Itinerary followed during this Interrail throughout Germany, Denmark and Switzerland

Cologne - Koblenz - Copenhagen - Helsingor - Hillerod - Roskilde - Berlin - Potsdam - Rhine cruise - Freiburg - Strasbourg - Black Forest - Rhine waterfalls - Schaffhausen - Stein am Rhein - Konstanz - Zurich - Basel - Interlaken - Luzern - Zermatt - Brig - Bern - Geneva - Heidelberg - Munich - Dachau - Fussen - Nuremberg - Rothenburg (ODT) - Wurzburg - Jungfrau and Lauterbrunnen - Brienz - Geneva

We arrived next morning in the nigh train from Cologne and we went towards the hostel that we had booked in advance from home. In my opinion we weren't right in our decision of spending two consecutive nights in a train (Spain-Cologne and Cologne-Copenhagen) because we were really tired this morning. If you start so tired an Interrail it is difficult to recover from it on route. It was a pity to be asleep when the train crossed a tunnel under the sea between two peninsulas of Denmark.
In addition to our tiredness we had a bad weather during our stay in Denmark , cold and rainy. Despite we were prepared for this kind of weather, the temperature was lower than expected. Finally the extremely high prices makes you slow down if you feel like having a cup in a terrace or keep warm for a while in a pub. In fact Denmark is one of the most prosper nations world-wide and with highest standards of life.
Maybe because of these inconveniences I only score with 3 stars the city. I suppose that many of you won't agree, but it is only my opinion.
Don't be frightened after this pessimist introduction. I liked very much Copenhagen , so go on reading.
About the history of Copenhagen and Denmark I will tell you little. It is obligatory to talk about the legendary civilization of Vikings. During the Middle Ages the Danish Vikings terrified the whole Europe and managed to conquer England (around year 800) and many other territories. Besides, the king Godefroy was able to stop the unstoppable advance of Charlemagne more or less near this year. Till now there have been many wars, alliances, treasons, etc. With the nearby countries: Sweden , Norway , Poland , Baltic countries, Germany..
The country is a monarchy and the predominant religion is the Lutheran after its spreading in 1536.

First of all the city centre stands out because of its wide avenues, the particular red buildings with green roofs, and of course the canals, lakes and gardens. It is a vast city, so you will have to walk a lot. It is possible to make a trip in a boat through the canals or even have a romantic dinner on board. As you can imagine, this dinner is really expensive. The city hall is a building from 1900 in Italian style, that keeps a clock formed by 13 clocks showing the time in any part of the globe.

Don't miss the district of Nyhavn . You will love the multicoloured houses on the edge of the canal. It is a lively street and port, with many and nice terraces where taste a Carlsberg, the most famous beer of Denmark , and at the same time eat any of the typical appetizers.

One of the obligatory places is the Little Mermaid , the world famous statue. It was ordered by the beer producer Carl Jacobsen and it was installed in 1913. The motif was taken from a tale of Hans Christian Andersen and it is the most photographed image of the Danish capital. It is quite small and the environment is not that nice (it is in the harbour entrance).
You move along a pretty and long walk through the gardens, such as Kastelet. We were very surprised when we realized the impressive amount of medusas that floated in the canals here. It seemed that there were more medusas than water.

Nearby we find the palace of Amalienborg , a square surrounded by 4 palaces in Rococo style where the royal family lives. It was a pity to miss the guard change. Anyway there are some royal guards with the official costume and you can take pictures of them. At the back of the square you can observe the great cupola of the Marble church .

We found very pleasant the gardens and the slender Rosenborg castle, which keeps the treasures of the Danish monarchies.

At the sunset we walked through Stroget , the world longest pedestrian street, crowded with shops and people. The problem of this country for the Southern Europe visitors is that they close everything too early and the streets are empty by 19 h. This is reflected in shorter days that allow to visit fewer things.
It is enviable their culture of bicycles. Most people use it and there are much less cars circulating, polluting and making noise. The streets are well conditioned for cyclists. It is very curious that they leave the bicycle unlocked, I imagine that it is because there are no thefts in the country.
We didn't have the time to enter the hippie district of Christiania.
There is also in Copenhagen an odd museum about the Guinness Records.

We couldn't see Legoland, an attraction constructed with more than 45 million Lego pieces. It is the most visited attraction in Denmark but it is far from the capital and its peninsula.

If I haven't explained anything about Danish food is because we didn't taste it. Despite we like to enjoy some samples of local gastronomy in every place we visit, in Denmark we ate the food we had brought with us from home as the astronomic prices, the little night activity and the bad weather didn't make it good to have dinners.
Finally I have to add the unexpected events that we passed to go to Berlin . We faced an important decision for our budget and itinerary: either going to Berlin by train through Hamburg or taking a ship that needed of a high extra fee. The first option was much cheaper but we would have lost one day travelling, besides it would have pushed ourselves to the limits, therefore we decided to make the most of our holidays by choosing the second option, and we didn't regret it.

The trip is very weird. The train crossed the sea through a narrow strip. In Malmo we could see the sunset, the city hall and its square. There we took another train going to Trelleborg, to the south. Without going down from the train, it enters directly a huge ferry that will cross the Baltic Sea to reach Lübeck, in Germany.