Copenhagen, Denmark - 16 Aug 2000 What we did and where we went in Copenhagen
	We had breakfast around 8.30 and then the children went off the the 'Kid's Club' and 9.30. Beverley then went to 'Bridge for beginners' at 10am:), while I went to a talk on St Petersburg which went on for more than an hour. Very interesting. I don't know what Dave got up to, but met him out on the deck afterwards. Beverley had finished Bridge, so we went and looked at the embarkation and first formal night photos, buying a couple, before watching us come alongside in Copenhagen at 11.30, in front of the Saga Rose who had been replaced by the Norwegian Dream upon our return from the city. It was cloudy, but still around 70°F/21°C and it rained quite heavily late afternoon. We had lunch aboard before setting off to explore. Copenhagen was a fishing village until the middle of the 12th century; it grew in importance after coming into the possession of Bishop Absalon, who fortified it in 1167. Due to its harbour, it soon became a place of commercial importance, but was repeatedly attacked by the Hanseatic towns. The city was chosen to be the capital in 1443 by Christopher III [of Bavaria]. In 1658-1659 it withstood a severe siege by the Swedes under Charles X. In 1801, during the Napoleonic Wars, in an effort to compel the Danes to recognise Britain's right of search on the high seas, a British flotilla, commanded by Horatio Nelson, destroyed a Danish fleet in the harbour of Copenhagen. In 1807 the city suffered great damage, and hundreds of people were slain, when British naval vessels bombarded the city to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon. During WW II Copenhagen was occupied by German troops from April 1940 until May 1945. We backed away from the berth at 2am the following morning towards Stockholm, 433 NM, with the pilot for 1½ hours.
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