I realize I'm a little late for a weekend update, but it's more of a last week update. My friend Heather came from Canada, she is studying in Aarhus but stopped by for a week visit. We explored more of Copenhagen and ended up going to Malmo (Sweden) on Saturday.
I had passed Rundetarn many times while walking downtown but never thought to go in. I had wanted to wait for a nicer day so that I could actually see the city, and not just fog. Rundetarn is a tower which overlooks all of Copenhagen. Because Copenhagen is so flat it means that the tower gives you an extraordinary view of the city. Heather and I decided, since the weather was stunning that day, to make our way to the tower and take a look. We ended up staying up there for about 40 minutes.
Notably, the tower also has a church in it and houses galleries and exhibits. When we arrived the exhibit being shown was Hungry Planet. Hungry Planet is a incredible display of pictures depicting the ways in which families eat all over the world (including the price of food per week and other prevalent information). Peter Menzel is the photographer responsible for the display (more info at http://www.hungryplanet.dk/ - it is in Danish, though I believe you are able to use Google Translate).
On Saturday Heather and I hoped on a train to Malmo. The ride takes about a half-hour and is quite calming. Once we arrived we ran into our first pay toilets at the train station. Needless to say we willingly paid.
We made our way toward the Malmohus Castle, which has been converted to house an aquarium, art galleries and a lot (seriously there was so many) taxidermied animals. Heather is by far one of the jumpiest people I know and we ended up giggling at the ridiculousness of being terrified by a stuffed harmless creatures. Unfortunately, we couldn't understand some of the displays because everything was in Swedish and Danish.
The rest of our day was spent walking around, shopping (it is great there) and eating some pretty awesome food. We even sat outside one of the restaurants and enjoyed the heaters and complimentary blankets instead of sitting inside. A good day all in all.
Elsker,
Meghan
Malmo lit up at night
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