{"id":24505,"date":"2016-10-11T20:36:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T19:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=24505"},"modified":"2021-06-27T11:48:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T10:48:44","slug":"if-carlsberg-did-museums-oh-they-do-kobenhavn-copenhagen-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/if-carlsberg-did-museums-oh-they-do-kobenhavn-copenhagen-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"If Carlsberg did museums… oh they do! Copenhagen, Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zagan the motorhome is parked up right outside the gates of the old Carlsberg Brewery (N55.66475, E12.52962<\/a>) in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the smell of what is probably the best beer in the world wafting all around him.<\/p>\n

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Prime position by the gates on the busy little street outside the gates of the Carlsberg Brewery<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday we had planned to hire a couple of bicycles from the marina (30 Sek per bike) and cycle into Malm\u00f6, but the wind and rain persuaded us to stay snug in Zagan and put Malm\u00f6 on our ‘places to see next time’ list. I ventured out a few times to the main building behind us to get a couple of loads of washing done for 50 Sek (strangely that price was for as many loads as you wanted), but other than that we stayed put and watched movies while Zagan rocked in the wind blowing south down the \u00d6resund.<\/p>\n

This morning Zagan got a hoover out before it was showers, breakfast and off to another country – Denmark. A quick stop at Willy’s – I’ve been chortling about the name since we got to Sweden – supermarket to spend the last of our Swedish Krona on milk, bread, and some fishy Swedish treats. Then we were off to country number 34 – Denmark, although we’ve just discussed that it should be 36 as we’ve been to Scotland and Wales, but list them under UK.<\/p>\n

There was only one thing that stood between us and Denmark, the \u00d6resund Straight. Before 2000 we’d have had to catch a ferry across the straight, but now they’ve built the lovely \u00d6resund bridge. Not all the way across though, as that would be far too sensible and easy. When the bridge reaches Pepper Island, about 4km away from the Danish coast, it dives underground and becomes the \u00d6resund Tunnel. This last section under the water means any sized ship can go through the straight and also reduces the chances of ice blocking the straight in the winter. Of course we were silly excited about going over the bridge, so after we paid our 350 Sek at the toll booth, we turned on the video camera so you could drive over it with us.<\/p>\n

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Oresund Bridge Tolls – once again being under 6m saves us a few quid.<\/p><\/div>\n