Sweden & Oresund Bridge - Day 6 - November 24th

Day 6

After breakfast we packed the car and said goodbye to the Good Morning+ hotel in Malmo.We will certainly stay here again if we visit Malmo. It was a glorious day outside with not a cloud in the sky.

Kevin outside the hotel.  Shirtsleeves in Scandinavia in November. Who would have thought?

We set off and left Malmo and Sweden behind us and headed over the Oresundbron for the last time for now.  It was a clear morning yet there still appeared to be a mist over Copenhagen in Denmark  on the far side of the bridge. As we approached the border between the countries the man made island on the Danish side soon came into view.

Entering Denmark almost halfway across he bridge

The man made island in the middle of the  Oresund strait between Sweden and Denmark

At the Danish side of the island the motorway that crossed the bridge descends below the water into a tunnel that re-appears in Copenhagen some 4 kilometers away.

Approaching the tunnel after leaving Sweden

Entering the tunnel

Ready to emerge in Copenhagen in Denmark

We then headed into the centre of Copenhagen but were amazed at the industrial nature of the city.

All this on the way into the city centre

Perhaps this is why it looks so misty from Malmo across the Sund!

There were some good points within the city, notably the architecture and the quaint restaurants along the waterfront

Typical buildings viewed from the car

City centre elegance

Interesting sculptures

In fairness though it was difficult to get a really meaningful impression because of the amount of building work being undertaken in the city centre.

The waterfront though was not affected as much as the city centre and it was a pleasant walk in the winter sunshine.

Quaint coloured waterfront buildings

Most were harbourside restaurants

Boats sitting quietly at quayside

Proof that I was there

Waiting outside a cafe for a morning coffee in the winter sunshine

Kevin enjoying his coffee with his new German friends at the next table

After our stroll around the harbourside we felt we had seen enough and both agreed that we thought that Malmo across the bridge was a place we would both rather be.  Unfortunately we could not go back as we had to be in Germany for our next overnight stay, so we set the SatNav with the address of our hotel and asked for fastest route.

We thought that we would be going back the reverse of the journey here but no, we went back a totally different way. Denmark is a country of islands so it was no surprise that along the route we would come to another splendid bridge. This was to be the Faro bridge over the Storstrommen.  We stayed here for a while taking in the views of this bridge and the nearby Storstrombroen.

The Faro Bridge

And from the other side

Storstrmbroen, or as we know it,  The Storstrommen Bridge, is a road and railway arch bridge that crosses the Storstrommen between the islands of Falster and Masnedo in Denmark.

Storstrombroen, The Storstrommen Bridge

We left Faro not knowing where we were heading to next but new SatNav was taking us towards a stretch of water. As we approached a place called Redbyhavn we were funnelled into a toll booth area and when we pulled up at a window the attendant looked at us without saying anything.  We looked at him and Kevin said 'what do you want from us?'  and he said 'Some money'

We said 'what for?' and he said 'to cross to Germany'  Kevin asked if it was a tunnel or a ferry and the man said that it was a ferry.  So we had to pay 600 Danish Kroner, about £70, and then we joined the queue.  After about half an hour we were on our way on a ferry ride across the Fehmarn Belt to Fehmarn Island in Germany.  It was a really nice ferry ride of about 45 minutes.  The boat was really well laid out and we explored it both inside and out.

Leaving Port at Redbyhavn

One of the dining areas

Out on deck

We were greeted into Germany with a beautiful sunset clearly visible from the ferry.

Sunset over Germany from on board

Ready to disembark

When we disembarked onto Fehmarn we drove to the other side of the island and crossed another bridge, this one aptly named the Fehmarn bridge across the Fehmarn Sund into mainland Germany at Grobenbrode.

This bridge resembled the Millennium bridge on the distributer road in Newport.

Fehmarn Bridge

Once oacross the bridge we headed towards our hotel for the night the Heidenaur Hotel Hof some 140 miles further on. We were making great progress until about 20 miles from our destination when we ground to a halt due to an accident further ahead.  it took us over an hour to cover these remaing miles and we were so glad to eventually reach our hotel

We had another fine meal at this hotel and then took it easy for the rest of the evening.  Amsterdam tomorrow.