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Naval freak & Kids friendly museum @ Christianshavn

8 Sep

Went to this interesting and very kids friendly museum, Orlogsmuseet, The Royal Danish Naval Museum at Overgaden Oven Vandet 58, at Christianshavn. Easy to find, walking distance from Strøget, a few minutes walk from the Metro at Chrisitanshavns Torv, or jump off the canal boats, close to Christiania (not fond of the place but have noticed that tourists are, I figure if they charged the tourist 20 Dkr to enter, they could soon finance some long needed remodelling, but I guess that’s not the deal there)  in a cozy neighbourhood, plenty to look at. On a rainy day or if your toddlers need to run loose or you simply just find naval models extremely amusing and amazing, then this is definitely the place to go! Lots of floor space, few visitors, lots of amazing naval models, actually one of the world’s finest collection, a separate children’s museum designed for play, experience a submarine, and much more. Plenty of space to take the stroller through the museum and a lift to get up and down to the different exhibition floors. Great place. And if you visit on a Wednesday it’s even for free. Only minus, they didn’t have a changing mat for baby even if the sign on the restroom said so. Well, we are in a high spirited mood today, so the overall rating for kids- and other users- friendliness is 4 pirate skulls:

Orlogsmuseet’s website in English: www.orlogsmuseet.dk

Opening hours: Tuesday- Sunday 12pm- 4pm, Monday closed. Tickets: Adult 60,- Dkr, Children 0-17 years free, Wednesdays free, Copenhagen Card free, and if you have a same day ticket from Tøjhusmuseet- The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum.

A young pirate at the children’s museum

Yesterday’s prey

29 Aug

Sunday, as usual, the little guy dragged me to several flea markets, totally against my will, in Holte and Lyngby where we spent most of the day hunting for good deals and cheap new toys to fill our already crowded living room space. And again, the little guy emptied his piggy bank and bought more than he could carry, that’s where I show up in the picture, but he made some really nice bargains. Everything was 5 or 10 Dkr a piece, even a new  plush Tigger (he jumped away as I shot the photo) to his already growing Tigger collection. How old the little guy is? Only 16 month, but he is an extremely fast learner.

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