Hi,

Jim and I will be getting off the Voyager in Copenhagen after our Baltic cruise and we have to catch a 7:30 p.m. flight that night to London. What would you recommend we do for that day in Copenhagen? Can we leave our luggage with the ship? And what time would you recommend we head for the airport for a 7:30 flight?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!!

Copenhagen is a great city to just stroll around on foot, but before you do that--take the canal sightseeing boat trip to get a oriented. Then get to Town Hall Square and stroll down the Stroget and then to Nyhavn for lunch. Another thing you might want to do is spend the afternoon at Tivoli--it's absolutely beautiful in there with lots of restaurants, etc. I'm not sure if you can leave your luggage with the ship or not, we've always either gone straight to the airport or to a hotel. Maybe someone else can tell you that--or you can call Radisson. The airport is about a 30-40 minute drive (maybe a little more if the traffic is bad) from central Copenhagen--I'd leave for the airport around 4:30 or 5:00.

Hi, Ginny,
If I recall, the city center is about 1/2 an hour from the airport. I like to allow at least 3 hrs prior to an international flight. Copenhagen didn't have the security bottlenecks that one encounters at LAX.

Not sure if you can leave your luggage with the ship. When we disembarked, the Voyager left that evening for another cruise. Maybe others have a answer for the luggage dilemma.

Still recommend the Hop on Hop Off bus for a general overview of the City. See the crown jewels (nothing like you will see in Moscow or London) but gorgeous nonetheless. I gave my husband several suggestions for Christmas and he surprised me with a lovely photo of the jewels. Oh well, I keep trying....... :D

The Little Mermaid is right by the ship & the bus makes a stop there too. Take a canal cruise - gives you a different perspective of the city and has some great low bridges - just don't stand up! :eek: Stop by Tivoli if time permits.

Have fun!

Miriam

Ginny,

To the great ideas given above I want to add another( specially if it's a rainy day :( like happened to us the day we embarked on Voyager in Copenhagen): the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum. It's pretty centrally located, behind Tivoli.

It had works by Rodin and impressionists like Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne and others. Also a lot of greek, roman and egytian art/ sculptures. It's a lovely museum and I was very surprised by how much I liked it.

Don't know what to tell you about the lugagge. Maybe Ngaire knows .

Luggage - a MAJOR problem. No you cant leave it at the ship to my knowledge, you cant check it in at the airport that early and you cant lug it around with you.

Normally in these circumstances I either (a) rent a car - drive around and store the luggage that way (b) rent a driver and have him drive me around and store the luggage that way (c) get a really cheap hotel room near the airport - store the luggage and freshen up before my trip home. (d) take a Radisson tour where the tour bus stores the luggage in the bus until delivery to the airport or (e) check to see if the Copenhagen airport has a luggage storage facility. These used to be in all airports but now are harder to find due to security concerns. I dont know if Copenhagen has a luggage storage facility or not.

Hi Ginny,

My first thought for luggage was to store it at the train station which is across from Tivoli. Did a Google search but found no definitive answer. Just saw Durant's answer on CC with all the links so maybe it's there. Now, Ngaire's answer (d1), if applicable, sounds promising. Especially if it's a fine day, would be a shame to not see something of the city; we especially enjoyed the canal tour!

Thanks a lot everyone for your help with my questions. I will take notes on your suggestions for the day.

I wish I would have thought about this luggage business when I made the air arrangements. Next time I will know better. <img border="0" alt="[bang]" title="" src="graemlins/banghead.gif" /> I will check with the train station to see about storing it there, and check about a Radisson bus tour for the afternoon as another option.

Really appreciate y'all's help with my questions!! (Threw in that Texan twang for effect!)

The Resistance Museum by the port is wonderful. Contact the Radisson or Marriott concierge and ask if they will take your luggage for the day.

I'm no expert on travel from Copenhagen to London, but I doubt you need to be there three hours before. I'd check with the airlines on that. Denmark is part of the EU, so it's not really international.

The airport in Copenhagen is not that big and I found it to be very efficient. I also doubt you need to be there 3 hrs before.

This July we'll end our Navigator cruise in Copenhagen( we overnight there) and I have to catch an early morning flight to Madrid. I'm planning at the most to be there 1.5-2 hrs before the flight takes off.

International rules are 90 minutes.