The S-trains were free today so Alaina and I decided to take a little adventure outside of Copenhagen. It was another beautiful, sunny day so we went north to Klampenborg where there is a beach, walking trails and an amusement park.
On our way to Bellevue beach we saw a big tree. Exciting right?! Well, this tree is called Skovfogedegen (The Oak of the Forest Ranger). It is more than 800 years old and hollow. The tree is named after the forest ranger, Johan Georg Weissler (1771-1854), who used the hollow trunk as prayer room. So it actually was pretty cool.
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Me with Skovfogedegen
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| Checking out the hollow of the tree |
After taking some nice pictures with the tree we made our way to the beach. It was so beautiful and actually quite warm. Not quite warm enough to go for a swim but still...it was warmer than its been. It was nice to walk along the water and enjoy the sunshine, and obviously take some more pictures.
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| Bellevue Beach |
Then we took a stroll through Jægersborg Deer Park. It was created by King Frederik III in 1669 for his own private hunting purposes and was opened to the public in1756. It is basically just a huge park that you can walk through and enjoy the outdoors.
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| This man was playing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' on his accordion in the park |
On our walk through the park we ran into Bakken and decided to check it out. Bakken is the oldest amusement park in the world dating back to 1583. It doesn't open for the season until the end of March but it was open for people to just walk through. Its a really adorable, old fashioned amusement park and looks like a ton of fun. We will definitely be going back when its open! Also, the Santa Claus World Congress is held there every year in July for Santas around the world to discuss important Christmas issues...just in case you were wondering.
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| Having fun in some old bumper cars |
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| Sitting in Santa's chair |
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