
This is the end of the line for this European cruise segment on Oceania
Marina and luckily it's an overnight in Copenhagen, one of Europe's most
elegant cities with a sail-in that's hard to beat. After sailing out of
Honfleur and up through the North Sea we rounded the top of Denmark and
turned into the Øresund with Sweden on one side and Denmark on the
other and there's just a few kilometres between the two countries at
Helsingor on the Danish coast and Helsingborg on the Swedish coast.
Copenhagen
itself is an ancient maritime city and cruise ships dock on Langelinie
which is becoming one of the most popular ports in Europe thanks to its
great location. From here it's just a two minute walk to the Little
Mermaid, one of Copenhagen's most photographed landmarks. This is one of
those great walking cities and from the ship it was easy to hit up the
city's other attractions including the Amalienborg Castle with its
colourful changing of the guard, the bustling Nyahvn district which is a
17th century canal area which is now a bit of a restaurant and bar
strip with its brightly coloured 17th and 18th century townhouses with
historical wooden ships lining the waterfront.
Strøget is the
pedestrian strip running through the centre of the city and is the
longest pedestrian shopping street in Europe and this is where you can
find the city's most famous stores, and most expensive ones as well, and
it connects the City Hall Square on one side of the city with Kongens
Nytorv, the King's New Square, on the other.
This is the type of place you can spend days just wandering, but we only have they one day before heading home.
Our
last blog will be a wrap up of the whole Oceania Marina and especially a
look at the cuisine on board … quite superb and there will be photos, I
promise!