On Sunday we took the Canal Tour of Copenhagen, SO worth it! It is absolutely amazing how much history is in this city. And a building is not old unless it has been around for at least 200 years. The first canal we started in was called Nyhaven. This is a very touristy area of Copenhagen. Very expensive restaurants line the harbor which was originally dug by prisoners. It is a fun area to walk around and if you see a post card of Copenhagen and there are ships in the picture there is a good chance in is in Nyhaven.
We toured many of the canals. They were so picturesque, lined with sailboats and having beautiful buildings just behind them. Apparently, every year Bill Gates takes a vacation to Copenhagen and stays on one of the canals in his yacht. That sounds like the life.
This is probably the coolest house boat I have ever seen. There are MANY house boats on the canals. And by looking in the windows the appear pretty extravagant.
The story the tour guide told us about this boat is that the ship accidentally fired a missile into a civilian area while it was docked. Luckily no one was hurt. But it was kind of embarrassing for Denmark.
Because Denmark is so old many of the buildings have been restored and used for new purposes. This building used to but used for the building of ships and submarines. It was covered so that no one could see that they were rebuilding their fleet that had been taken by the British I believe. So that is why there is a canal through this building that is now used for residential purposes. I can't even imagine the rent on that one!
beautiful area, wish I was there.
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