Scandinavia, finally! I've wanted to travel up here for quite some time. Another small corner of the world crossed off the list.
First stop, Stockholm. Cold. Why do we keep coming to these cold cities and why don't I learn my lesson with being prepared? No such thing as bad weather, just inadequate clothing and mine was inadequate. To warm up, some museums were an order. There were several interesting exhibits that we wanted to see.
Martin Parr and Andres Serrano at the fantastic Photography Museum, Fotografiska. I've been a fan of Martin Parr for some time and Serrano is an iconic and divisive photographer, so it was great to see both of their work up close and at a large scale.
Then at the Architecture and Design Museum, they had an exhibition on architectural photography, which I obviously had to see. And the permanent collection next door at the Moderna Museet was great as well.
A couple nights in Stockholm and then we were off to Copenhagen, a city with which I fell a little bit in love. I am a sucker for a bikeable city and Copenhagen is one of the bikeablest (a real word). I love the architecture and design and the general good vibes of the city. One of the stranger sights is the open-air drug market in the neighbourhood of Christiania. An odd place with very interesting cats where the police turn a blind eye towards buying and selling of "soft" drugs. It was a bit dreary, to be honest. I expected something more... Woodstocky (another real word), but maybe a cold day in March isn't the best impression.
Other than that, I could really see myself at home here and would love to return for an extended stay. Just need to start making some of that high Danish minimum wage to afford to eat the wildly expensive food here. Click images to enlarge.
Back to Paris now. It will be good to return!
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