Day 5: Copenhagen, Saturday, June 18

Hey Copenhagen, have we met? Cara getting acquainted with the city’s lovely and welcoming waterfront.

Today was all about Copenhagen and we had a thorough introduction with Åsa as well as a local guide. 

Fan of the Danish political drama Borgen? 

Behold the real Borgen.

Later, apart from the group, we had an interesting visit in the semi-autonomous hippy/anarchist enclave of Christiania (no pics allowed, unfortunately).

 

Of course, Cara had to get a selfie with the father of Existentialism, Soren Kierkegaard, because “existence precedes essence, man” (at least it does for a statue).

 

We also found some time to visit the legendary Tivoli Gardens, which we learned was Walt’s inspiration for Disneyland.

Tyson taking in Tivoli.

We’d seen the iconic Little Mermaid statue with the group already, but stopped by for a closer look as we took an afternoon stroll along the harbor. We also found our way to the less well-known “Genetically Modified Little Mermaid” which is part of a larger group of surrealist sculptures tucked away on a residential pier not far from the original. The artist, Bjørn Nørgaard said he intended the work as a “a provocative and humorous look at postmodern society” as well as a commentary on GMOs.

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