EVs

Copenhagen has numerous EVs running around the streets, be they e-bikes, e-scooters (of which we have seen at least 6 different suppliers including Lime) or e-vehicles.

Of the e-vehicles the one that stands out is the Tesla - saw 3 at one charging station this morning and another in use as a Taxi.

The traffic density is very low compared to Auckland no doubt due to the widespread use of bikes - in the walk into the city this morning there was barely any vehicles on the road and while I haven’t Googled I suspect the road fatality numbers in Denmark is low, unless there are a lot of vehicle v cyclist collisions

Yesterday at Roskilde we were intrigued by a dual mobility type scooter with licence plates firmly affixed

We saw Søren but Susanne must have still been at home.

Today our sightseeing took us down to the waterfront and along the “harbour” to see The Little Mermaid, a statue inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a mermaid who gives up everything to be united with a young handsome Prince on land.

The statue was donated by Carl Jacobsen a wealthy brewer to the City in 1913. Given the number of tourists flocking to see it, it is certainly on everyone’s must do list when visiting Copenhagen.

We stopped off at a restaurant adjacent to Nyhaven on the way back for lunch and ordered “the lunch plate” which consisted of 3 triangles of bread, a small bowl of pickled herrings topped with a ring or three of red onion, a slice of smoked salmon and a piece of cheese with about half a dozen juniper? berries and a few sprigs of dill.

For drinks we asked for 2 glasses of water, one of which was served approximately half full but nevertheless did not stop the restaurant charging 25DKK per glass which equates to $5.75 per glass! Makes the meal seem cheap at $17.25 per plate!

Such is the fun of travelling 

The afternoon was spent ambling back along a crowded Stroget, popping in and out of various shops, that of Royal Copenhagen being the highlight, while following the demise of the Australian cricket team - what a great way to spend an afternoon Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Oi Oi Oi!

On the terrace roof of the Illum department store we were able to get a view of that part of Stroget below - which was relatively devoid of shoppers in comparison to what we “enjoyed” when we got back to street level.

P.S. Have googled now and Denmark has 4 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year while NZ has 7.8 both based on 2016 figures