copenhagen cold and canal chaos
don't know why i thought december was a good idea but here we are. first thing first - look at where this mess of bridges and islands even is:
just checked and it's -0.59°C out there right now but FEELS LIKE -6 with that godforsaken wind, hope you like that kind of thing. this whole place was literally built on herring money and medieval trade wars which... explains the vibe tbh.
spent three hours wandering christianshavn canals yesterday - frozen fingers clutching bitter coffee while staring at church spiral that looks like a distressed unicorn horn? someone told me the 17th century builders ran out of stairs halfway up our saviour's tower so they just... wrapped them around the outside. danish pragmatism i guess.
freetown christiania's still there behind military barracks looking like a technicolor squat - smelled suspiciously herbal near the graffiti walls. keep expecting swedish Malmö to just... materialize through fog since it's RIGHT THERE across the bridge (if you get bored, malmö and landskrona are just short drive away they said. like driving through baltic sea ice). the danes casually mention no spot in country's more than 50km from ocean like it's no big deal. laptop almost blew into øresund strait today - wind speeds averaging 7.6m/s they claim feels like standing behind jet engine.
frederiksberg park's zoo penguins looked more acclimated than me - august apparently hits 15°c which sounds tropical right now. high density living means everyone's stacked like LEGO bricks - 34% of denmark's population crammed here but somehow feels quiet? except when bikes nearly murder you. forgot how flat cities make lungs hurt. ports frozen but biotech labs humming inside glass buildings warmer than my airbnb. worth it for pastries.
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