Advantages: Red noses, cold hands and wonder galore - a must do Christmas experience Disadvantages: It gets might darned cold!!!
I was lucky enough to have a short break in wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen in early December.
This was my first visit to Denmark and I really didn't know exactly to expect, all I knew of Copenhagen was Hans Christian Anderson and the Little Mermaid.
Out hotel was on the outskirts of the city ( due to a mix up with Expedia - the hotel we were supposed to be using hadn't been given out booking!!) but there was an excellent bus service which we found very easy to use.
This review is about the little gem that I didn't realise existed in the city. I had heard of Tivoli but didn't know just what it was.
Tivoli is in fact the oldest amusement park of the world . It is said that it was Tivoli that inspired Walt Disney to build Disneyland.
The park opened on August 15, 1843 and was designed by Georg Carstensen who said ...