Nyhavn
Nyhavn means New Harbor in English, but this harbor isn’t very new. Nyhavn has been around for well over 300 years. Hans Christian Andersen even lived here for a while.
Tourists come here now as the starting point for Copenhagen Canal Tours or just to enjoy the views. Many also eat and drink at the restaurants, cafes, and bars. From the signs I saw the establishments appear to be even more expensive than those located elsewhere in town. We investigated getting some ice cream here, but it was going to be over US$6 a cone in Nyhavn, versus the usual $4 to $5. (By the time we get back to the states next month I’m guessing we will have spent over $300 on ice cream, ice cream that would have cost us less than $50 back home. Ouch!)
July is Copenhagen Jazz Festival month so a temporary venue was set up and jazz was playing. We couldn’t get very close so we kept going.
If you are familiar with San Francisco, do these pictures remind you of anything? To me Nyhavn seems a bit like a blend of the “Painted Ladies” seen from Alamo Square with the Marina/Fisherman’s Wharf. I say this only because, as a former tour guide in San Francisco, these kinds of strange parallels always seem to pop into my head.