SCANDINAVIAN INTERRAILING TRIP | part I

Together with my oldest friend Eef, we know each other since the start of elementary school, I went on an interrailing trip for three weeks. We went through Denmark, Sweden, Norway and we made a short stop at Hamburg, Germany before heading home.

For both of us going to Scandinavia was something completely new. I must say, in general I loved the nature that we came across, especially Norway, wow! But I guess the best part of our trip was visiting our friend Josha who lives in Dals Långed, Sweden; the perfect moment of rest in the middle of our trip.

copenhagen

Our first train ride had as destination Copenhagen, Denmark. Even though our first trip took longer than expected due to some delay in Germany our excitement wasn't less: we got to go on a boat by train! At Puttgarden, Germany, the train actually boards onto the ferry. Then the ferry took us to Rødby in Denmark.
Copenhagen is a lovely city. I especially liked Papirøen (Paper Island), an island fool of foodtrucks! Copenhagen also showed us the beautiful way of how Scandinavian people treat cemeteries: these places are quite lively, people come here to do some sports, have a picnic or just wander around. Just like a park! We are not used to this back in the Netherlands, we see cemeteries as a place where you mourn.

stockholm

Second stop: Stockholm! My favourite capital city of this trip. Great food, cute little shops and water all around to sit down to and take a nice break. Fotografiska, the foto museum, left a great impression on me; a museum with room for four exhibitions! Definitely want to go back there sometime. Another thing you should certainly visit when in Stockholm is Skogskyrkogården, The Woodland Cemetery, it is part of the Unesco World Heritage: beautiful!

Next week I will write about the next part of our trip.
Liefs