A Birthday in Copenhagen September 5, 2006
Our thought this morning was to rent a bicycle and tour several of the cities museums, but the weather again showed that this is real life with a threat of rain and the wind blowing around 20 MPH. We decided to forgo the bikes and walk to selected museums instead.
A thirty minute walk, part of which was along the waterfront, brought us to the Resistance Museum. The museum is all about WWII in Denmark. The Danish government decided on a path of co-operation with the Nazis because of the relative size of the Danish military force and Denmark’s geographic location to Germany. Denmark did not declare war on Nazi Germany even after German troops occupied the country in 1940. Instead a protest was filed and then an agreement was reached with Berlin whereas Denmark would retain its independence and Germany would maintain troops in the country. This lead to a resistance movement that was initiated by school aged citizenry but spread to more of the population as general freedoms were restricted.
This is the stuff of spy novels. Secret codes, sabotage, shoot outs and night air drops were all part of the Danish resistance. Most of all brave dedicated people determined to see their country returned to freedom. The pictures, artifacts and text that are contained in the museum are guaranteed to involve you in their struggle and leave you with a deep respect for those that gave their youth and lives for their cause.
We spent much more time in the Resistance Museum than originally planned so when our museum visit was complete we started looking for lunch as it was around 2PM. We strolled through town taking in the sites of this old and historic city, walking along the canals among buildings that can be 600-700 years old and are still in use today. Around 3 we finally decided on a place to eat.
After lunch / dinner we decided it was too late for any more museums so wandered back to the hotel, but we did stop along the way so that I could get a brownie from a bakery and a small container of ice cream (Ben and Jerry’s Caramel Chocolate something or other) as my birthday treat. Back at the hotel the treats finished off we watched the US Open. Our only problem with the Danmark Hotel is with no air conditioning we needed to leave the windows open which exposed our fourth floor room to the street noise below and the street was noisy. We managed to overcome this obstacle though and we were soon asleep.
A thirty minute walk, part of which was along the waterfront, brought us to the Resistance Museum. The museum is all about WWII in Denmark. The Danish government decided on a path of co-operation with the Nazis because of the relative size of the Danish military force and Denmark’s geographic location to Germany. Denmark did not declare war on Nazi Germany even after German troops occupied the country in 1940. Instead a protest was filed and then an agreement was reached with Berlin whereas Denmark would retain its independence and Germany would maintain troops in the country. This lead to a resistance movement that was initiated by school aged citizenry but spread to more of the population as general freedoms were restricted.
This is the stuff of spy novels. Secret codes, sabotage, shoot outs and night air drops were all part of the Danish resistance. Most of all brave dedicated people determined to see their country returned to freedom. The pictures, artifacts and text that are contained in the museum are guaranteed to involve you in their struggle and leave you with a deep respect for those that gave their youth and lives for their cause.
We spent much more time in the Resistance Museum than originally planned so when our museum visit was complete we started looking for lunch as it was around 2PM. We strolled through town taking in the sites of this old and historic city, walking along the canals among buildings that can be 600-700 years old and are still in use today. Around 3 we finally decided on a place to eat.
After lunch / dinner we decided it was too late for any more museums so wandered back to the hotel, but we did stop along the way so that I could get a brownie from a bakery and a small container of ice cream (Ben and Jerry’s Caramel Chocolate something or other) as my birthday treat. Back at the hotel the treats finished off we watched the US Open. Our only problem with the Danmark Hotel is with no air conditioning we needed to leave the windows open which exposed our fourth floor room to the street noise below and the street was noisy. We managed to overcome this obstacle though and we were soon asleep.
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