isabel

I'll be in London next March (17th- 27th) and would like to visit some other city for about 3-4 of those days. Both Edinburgh and Copenhagen sound interesting and it looks like I could get to either one in about a half day for under $100 (fly to Copenhagen or train to Edinburgh). So I'm looking for opinions as to which would make a better trip given those dates and amount of time. Anyone want to give me your opinion (and why). Thanks.

ira

Hi isabel,

They are both very nice.

Unfortunately, Tivoli Gardens will be closed.

KT

I'll be just as definite about this as Ira was.

This is a hard one. I bet you'll get more votes for Edinburgh at least in part because I'm sure more people here have been to Edinburgh. I absolutely adore Edinburgh, partly for sentimental reasons (spent a year there and have been back many times since). But I must say that Copenghagen is awfully nice, too. This may be a flip-a-coin situation.

Normally I'd avoid spending only a few days in a country, because of the time it takes to acclimatize. But Copenhagen is user-friendly and full of English speakers, while still giving you a change from Britain. The topography is much less dramatic (read, hilly) than Edinburgh's, but it's a nice watery city, with islands and harbors.

I don't think you can go too wrong either way.

Keith

We could give you a better answer if we knew what kind of things you want to do.

Keith

isabel

Well, a close second to my obsession with travel is my obsession with photography (nice how well they go together) - so mostly what I do with a short stay in a city is to wander around and take pictures. Just get a feel for the place. I like squares, fountains, beautiful architecture, shopping for local goods (not designer clothes or anything like that) - but not necessarily tourity stuff. I like inexpensive but regional food. I don't spend much time in fancy restaurants but I love to pick up local street food and kind of "graze" on it all day. Doesn't have to be street food - small cafes and restaurants are great too. Since I'll be in London for about 6-7 days, and I've been there 3 times in the last few years, I'll probably do quite a bit of museum time there so this little jaunt to Edinburg or Copenhagen I'm probably not looking for great museums.

Does that help. I really want to get excited about one of these towns and it's not as easy as I thought it would be.

WillTravel

Copenhagen has lots of lovely places to take pictures of. The harbor, the canals, the painted houses at Nyhavn, the park that commemorates the resisters in WWII, and if you go further afield Roskilde, and so on. I don't know about Edinburgh. I really like the Glyptotek in Copenhagen, although you said you aren't looking for museums.

ira

Hi isabel,

Go to Copenhagen. It has castles, parks, the Strojet pedestrian shopping street, the harbor, the old Town Hall, Danish Pastry and Smørrebrod shops where you can take pictures of all of the sandwiches.

See http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...p;q=Smorrebrod

sheila

I can't do the comparison because I haven't been to Copenhagen, but I think Edinburgh would give you all those tings- you might have more tourist tat to fight through on the Mile that in Denmark, but it's a lovely city to browse through and people watch in.