Tag Archives: Scandinavia

48 Hours in Copenhagen – Photo Essay

48 hours in Copenhagen

Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark is famous for the Little Mermaid statue, a colourful harbour and tasty Danish Pastries. Denmark’s highly efficient tax system means free education (to postgraduate level) and up to a year off work for new parents, making the Danes right up there with the happiest people in the world. All […]

7 Reasons to Fall in Love with Stockholm

Reasons to visit Stockholm 1

Stockholm, the capital of Scandinavia, was one of the European destinations for TBEX. I was lucky enough to be taken on a tour by Visit Stockholm with the fabulous Rachel from Blond Wayfarer. We first met on the day that we visited Copenhagen in 2016, after being Facebook friends for about a year! We’ve been great friends ever since. Today […]

Freetown Christiania Before you Die! Hippie Heaven

Freetown Christiania Copenhagen

Due to jet lag, tired legs and some map misjudgement, Rachel and I missed our alternative tour of Copenhagen (including freetown christiania Copenhagen) that we had planned. Rachel is a lovely bubbly American girl from New Jersey who writes on www.theblondwayfarer.com. She had survived a trans Atlantic flight and a walking tour – it was […]