Copenhagen, Denmark (Day Two) – Peter's Travel Blog

For our second day in Copenhagen we had a whole route through the city planned. We’ve been here a couple of times before, and never really seen much beyond the quayside and ‘Little Mermaid’ areas, so this seemed like a good opportunity to explore a different part of the city.

Or so we thought…

It turns out that everywhere is closed on Mondays in Copenhagen. We didn’t know that, of course until we’d trekked through the heart of the city to see the National History Museum, which was being advertised on loads of posters as we walked, yet none of them mentioned the fact that it would be closed on Mondays. Right next door to the National History Museum is the National Gallery, which we thought would make a good alternative. But guess what; it is also closed on Mondays, as was the Butterfly House in the Botanical Gardens.

Feeling slightly miffed, we eventually gravitated back towards the harbour areas, pausing in Kings Garden for an extortionately priced light sandwich lunch at a small cafe there (the sandwiches were lovely, but we almost certainly won’t be going there again!).

We did see this fountain along the way…