Jen and Dave: Adventuring

2022-Jul-06

With Jen in meetings for the day, Dave was off on his own again to explore a new city.

With only a day to experience Copenhagen, Dave decided it would be best to just wander and explore.

Starting at the airport bag drop, and with a lot of ground to cover, Dave got a day pass for electric scooter and bike rentals.

He checked out the local waterfront path, exploring the local beaches.

Coming up on a large curious looking building marked on the map as being something sports related, he found that there was a constant stream of garbage trucks going in and out. On the other side it could be seen that there is a ski run built onto the buildings sloped roof, and climbing wall running up the side. Turns out that this is a waste to energy facility that also serves as a ski hill, climbing wall, and hiking hill. Fantastic multi-purpose infrastructure.

Scooting along some harbor inlets to the old town where there was a scenic row of houses with a row of wooden docked along side.

Next was a walk though the old town to an earthen fort dating to the 17th century. Known as Kastellet, they say it is one of North Europe’s finest and best preserved fortifications, and I believe it. The fort is actually still in use as an active military facility. However the inner roads and rampart paths are open the public to explore.

With time running short, it was now time to think about getting back to the airport, not without first sampling a Danish Big Mac.

With that it was time to say goodbye to our brief visit to Copenhagen and we were off to the next adventure in Zurich.