1 Day in Copenhangen
 

We'll have a day to explore Copenhagen as tourists before boarding
a cruise ship on May 15. We arrive May 14 at the airport around 3:15.
The cruise ship departs on the 15th at 9:00pm in the evening, but we'll
probably want to board several hours earlier and have supper.

This means, we'll have the better part of a day to explore the city. What
do you recommend? We've read somewhere the Tivoli Gardens are only
open during the summer. Is this true?

Also, does anyone know where the docks are for cruise ships?
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Re: 1 Day in Copenhangen
 

rvfulltime <rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

    > We'll have a day to explore Copenhagen as tourists before boarding
    > a cruise ship on May 15. We arrive May 14 at the airport around 3:15.
    > The cruise ship departs on the 15th at 9:00pm in the evening, but
    > we'll probably want to board several hours earlier and have supper.
    >
    > This means, we'll have the better part of a day to explore the city.
    > What do you recommend? We've read somewhere the Tivoli Gardens are
    > only open during the summer. Is this true?
    >
    > Also, does anyone know where the docks are for cruise ships?
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You will dock within walking distance of the little Mermaid. (careful she
really is little)

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Re: 1 Day in Copenhangen
 

Google is your friend.
http://www.tivoli.dk/composite-2450.htm
Why ask here, the official site isn't enough ??

"rvfulltime" <rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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    > We'll have a day to explore Copenhagen as tourists before boarding
    > a cruise ship on May 15. We arrive May 14 at the airport around 3:15.
    > The cruise ship departs on the 15th at 9:00pm in the evening, but we'll
    > probably want to board several hours earlier and have supper.
    > This means, we'll have the better part of a day to explore the city. What
    > do you recommend? We've read somewhere the Tivoli Gardens are only
    > open during the summer. Is this true?
    > Also, does anyone know where the docks are for cruise ships?
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On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:37:56 -0600, rvfulltime <rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com>
wrote:
<[email protected]>

    >We'll have a day to explore Copenhagen as tourists before boarding
    >a cruise ship on May 15. We arrive May 14 at the airport around 3:15.
    >The cruise ship departs on the 15th at 9:00pm in the evening, but we'll
    >probably want to board several hours earlier and have supper.
    >This means, we'll have the better part of a day to explore the city. What
    >do you recommend? We've read somewhere the Tivoli Gardens are only
    >open during the summer. Is this true?

Tivoli (http://www.tivoli.dk/) reopens for the season April 12th, so it will be
open when you're there. On Sunday (May 14th), they stay open until 11PM.
Depending on where you're staying in Copenhagen, I would suggest that you want
to get into Copenhagen proper quickly, check into your hotel, and go directly to
Tivoli that evening. Tivoli absolutely JUMPS in the evening (I presume you're
not going for the rides) and the night is really more for adults than children.
(If you've just crossed the Atlantic, however, you're going to be
dead-on-your-feet.)

See http://web.tampabay.rr.com/mvsrexx/2003SK/DSC00625.html Bring a tripod or
other steadying device if you're bringing a camera; you will definitely want
good night shots. Admission is only 9-10 US if you're not using the rides.

This will leave the bulk of the following day for walking around. Copenhagen is
a great city for strolling. If you're feeling REALLYREALLY adventurous, take
the train to Roskilde and see the Vikingeskibs Museet. If you go, watch the
time and don't miss the boat...


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Re: 1 Day in Copenhangen
 

"rvfulltime" <rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com> wrote in message
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    > We'll have a day to explore Copenhagen as tourists before boarding
    > a cruise ship on May 15. We arrive May 14 at the airport around 3:15.
    > The cruise ship departs on the 15th at 9:00pm in the evening, but we'll
    > probably want to board several hours earlier and have supper.
    > This means, we'll have the better part of a day to explore the city. What
    > do you recommend? We've read somewhere the Tivoli Gardens are only
    > open during the summer. Is this true?

Yes [1], but I find it hard to believe that it hasn't opened by Mid
May.

You can't go to Copenhagen and not go to see the mermaid, for no
other reason than "You can't go to Copenhagen and not go to see
the mermaid", but if you are lucky your ship may be leaving from
nearby anyway.

Other than that, the main interest seems to be Christiansborg and
Amalienborg.

Taking the canal trip is probably the best thing to do.

If it's the sort of thing that interests you you can go to the Viking
ships museum in Roskilde, getting to the town (on the train) is easy
but it's a bit of a hike from the station and the bus isn't very frequent.
I think that this trip is included in the transit day pass (which is
probably not cost effective unless you do do a trip like this).
I thought that this museum was a bit expensive for the quantity
of the exhibits (and if you've been/or are going to the ship museum
in Oslo you will be disappointed with Roskilde)

    > Also, does anyone know where the docks are for cruise ships?

Some of them tie up by the Mermaid/Kastellet but I don't know
if they all go from there.

