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Night location: Copenhagen
A massive day today starting with a train trip to Helsingor, the town of Kronborg Slot, also known as Elsinore - Hamlet's castle. Disembarking the train we started the 20 minute walk in the direction of the castle. Today was definitely an icebreaker thermal, fire socks, gloves, beanie and ski jacket sort of day! The wind was fiercely cold!
Upon arriving at the castle we booked ourselves into the 'Footsteps of Hamlet' tour to be conducted by none other than his good friend Horatio. We took the opportunity to have a short coffee break before the tour which revived us. As it turned out Horatio gave great insight into Hamlet's tragedy and took us through the castle, including the casements, following Shakespeare's story.
After the tour concluded we walked back to the Ferry terminal where we boarded a very large and impressive boat aptly named 'Hamlet' for our journey across the Sound to Helsingborg. It was fascinating to see the line of semi trailers waiting to board the boat.
Twenty minutes later we arrived and wandered up to the oldest pedestrian shopping street in Sweden. After a short stroll around the town we stopped for a delicious lunch of quiche and salad before taking a train to our next Swedish destination, Lund.
Lund is a famous university city in Sweden where approximately 40% of the population are students. Again, we wandered through the old town shopping district until we arrived at the Lund Cathedral. The Cathedral is one of the oldest and most visited in Sweden. Of particular interest was a large astronomical clock dating from 1440.
We have observed that the Swedish train system is slightly confusing however we managed to navigate our way to our next destination, Malmo, Sweden's third largest city. The city itself was picturesque with a large square dominated by a man on a horse who we are sure must have achieved greatness.
The final leg of our journey was to cross the Oresund Bridge back to Copenhagen on the train. The bridge is 8 kilometres long and connects Denmark and Sweden. A true engineering feat.
After a short rest we ventured out to Nyhavn, a canal side dining and entertainment precinct. Either side of the canal are rows of colourful buildings reminiscent of Amsterdam canal houses. They looked particularly charming at night as they were lit up and many windows glittered with soft candlelight.
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