June 2017
Our second time in Copenhagen(population: 770,000) was a day stop on a Baltic cruise. The ship was docked at Ocean Quay Cruise Terminal, and there was a tourist information center right in the area. They handed out an excellent free city map, the best I’ve ever seen anywhere around the world, that showed all the streets, points of interest, public transportation stations/stops and even bike share stations! We were able to buy the City Pass for 24 hours(about $12) which gave us an unlimited access to all the public transportation. This was worthwhile if you needed to make more than 3 trips on buses and the metro.
From the cruise terminal, we took the city bus that connected us to the central area of Copenhagen at Norreport. Copenhagen is one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, thus, we considered using the city bike share program, but it did not seem as cost-efficient as the buses.
We decided to visit Christiana Free Town, a self-governing city within the city, that is on Christianshavn island. We managed to get on the bus #9A from the Central Station and took a mini-tour of the island before getting off at the entrance to the Town.
As expected the vibe was the hippie, and it was very slowly waking up when we got there around 10:30 AM. Murals were everywhere, and people were friendly.
We checked out some of the galleries and shops, and we had our lunch at a restaurant in one of the gallery buildings.
After leaving this Town, we went to Nyhaven, an iconic waterfront area filled with restaurants and cafes. We walked around checking out some of the famous buildings. We did run into lots of other passengers from our ship in this area.
We barely made it back to our ship in time using the same bus from Norreport, but we did get back.
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