You might like to stock up in with whatever little snacks/drinks that
you might want on your Port trips when on the cruise.
However, high you think the prices are here, they are the cheapest
that you will see until you get off the ship to go home (compared
with Norway, by a very long way).

tim

[1] and for a few weeks at Christmas

Re: 1 Day in Copenhangen
 

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:28:36 GMT, Frank Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:37:56 -0600, rvfulltime <rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com>
    >wrote:
    ><[email protected]>
    >>We'll have a day to explore Copenhagen as tourists before boarding
    >>a cruise ship on May 15. We arrive May 14 at the airport around 3:15.
    >>The cruise ship departs on the 15th at 9:00pm in the evening, but we'll
    >>probably want to board several hours earlier and have supper.
    >>This means, we'll have the better part of a day to explore the city. What
    >>do you recommend? We've read somewhere the Tivoli Gardens are only
    >>open during the summer. Is this true?
    >Tivoli (http://www.tivoli.dk/) reopens for the season April 12th, so it will be
    >open when you're there. On Sunday (May 14th), they stay open until 11PM.
    >Depending on where you're staying in Copenhagen, I would suggest that you want
    >to get into Copenhagen proper quickly, check into your hotel, and go directly to
    >Tivoli that evening. Tivoli absolutely JUMPS in the evening (I presume you're
    >not going for the rides) and the night is really more for adults than children.
    >(If you've just crossed the Atlantic, however, you're going to be
    >dead-on-your-feet.)
    >See http://web.tampabay.rr.com/mvsrexx/2003SK/DSC00625.html Bring a tripod or
    >other steadying device if you're bringing a camera; you will definitely want
    >good night shots. Admission is only 9-10 US if you're not using the rides.
    >This will leave the bulk of the following day for walking around. Copenhagen is
    >a great city for strolling. If you're feeling REALLYREALLY adventurous, take
    >the train to Roskilde and see the Vikingeskibs Museet. If you go, watch the
    >time and don't miss the boat...

Thanks. We're actually flying in from Edinburgh. About that, Sterling Air has
nonstop flights from Edinburgh, but on that particular day they increase their
normal price by 500%. So we ended up booking on BA through LHR at a
reasonable price, about the same as Easyjet, but with baggage transfers while
changing planes in London.

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On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:42:43 +0100, "tim \(in sweden\)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
<[email protected]>

    >... the Viking
    >ships museum in Roskilde...
    >I thought that this museum was a bit expensive for the quantity
    >of the exhibits (and if you've been/or are going to the ship museum
    >in Oslo you will be disappointed with Roskilde)

I suspected this but hadn't had confirmation until just now. We tried to get a
reservation for the night train Bergen-Oslo on our way to Trollhattan and were
shut out because Bruce Springsteen (damn his eyes) was doing a concert in Oslo
the next day and all the overnight spots were already booked. That 2350 train
gets in about 0730 and would have given us almost all day to see the Gokstad
ship. Because of g.d. Bruce we missed it...


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rvfulltime <rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com> wrote:
    >Also, does anyone know where the docks are for cruise ships?

All the cruise ships used to call at Langelinie, but in recent years
they have also been using another location a little further away from
the city centre (Kronløbsbasinet/Freeport terminal) , so check you
travel documentation . But the nicest location is by far the
Langelinie:
http://www.cruisecopenhagen.com/faq/#1

A couple of usefull links for Copenhagen:
http://www.aok.dk/section/english
http://www.visitcopenhagen.dk/show.asp?id=1
--
Kristian

Re: 1 Day in Copenhangen
 

Frank Clarke wrote:
    > Tivoli (http://www.tivoli.dk/) reopens for the season April 12th, so it will be
    > open when you're there. On Sunday (May 14th), they stay open until 11PM.

When I was there, Thursday was philharmonic night. The small orchestra
was excellent!

I very much enjoyed the clock inside City Hall.

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Re: 1 Day in Copenhangen
 

In article <[email protected]>, rvfulltime
<rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com> wrote:

    > We'll have a day to explore Copenhagen as tourists before boarding
    > a cruise ship on May 15. We arrive May 14 at the airport around 3:15.
    > The cruise ship departs on the 15th at 9:00pm in the evening, but we'll
    > probably want to board several hours earlier and have supper.
    >
    > This means, we'll have the better part of a day to explore the city.
    > What
    > do you recommend? We've read somewhere the Tivoli Gardens are only
    > open during the summer. Is this true?

Mid-September isn't usually considered summer and I went there then.

