This is the reason we went to Copenhagen. This is the World Convention for the Esperantists around the world. We went to the World Convention when it was in Brazil in 2002.
We went on a walking tour of the city (by ourselves). We finished at the "Little Mermaid". Every tourist in the world who comes through here looks at it. It was donated to the city by Carl Jacobson in 1909. You might know him better as the brewer of Carlsberg beer! He had been to see a performance of the ballet based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale and fell in love with the prima ballerina.
We were fascinated by this little coffee cart. This is the style of little taxi / transporter very common here and in India. They are called "tuk-tuk"s because of the two-stroke engine noise they make.
Even the birds were complaining about the cold and rain. We were in Copenhagen for the end of the summer and were freezing! It had been cold all summer in Seattle and we were hoping for some warm weather. During the two months in Seattle, it got over 80 degrees for a total of 2 hours!
This is Rosenberg Castle and the King's Garden. These were almost literally across the street from the hotel we stayed in. King Christian IV built the castle. The royal Treasury, Crown Jewels and the Royal Regalia are kept here.
Jim discovered "Xtreme Lawn Bowling"!
This is one of the (very modern) guards at the Royal Treasury. Notice his cute little Guard House. It looks like a giant pencil.
These are the guards marching (with policeman escort) to the ceremonial changing of the guard at one of the other palaces.
We got these because we looked on the internet for things to buy in Copenhagen. We ignored the souvenir recommendations, but these things were on the list as being worth a look. They are called Floederboller and were delicious! We just bought them at the nearest grocery store. The food was very good, but very expensive.
The "Elephants on Parade" is an on-going, world-wide fund-raiser to help save the Asian elephant from extinction. This movement started about five or six years ago. It is similar to what the city of Seattle did with the pigs about ten years ago. It is actually a lot of fun!
Here are a few of the 103 elephants. We got pictures of 16 of them. We originally thought about visiting all of them, but just couldn't do it.
There are a lot of things to do in a major city that don't cost an arm and a leg. You just have to break away from the tourist guidebooks and look around. This is the local botanical garden run by the university.
We decided to visit Malmo, Sweden since we were so close (35 kilometers) and the train went each way every hour. You could ride a bus and/or take a ferry boat, too. We went by train.
These are some of the wind chargers we saw from the train out along the coast. The wind chargers were very common around the city.
If you have been in Tacoma, you might recognize this (style) bridge. It is called a single-support suspension bridge. It is just like the Golden Gate, except it only has one set of towers instead of two. Yes, that is a lighthouse right next to the city of Malmo. You can guess how far the horizon is by the height of the lighthouse. The lighthouse at Alki Point in Seattle is only about one-story high.
This is the "Turning Torso". It is a residential building in the middle of the Industrial Park next to Malmo and its port.
We like murals on buildings, but think the old-style advertising is nice, too. 
This was the scene Esperanto convention. Jim went conventioning while Alonda visited the museums.
Here is a short clip of the subway in Copenhagen.
