Copenhagen; Saturday, 31 July, 2010

A much better night’s sleep was only interrupted (rudely) by my alarm going off. I’d set it a bit earlier so that I could get out of the hotel in time to join the morning bike tour of Copenhagen.

The tour takes in most of the main sites of the city, though it only covers about 8KM of cycling in the three hours, so it’s hardly a workout.

Having completed the tour it was time to do a bit of exercise so I had a wander back through the city and over the water to Christianshavn to have a look around the Vor Frelsers Kirke. I’d had a bit of a look around it when I had visited in 2005, but that was in the winter and it’s key attraction, its spire, was closed.

You climb around 250 steps to the viewing platform at the base of the spire from where there are stunning views, but the views get even better if you are brave and climb the staircase that winds its way around the outside of the spire.

Having taken in the views I descended back down and then went for a wander through more of Christianshavn and along the edge of Christiania. After quite a long walk I found myself by the Opera House, so I decided to rest my feet by taking the boat up and then back down the river to take in the views from there.

Unfortunately, there boat didn’t appear to be keeping particularly good time for the timetable, and was heaving, so I had to sit inside nowhere near a window seat for most of the journey. I got off at Nyhavn and had a very late lunch/early dinner on the harbour side before wandering back through the town to the Rundetårn.

Having climbed that and taken in the views I decided, with the sun disappearing behind clouds and only about 40 minutes of light left, to catch the bus back to the hotel to rest my poor aching feet.