Woke up at 0800, such a good feeling to not wake up to an alarm.
Had some yoghurt for breakfast – it turned out that the apartment doesn’t have a toaster, so went to a cafe next door for a small coffee and a plain croissant that cost 68 Krone, or 11.25 AUD. Probably about 4 AUD more than at home.
Walked around to the palace, it was sunny and a bit chilly but not really jacket weather. Song said she wanted to see the Scream, I thought she said ice cream so was very eager.
Took photos of the palace then walked into the city centre, lots of people on electric scooters everywhere, being used by kids and businessmen alike.
Carried on to the harbour, it was really warm in the sun, a lot warmer than I expected, but the temperature dropped when in the shade.
The harbour area was really nice – lots of restaurants, apartment blocks overlooking the sea, none more than 6 storeys high, and some with berths for yachts. One of the nicest docklands developments I’ve seen. Most of the restaurants were busy and I wondered why these people weren’t at work. Many people were sitting on benches enjoying the sun.
There were also quite a few food vans, mostly selling burgers, but we had decided on a polse, the local, famous sausage. So famous and popular that we only found one place selling it.
Walked towards the restaurant, passing the ugliest town hall building I’ve ever seen, then through the main shopping area, again lots of cafes and restaurants. Several grand buildings, and lots of people about, locals and tourists alike.
We found the sausage restaurant, we were the only ones there, indicating how popular they were. I had a bratwurst with bacon and blue cheese sauce, Song had one with sauerkraut and mash. I also had a small local beer. Song wasn’t impressed with hers, but mine was good. Came to 245 Krone (40 AUD).
Walked to the Munch museum, noticed lots of electric cars – BMW, Nissan, Hyundai and so many Teslas – they must have pretty good subsidies.
The museum was quite small, just one floor with about 5 rooms, and not very busy. They had the Scream and Madonna, his most famous works, on show. Both of these were stolen in 2004 and there was information about the robbery – basically 2 guys with guns walked in and took them. They were recovered in 2006 with some damage and were restored and security improved (you’d imagine).
Didn’t take long to go around, about 45 minutes, then walked towards the station to get a tram, first stopping off at a Starbucks for a 9 friking dollar cup of coffee (medium). I don’t know how the locals can afford to live here.
Got back to the apartment and relaxed for a while. Song didn’t fancy going out again but I was hungry so went down the road for a burger – 29 AUD for a decent burger and chips.
Spent the rest of the night watching TV downloads.
We have half a day tomorrow before we fly to Copenhagen, but not sure what we are going to do because we’ve seen most of the sights here.
