After Koge came Copenhagen . We chose one
of the smaller marinas within easy cycling distance of the city. This was Kalkbranderihaven
which has 250 berths, the one a few yards away has over 1000. The people were
incredibly nice to us and the yacht club invited us to use any of their
facilities and when they had a party invited us for a meal. The only problem we
discovered was that the restaurant in the marina is really a night club which
kept everyone awake until 03.30 on the Sunday morning.
After catching up on sleep
Sunday night we set off North. We tried anchoring close to Copenhagen but it was rocky and we ended up
several miles up the coats where we found sand fairly close in. A couple of
nights were spent there before sailing on to Helsingoer.
This is at the point where Denmark is just two and a half miles from Sweden and where the Danes collected dues from
passing ships for centauries, which made Denmark wealthy at that time.
The fortress there is
impressive and despite being somewhat expensive to look over we felt it was
worth the price.
Across the water is a marina
in the Swedish city of Helsingborg
where we will head for a couple of nights to see the old city.
The cost of marinas here is
reasonable compared to the UK at around £18 to £20 a night but the price of
food in the supermarkets is high, nearly twice as much as the UK and
surprisingly alcohol is just a bit more expensive until you make the mistake I
made in Copenhagen ordering a bottle of beer which was opened before I realised
that it cost £8.50!!!!
After Sweden we are looking forward to getting back to
Germany to re stock the larder
with reasonably priced food and after that anchoring in the Frisian
islands will be nice again.
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