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Our big trip – by pod

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Mucking around in Copenhagen, and off to Stockholm. We took the E-ferry Aurora from Helsingor to Helsingborg, walked to Nyhavn just for a look at the touristy bit.

April 13, 2024

The e-ferrys Aurora and Tycho Brahe are huge, they plug in automatically at each end and charge while disembarking passengers and vehicles. We stayed on board for a few crossings and had our lunch there, very pleasant, a lot of people do the same as there’s a large duty free shop on board.

We took the train to Helsingor. The distance is about 3 nautical miles to Helsingborg, takes about 20 minutes.

The Aurora was converted to battery electric in 2017, as was the sister ship Tycho Brahe

Next day, we got up early and took the train to Malmo in Sweden, had a nice lunch there, then jumped on the train to Stockholm.

The swedish countryside was lovely, mostly forest and lakes. Pleasant trip but Pauline didn’t like the way the train tilted around bends, it was a bit like riding a motorcycle which some people find more natural than others probably!

Stockholm is a very grand city but it’s lovely. We had a day there so Pauline went and visited her friend in the morning and then we took a tram to the Abba museum and walked back along the waterfront. Spectacular walk. The Abba museum is worth a visit, even if you’re not the biggest Abba fan.