It has been almost two months since I came here and I can say that I get used to living here. For two months, I had lots of experiences. First of all, I became official in Denmark. How can you do this? The answer is getting a CPR number and Nem ID. However it was a bit hard stuff for all the international students because the international house where you can get the number is only open to the students at specific times and you should check it on the internet before you go there. You should also bring some documents with you. When you go there, it is possible to see a long line in the street where all the students wait for getting their CPR numbers. After this long line, you hand in your documents to the personnels and they call you at the end and you become official in Denmark :) This process can take 3-4 hours so it is good to have some snacks and some card games in order to spend time there. I saw some students playing games while they were waiting :)
Next step is to have a youth travel card. This is called "ungdomskort" in Danish and if you are a student in Copenhagen, it is one of the best choices to travel in the city because you can use all kinds of transportation system and travel around the whole city easily in charge of an affordable fee. You can also cycle in the city. It is common as much as driving. There are many bicycle roads and places for parking bicycles in the city.
Now, it is time to travel around the city :) You can start with Nyhavn. It is 17th century waterfront, canal and entertainment district lined by brightly colored 17-18th century townhouses. You should also see the Little Mermaid. The statue is one of the landmarks in the city. If you want to go deep into the history of the city, you can find some traces in the Round Tower. When you are at the top of the tower, you can also see the fascinating view of the city. Christiangborg Palace is also one of the most important historical places and it brings the past to the light. It is also unique in the world in terms of being home to the three supreme powers: the executive power, the legislative power and the judicial power. When you get bored with the colors of history :"black and white", you can make your trip more colorful by visiting freetown "Christiania".
ONE DAY TRIP TO MALMÖ
Malmö is a city in the borders of Sweden. It is 1 hour away from Copenhagen by bus and you can be in the borders of Sweden after crossing just a bridge. When we arrived the city, we visited Malmö Castle. There was also a museum in the castle. There were many kinds of animals and Some of the animals could camouflage themselves so well that we couldn't find them sometimes. It was like a game to catch the animals in the branches. After that, we sat a restaurant and tasted one of the traditional Swedish desserts and then we went to see "Turning Torso". It is a
skyscraper and the structure is regarded as the first twisted skyscraper in the world. Towards the end of the day, we watched the sunset from the city's perspective and it was fascinating. I think it was the most exciting part of our trip. After we had our dinner, we were on the road to the central station. We had lots of fun while walking to the station. We sang songs and danced madly altogether. We took our bus in the central station and we were back in town one hour later. I was very happy at the end of the trip with having many memorable moments :)
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