I really love this city - it's easy to get around, has great shops and museums, and the locals are very polite and friendly (not to mention more than averagely attractive!)
We did a lot of walking - up and down and around Stroget (the main shopping area in central Copenhagen), up to Nyhavn where we went on a canal cruise, and over to Norrebro, the funky ethnic section of the city. Norrebro is full of great vintage shops - unfortunately most were closed when we were there. We did happen upon one that was open, where I managed to find a few little goodies...
We also went to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (unfortunately the section housing their collection of French paintings was closed) and to the the Danish National Museum, which has a fascinating exhibition following life in Denmark from the 1600s to 2000.
The various things we've seen here have shown us what an influential, tolerant and progressive country Denmark is. The abolition of slavery, free public education, women's rights - the Danes seem to have been ahead of other countries in many of these areas. They also rate very highly on a range of indices including happiness, lack of corruption and income equality.
We really felt sorry to leave Copenhagen - until we can go back, we'll just have to make do with all those great Danish crime shows!
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