13-17th S7 trip to Copenhagen

Christian the 4th's City awaits

Monday the 13th November we meet by the ticket office at Odense's main railway station at 8.35 to give us plenty of time to catch our train which departs at 8.54.
Copenhagen waits excitedly for us as we approach Denmark's capital with a program of events that are not for the faint hearted! At around 11.00 we’ll have booked into our rooms (for either 2, 3 or 4 persons) at the hotel "Absalon". The school has been a guest at the hotel for many years and we are known for our considerate and well behaved students. So well known, in fact, that we are the only school that get luxury rooms and not school rooms. The hotel is newly renovated. The hotel's address is:

Absalon Hotel
Helgolandsgade 15
1653 København V
tlf. (0045) 33 24 22 11

Once we have checked in, we're off into town to walk along Copenhagen’s narrow streets past Christiansborg and the Børsen and then over Knippel's Bridge to Christianshavn, where we’ll take a trip up the twisted tower of Our Saviour's Church. After that we're taking the water bus to the queen’s palace Amalienborg.
At 17.45 we eat dinner followed by a visit to Thyco Brahe Planetarium to see “Life in the Universe” in the Planetarium's iMax cinema.


Tuesday the 14th November.
The day starts with breakfast in the hotel's restaurant, where you can eat as much as you like at the buffet. We depart from the hotel at 9.00 and make our way to the science museum “Experimentarium” which has just been re-opened after an extensive renovation.
In the afternoon we'll have a cheap laugh at the Storm P. Museum on Frederiksberg. (entry only 1 kr.)
Dinner is Chinese followed by a trip to the Betty Nansen’s theatre to watch Susanne Bier’s “After the Wedding” with songs and music by Tim Christensen, Mads Langer, Peter Sommer, Anne Linnet, Sys Bjerre, Eran DD and Peter A.G.

Wednesday the 15th November.
At 9.15, we set off to Regensen, Denmark's oldest college, through Købermagergade and up the spiraling tower of Tycho Brahe’s “Rundetårn” from 1642. At 11.00 we visit Glyptoteket to see the Egyptian collection. Around 12.15 we travel to Ishøj where a guide will take us round two exhibitions. The first is “My Music”, a mixture of music, videos and photography. The second is an exhibition by the provocative painter Michael Kvium. At 17.45 we eat vegetarian food and the evening’s entertainment is in Glassalen in Tivoli, where we’ll watch this year’s Crazy Christmas Caberet. London Toast Theatre entertains us with “PlanetTrump – The Farce Awakens”. Here is a presentation: ”In a
Galaxy far too close for
comfort, a huge orange
planet threatens to
destroy the known universe.... or not! Could this be a
FAKE phenomenon? Vivienne McKee & Co. take you to
the edge of sanity and beyond with the 35th Crazy
Christmas Show. Seriously silly satire, pithy parody
and toe-tapping tunes plus a thrilling voyage
launching you from your seats into space and across
the cosmos give this show nothing less than a 500
Star rating! Prepare for a bumpy ride as.... THE
FARCE AWAKENS!”
The performance is in English, a bit cheeky and very funny. Tivoli Gardens has an audience that has seen many of the previous years' cabarets, the atmopshere is always brilliant!


Thursday the 16th November

After breakfast Rosenborg Castle opens its doors to us. The castle was Christian the fourth's summer house. as well as casting an eye on the Crown Jewels, we get to have a look at Denmark's first toilet – ”The Secret” – especially installed for Christian 4th .
Around 13.00 you are allowed to shop on Strøget (the main shopping street). But remember, only along the pedestrian area and always at least in two’s.
When we have eaten a huge Turkish supper at 6 pm the evening's entertainment begins at 19.30 at The New Theatre where we'll watch “Annie get your gun”, by Irvin Berlin, which has received brilliant reviews.

Friday the 17th November.
Sadly it’s the last day. When we've packed, we'll head to the train station to catch a train back to Odense.

Departure Copenhagen: 10.31
Arrival Odense: 12.05

The cost of the trip is 3470kr. Please pay the Giro you will receive via mail.

We're looking forward to a great trip!

Charlotte O’Hara Teresa Tashdjian Ulrik Ø and Henrik Jørgensen


Remember:

Wake up: 7.45
Breakfast: 8.15
Meet outside hotel: 9.00

Don’t forget!

CPR Card
A small back pack (for everyday use)
Packed lunch and drink for lunch on the first day.
Sensible walking shoes (lots of walking on the first day).
Warm, weather appropriate clothing.
Playing cards, pocket chess sets and other travel games.
Do not leave jewelry or cash in your hotel rooms.
Computers and speakers are not allowed on the trip.

Pocket money: max. 400 kroner.