To Malmo, with love
My trip to Copenhagen and Stockholm - Day Three
Today was the day to check out of Copenhagen and head to the final new country of the trip, Sweden.
Before I left Denmark though, I had to sample some Danish pastries for comparison purposes, of course. The things I endure for you guys.
I found a nice traditional bakery, gawped at the delicious food on display then asked the server to surprise me with four. I probably should have just asked for one. I think my blood sugars were rising just looking at them. I enjoyed one that was described as a cheesecake but looked like a custard pastry with berries on top. It wasn’t as sweet as I imagined it would be, but it was delicious. The pastry had a crunch but didn’t fall apart, so it was easy to eat, and went down well with an iced latte.
Having been suitable refuelled, I set off for Malmo in Sweden, which involved crossing the Øresund Bridge that joins Denmark and Sweden, it turns into a tunnel in an island in the sea. Am I the only person who gets excited about unusual bridges?
I noticed how calm the sea was. It costs £106 return for the privilege so it wasn’t cheap, but hey, better that than a dinghy.
I found a nice waterside park for a walk in Malmo. Given it was a Saturday, Malmo was very quiet. Everyone I met seemed to be running. There was a nice sea breeze but without the salty smell. It’s no wonder everyone I saw looked so fit and healthy. I had a nice short walk around the sea front to stretch the legs and use up some of the sugar, then plotted a course for Göteborg.
My remarks on the roads are that there’s not a lot of traffic, the motorways are just two lanes, no potholes, no road rage, travelling mostly through trees and it was very flat.
When I got into Göteborg, I passed a theme park and some form of sports stadium. Göteborg looks like quite a good place for entertainment. I had originally planned it to be just a pit stop, but I had a walk around, almost got tempted to go in the amusement park, they had another wooden coaster and this place seemed much more impressive than Tivoli but I decided to head to the old town instead. I enjoyed the view from an old fortress called Skansen Kronan, then found a nice café to try some proper Swedish meatballs. They were served with mash and gravy. The portion was too big for me, 4 massive meatballs. It was really good though.
It was still nearly 5 hours to Stockholm. I may have put a bit of abba on the playlist, along with the hives, Swedish house mafia, ace of base and aqua. That kept me busy.
Had to fuel the car up, that was expensive and it took me a while to work out how to open the fuel cap, there was a release mechanism In the footwell.
In the whole journey, covering hundreds of miles I only saw two Ikeas, I see more than that going from Liverpool to Leeds. Very disappointing. Part of me is tempted to see if I can work in a visit.
It was gone midnight when I got to the hotel and I got chatting to the porter, it turns out he’s into travel adventures too, so we had a chat for over an hour.
The room itself has no windows and a single bed. Very basic, but it’s just somewhere to lay my head for a few hours before exploring Stockholm.
Oh, I managed to crack my phone screen protector too. Hopefully that’s my bad luck used up now!
Tomorrow, I will explore Stockholm. Subscribe if you want to hear how it went