Epic Honeymoon - Day 51 - Copenhagen

Having had a good taste of Copenhagen, we planned for Day 51 to add another country to our list – pretty much just because we could! Just across the water from Copenhagen lies the city of Malmo, Sweden. Back in the day, it would be a boat trip to get across there, but in more recent years, those ingenious Scandinavians built a bridge! Now, it’s just a short drive to get there.

The ticket is bought as essentially a round trip, but more accurately, it’s for two rides. Boarding the bus (number 999) from Hovedbanegården, just near Copenhagen Central Station, we were on our way and after winding through the southern suburbs for a bit, we eventually hit the bridge and over the water we went…

Bus stop for heading to Malmo.

A quick coffee before heading to the bus.

Approaching the bridge across to Sweden.

Up and over!

This is about all of Sweden that we got to see...

… but that was about as far as we got. Perhaps we had been in the Eurozone too long, treating everything like one big country. As we arrived to the other side of the water, we were advised that the Swedish border guards would be coming on to the bus to check everyone’s ID. We had made a note to ourselves the previous evening that we should bring our passports with us, but on the day, it completely slipped our minds. I had my driver’s license, and Avy had no form of ID.

Escorted to the train station to head right back to Copenhagen.

We were asked to de-bus while the head guard thought over our situation. For a while, it looked like they were going to allow us in… but then they sent the bus on its way and informed us we would be escorted to the train station and put on a train back to Copenhagen. Tough, but fair. And we were not the only ones – an Indian (living in Denmark) couple made the same mistake. It sucked to not get to visit Sweden for the day (though we technically did set foot on Swedish soil), but we will just have to make a plan to go back!

We spent our thus unplanned day back in Copenhagen doing a bit more wandering and window-shopping. And a little bit of actual shopping, too!

Browsing through Flying Tiger.

Some sort of pro-Denmark rally near the Town Hall Square.

I really enjoyed our time in Copenhagen, with its friendly people and laid-back, hipster-ish atmosphere. I think I would definitely like to come back. But for now, we were done, and it was time to head way out to the north-west, in the middle of the Norwegian Sea…

A bit of Danish McDonald's for dinner!

…or so we thought!