfrue – of course! She is touching and tender, of the natural size with a very miserable industrial background. For taking picture we had to stay in a queue, but despite all – we weren’t disappointed at all. On the contrary – these unpleasant details add even more of sadness to her already such a tragic character.

Yet another palace-fortress. But this time it’s more the surrounding park on the old bastions that is cool.

I best Vestre kirkegård, and namely the Greenland part can’t be found in your guidebooks. Initially we came there following Smilla’s traces from “Smilla’s Sense of Snow” and didn’t regret it at all. An important part of Danish history and we had occasion to meet real Greenlanders (both dead and alive). But the cemetery looks like a true park with people walking or even jogging, so why not having a look?

Christianshavn is a district which reminds Amsterdam due to its canals, architecture, land little cafés around. This part of Copenhagen we loved the most.

It is here that is situated the “sub-district” or rather an entire “republic” Christiania. In the 70-s, when the army left the old military barracks, they quickly became popular with eccentric people with liberal mind. At first, the government didn’t mind this “social experiment” but due to the drug trade development finally decided to intrude. But it was too late. Everyone got used to “Freetown Christiania”, so at the end, the government chose to ignore this tiny disorder. The “town” is really worth of attention – the residents even managed to create some kind of their own communism. You can see there people selling drugs in masks, which explains the prohibition to take pictures and to run in the town. Outside Christiania the dealers can be arrested, so running can provoke panic.

Still, Christiania is a cool place, we loved its bohemian decadence with half-ruined houses and non-stop parties– a sort of a Wonderland.

I do wish to come back to Copenhagen to visit all other places it has to offer, which is much more than listed in our article (which was one of the first to ever appear on our blog. :)