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar),
philologist, biblioholic medievalist

http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo

Re: 1 Day in Copenhangen
 

In article <[email protected]>, "tim \(in sweden\)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > If it's the sort of thing that interests you you can go to the Viking
    > ships museum in Roskilde, getting to the town (on the train) is easy
    > but it's a bit of a hike from the station and the bus isn't very frequent.
    > I think that this trip is included in the transit day pass (which is
    > probably not cost effective unless you do do a trip like this).
    > I thought that this museum was a bit expensive for the quantity
    > of the exhibits (and if you've been/or are going to the ship museum
    > in Oslo you will be disappointed with Roskilde)

Roskilde was a major highlight of my trip!! I also visited the ship
museum in Oslo. If you're really interested in Viking ships(yes, I am),
you need to visit BOTH. Oslo has the most impressive remains, but
Roskilde has a wide variety of copies that actually sail. I don't
believe the OP would have time for the combination of
train/museum/train, though.

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar),
philologist, biblioholic medievalist

http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo

Re: 1 Day in Copenhangen
 

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:51:35 -0600, erilar
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>, rvfulltime
    ><rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com> wrote:
    >> We'll have a day to explore Copenhagen as tourists before boarding
    >> a cruise ship on May 15. We arrive May 14 at the airport around 3:15.
    >> The cruise ship departs on the 15th at 9:00pm in the evening, but we'll
    >> probably want to board several hours earlier and have supper.
    >>
    >> This means, we'll have the better part of a day to explore the city.
    >> What
    >> do you recommend? We've read somewhere the Tivoli Gardens are only
    >> open during the summer. Is this true?
    >Mid-September isn't usually considered summer and I went there then.

Autumn begins on 21 September. Tivoli is shut from 24September until
12th April.

http://www.tivoli.dk/composite-2465.htm
--
Martin

Re: 1 Day in Copenhangen
 

In article <[email protected]>, rvfulltime
<rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com> wrote:

    > We'll have a day to explore Copenhagen as tourists before boarding
    > a cruise ship on May 15. We arrive May 14 at the airport around 3:15.
    > The cruise ship departs on the 15th at 9:00pm in the evening, but we'll
    > probably want to board several hours earlier and have supper.

By the time I commented further down the thread(from my point of view,
anyway) on a Roskilde excursion, I had forgotten how much time you had.
You certainly have time for it, and if you are interested in Viking
ships and expect to see the ships in Oslo, you ought to visit these,
too.

A ride around the harbor is also particulary nice on a day when you've
been walking too much earlier, I discovered.

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar),
philologist, biblioholic medievalist

http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo

Re: 1 Day in Copenhangen
 

"Martin" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
news:[email protected]...
    > On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:51:35 -0600, erilar
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>In article <[email protected]>, rvfulltime
    >><rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com> wrote:
    >>> We'll have a day to explore Copenhagen as tourists before boarding
    >>> a cruise ship on May 15. We arrive May 14 at the airport around 3:15.
    >>> The cruise ship departs on the 15th at 9:00pm in the evening, but we'll
    >>> probably want to board several hours earlier and have supper.
    >>> This means, we'll have the better part of a day to explore the city.
    >>> What
    >>> do you recommend? We've read somewhere the Tivoli Gardens are only
    >>> open during the summer. Is this true?
    >>Mid-September isn't usually considered summer and I went there then.
    > Autumn begins on 21 September.
Whoever have decided that ?
Winter,summer,autumn and spring are generally considered flexible in the
Nordic countries and mainly depends on the latitude. The meteorological
definition of Spring,Autumn here is when the average temperature have been
between 0 and 10 for 7 days. Thus winter is likely to remain in Stockholm
now for several weeks despite equinox.
And besides second equinox is at September 23 this year.

Re: 1 Day in Copenhangen
 

"Lennart Petersen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > "Martin" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
    > news:[email protected]...
    >> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:51:35 -0600, erilar
    >> <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>In article <[email protected]>, rvfulltime
    >>><rvfulltime@_removeme_isp.com> wrote:
    >>>> We'll have a day to explore Copenhagen as tourists before boarding
    >>>> a cruise ship on May 15. We arrive May 14 at the airport around 3:15.
    >>>> The cruise ship departs on the 15th at 9:00pm in the evening, but we'll
    >>>> probably want to board several hours earlier and have supper.
    >>>> This means, we'll have the better part of a day to explore the city.
    >>>> What
    >>>> do you recommend? We've read somewhere the Tivoli Gardens are only
    >>>> open during the summer. Is this true?
    >>>Mid-September isn't usually considered summer and I went there then.
    >> Autumn begins on 21 September.
    > Whoever have decided that ?
    > Winter,summer,autumn and spring are generally considered flexible in the
    > Nordic countries

Some of my colleagues disagree with you (I didn't get involved in the
discussion, coming from a country where the start of spring is more
or less defined by when the spring flowers come out)

    > and mainly depends on the latitude. The meteorological definition of
    > Spring,Autumn here is when the average temperature have been between 0 and
    > 10 for 7 days. Thus winter is likely to remain in Stockholm now for
    > several weeks despite equinox.

It's still winter down south this year as well.

tim