2013 Scandinavia Archives - Travelling Minions

#TBT – Copenhagen, Denmark

ByMinion-Chris October 27, 2016 0 Comments

I've been recounting my adventures while not on the road. My sister and I have had an annual sibling trip tradition for several years and in 2013 we decided we visit Scandinavia In September of 2013, my sister and I spent a couple of weeks in the Scandinavian countries. The next few throwbacks will take us through Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. Copenhagen Bound We took...

Copenhagen Continued & Noma

ByMinion-Chris November 3, 2016 3 Comments

I've been recounting my adventures while not on the road. My sister and I started out our Scandinavian trip with a great first day in Copenhagen. We would do more sightseeing and eating today! Prior to visiting Copenhagen, we had looked into something called a Copenhagen Card. You would purchase it based on duration and it would grant you access to the entire public transportation system,...

Castles, Museums & Theme Parks in Denmark!

ByMinion-Chris November 10, 2016 1 Comment

I've been recounting my adventures while not on the road. We had picked up a Copenhagen Card and explored the city, we would now venture outside of the city to further make use of the card. In our quest to extract the most value out of our Copenhagen Card we took advantage of the free public transport and headed north out of the city to visit some attractions. Frederiksborg Slot (Castle)...

Carlsberg, Copenhagen Zoo and the Round Tower

ByMinion-Chris November 17, 2016 1 Comment

I've been recounting my adventures while not on the road. After travelling outside of Copenhagen the day before, we'd now explore other attractions within the city. We planned to visit two attractions that our Copenhagen cards would allow. This meant a short train ride east away from the water to our first stop, the Carlsberg Brewery and Headquarters. Carlsberg I've always been a fan of...

Last Day in Copenhagen, Travel to Stavanger

ByMinion-Chris November 24, 2016 0 Comments

I've been recounting my adventures while not on the road. After a trip to Carlsberg and the Zoo this would be our last day in Copenhagen so we decided to relax a little. National Museum After a quick coffee we spent the morning at Denmark's National museum. There was a large exhibit on Scandinavian history with a focus on vikings. Unfortunately it was pretty dark in some of the exhibits so I...

Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) Norway

ByMinion-Chris December 1, 2016 2 Comments

I've been recounting my adventures while not on the road. After a travel day to Stavanger, Norway we planned to hike Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) today. Preikestolen When we had planned this Scandinavian trip, taking a short detour to hike up Preikestolen had been high on our list so today we would be doing just that. The weather had been cloudy and wet for us since the evening we arrived so we...