Tour of Scandinavia, Day 1: Copenhagen, or Our First Experience Being Led by the Nose
Channel: Messy Suitcase!
Date: 2023-08-29

During our extensive travels, we’ve always been completely in charge of own travel itinerary, a process that involves extensive planning and research, and can be frankly exhausting. For our first big trip post-COVID, we decided to give ourselves a break from logistics and try an organized tour. We looked over the endless options, our budget in mind, and chose Scandinavia, a region neither of us had ever visited. 

So in September 2022 we embarked on a 9-day tour of Scandinavia, traveling clockwise in a horseshoe from Copenhagen to Helsinki. the trip incorporated buses, ferries, and fjords as we moved across the northern reaches of Europe. All we had to do was pack, then hand our luggage to the bus driver.

We booked this tour through Tour Radar, which offers a huge selection of multi-day travel experiences for all budgets. Their tour operators take care of everything from logistics to meals to experiences to friendly guides. The operator of our Scandinavian tour was Europamundo. We’ll do a whole blog later about the tour experience. It was a bit of a whirlwind, so don’t expect a lot of details in these videos!

Our tour of Scandinavia kicked off with a walking tour of Copenhagen, followed by a bus ride to Odense, hometown of writer Hans Christian Andersen. 

Join us as we visit the famous Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen (the book was written by Andersen, author of many beloved fairy tales), the Denmark Royal Palace, the romantic Copenhagen Town Hall, Andersen’s childhood home, and the Odense Cathedral. We ended the first day with a cozy outdoor dinner beside a scenic canal in the vibrant city of Aarhus, one of the oldest cities in Denmark.

Speaking of Andersen, you can do a whole vacation that centers around this beloved author, who in addition to The Little Mermaid wrote The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, and many others. (Link below.)

INFO:
Tourradar - https://www.tourradar.com/
Europamundo - https://www.europamundo.com/eng/
Copenhagen - https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/
Odense - https://www.visitodense.com/tourist/plan-your-trip/odense-cathedral-st-canutes-church-gdk1077438
Aarhus - https://practicalwanderlust.com/things-to-do-in-aarhus-denmark/
Hans Christian Andresen - https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/activities/hans-christian-andersens-copenhagen
Map - https://goo.gl/maps/FFubk8BMgjPSWJLx5

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