We liked our hotel, Ibsens, located pretty much in the center of the city. This is a city of bicycles. We saw more bicycles here than we have since we were in China in 1999. Pregnant women, old people, people smoking while they bicycle, conversing, traveling in huge crowds, alone, and in pairs, on old bikes, nondescript bikes, bikes with big wagons on the front for the kids or maybe even an adult.
The buildings are old, 3 or more stories high, with lots of windows and they sit on numerous canals throughout the city. Anyway, back to the hotel. Our room was plenty large for us and furnished in simple, Danish modern style with a bed, desk, and a huge footstool. No closet, but places to hang things and the bathroom was teeny tiny but got the job done. Basically, the floor of the bath was the floor of the shower. You could put all your stuff in the sink and then just reach for it when you needed it while showering.
We enjoyed the breakfasts which were included with the hotel. Buffet style, of course, with little half sandwiches of cheese, chicken, salmon with lots of greens (salat) housed in open paper packages. Yogurt in little dishes with different types of fruit. Then if you wanted to, you could add almonds, granola, etc. Coffee served in small, thick, squat glasses. Everything went on a tray with little indents for each glass.
There was a nice dining area furnished in Danish modern style plus a sitting area and then a lovely courtyard outside where we chose to eat. David photographed it all so we'll see if we can get them posted onto the site. So far posting photos is tedious and a bit difficult.
More on the museums later . . .
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