Helsinki and Copenhagen Suggestions

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Nolalonghorn16

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I'm in St Petersburg now, heading to Helsinki on Tuesday and Copenhagen on Friday. In each town for 2 full days each, any ideas (restaurants, museums I must see, etc.) are much appreciated.
 
HELSINKI:

I didn't get the full Helsinki experience, but I would think that you want to see their archipelago area. I think that there are also some nice theaters and buildings near the water.


COPENHAGEN:

-The LITTLE MERMAID, because you have to.
-FREDERICK CHURCH ("Frederikskirken"): is the high point of Frederiksstaden, a part of Copenhagen that includes the royal palace of Amalienborg, and Amaliehaven (the Royal Gardens). The style of this church is Baroque. Architect Nicolai Eigtved began construction of the building in 1749, but he died and the church was not finished until 1892. It is built with primarily marble, and most people call it "Marmorkirken", the 'Marble Church'. With its enormous and beautiful copper dome, inspired by the Church of Saint Peter in Rome, it is part of the Copenhagen skyline. The church was recently restored and cleaned of smog stains, and now it stands beautifully - bright and shimmering in the sun. A visit to the interior is also a great experience. At 1p and 3p every day you can get access to the top of the church tower.

Here's a list of important architectural structures in Copenhagen: The Link

My parents have Georg Jensen silver, so I stopped by their main shop in the pedestrian area of town.

The CRISTIANA area. I can't tell you why on Hornfans, but it's similar to a tiny Amsterdam.
 
Copenhagen:

1. If you have the money, Tivoli Gardens.
2. Walk up and down the Stroget. Hard not to do this.
3. Round Tower. Will give you a great view of the city and you have to walk up the circular ramp, all the way up. Cool experience. I think it is a few blocks west of the Stroget.
4. Have a beer on the Nyhavn canal. Colorful houses/outdoor restaurants line the canal. Beautiful on a sunny day.
5. Rosenburg Castle is nice architecturally with some great park and garden grounds.

Everything i mentioned is in walking distance from the city center.
 
Helsinki: I traveled backpacker style, so restaurant-wise I don't have anything that's extravagant...

but I can recommend Meze Point.

8.7 euro "buffet" (fill your plate up once with as much as you want) and everything is pretty delicious. pretty great deal.

There is a restaurant/bar called Texas.

Didn't have anything other than a beer there (and I have a feeling the food could be horrendous), but they made sure to tell us that, no, they would not be giving us a discount
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Have fun. And, yes, the girls are beautiful. And blonde.
 
For me, the girls in Copenhagen were the most beautiful in Scandinavia. And arguably the most beautiful I've ever seen in my life.

If you don't think that your going to see one naked otherwise, go to one of the public beaches on the edge of town. Topless chica buffet.

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In Copenhagen hit the Rosenborg park at lunchtime and you'll get your fill of hot women tanning topless.

Also, a tour of the Carsberg Brewery is always fun.
 
I just realized that I was thinking of STOCKHOLM, when I commented on HELSINKI.
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North of the downtown/port area, there is a lake. On the north side of that, is the Olympic Stadium built for either the 1940 or 1944 games, but not used until ~1952 or 1956. (You can look it up.) It turns out that something got in the way of the games being played in 1940 & 1944.

There is actually a Youth Hostel in the stadium and you can pay to swim in the Olympic pool located just a short walk from the stadium. I did. I thought/think that it's kind of cool to use the same facilities as Olympic Athletes. (In Innsbruck I stayed in a hostel built to house Winter Olympians from the 1976 games.)

Other than going to the US & Russian embassies in Stockholm, I didn't do much.
 
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