Copenhagen – Day 4 – Another hot sunny day

You can certainly get used to all this lovely hot and sunny weather. Crikey aren’t we going to pay for this when the colder seasons come! In the meantime, enjoy.

We are fast ticking off things on the list as our stay here in Copenhagen continues. Today we hired an electric boat from GoBoat and toured around the harbour and canals. Its all together a different perspective being in a boat doing pretty much the same tour we did by kayak. In the kayak you are much lower in the water and can’t see as much, plus compared to earlier in the week when we did the kayak trip, the weather today was a lot sunnier.

In the afternoon we visited several top-end furniture shops looking at the many Danish designers works. The Copenhagen tourist board site gives a very useful guide to the best stores to visit.  It was good to see the results of innovation for sale although the prices were sky-high. The most expensive chair was a valet chair that had a 84,000 DKK price tag – that’s just over £ 10,000. Absolutely amazing and I’m not sure who would buy such a thing. Clearly a wealthy collector! One of the most interesting shops was Klassik, which has a focus on selling used furniture from the leading designers.

Today we also squeezed in a quick visit to the inside of the Radhus (Town Hall). This large and spacious building appears to be a popular venue for weddings, having seen three groups come and go during our short visit. It is also the location of Jen Olson’s World Clock.   

The Circle Bridge – it was a breezy day on the water as you can see from the ripples on the water
Looking across the city towards Sweden from the top of the Round Tower (http://www.rundetaarn.dk/). Dating back to the late 16th century and believed to be the oldest in Europe, there is a astronomical observatory at the top of the tower.
The canals were full of activity today
Another picture of the Opera House with its massive roof
Fancy converting an old car ferry. Somebody does since this one is going through the process. It will certainly make an impressive house boat and has an enormous sun deck. Um, now that gives me an idea. Certainly beats the constraints of living on a wide-beam canal boat.