Day 5

Although we left bright and early from Copenhagen we arrived around 12 in Stockholm as there were some works made at the railway and we were transported by bus to Malmo, the first city in Sweden from where we finally took the train to Stockholm.

We had the amazing chance to see the sunrise from the well-known Öresund Bridge, the bridge that links Denmark to Sweden. The Öresund Bridge is a combined twin-track railroad and four-lane highway bridge-tunnel across the Öresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects Sweden and Denmark, and it is the longest highway and railroad bridge in Europe. The Øresund Bridge also connects two major Metropolitan Areas: those of the Danish capital city of Copenhagen and the major Swedish city of Malmo. Furthermore, the Øresund Bridge connects the highway network of Scandinavia with those of Central and Western Europe.

Last year when I firstly came to Denmark, I arrived to Denmark by plan and when I first saw that bridge ending in a little island I could not understand where all the cars were going...the bridge is continued by an underground tunnel. The purpose for the additional expenditure and complexity related to digging a tunnel for part of the way – rather than simply raising that section of the bridge – was to avoid interfering with airlines from the nearby Copenhagen International Airport, and also to provide a clear channel for ships in good weather or bad, and to prevent ice floes from blocking the strait.

The funny part of the building process was that in spite of two schedule setbacks – the discovery of 16 unexploded World War II bombs lying on the seafloor and an inadvertently skewed tunnel segment – the bridge-tunnel was finished three months ahead of schedule. That's one hell of organization.

Coming back to Stockholm, we had the luck that the first hostel we picked was conveniently located right in the center of old town. After we put our hands on a map and made a plan for the next day, for which we bought a City Pass, we just wondered the city by foot.

In the evening we ended up in front of the Tivoli amusement park. We had planned to enter the park the next day, because we wanted to use the card all day, but finding out that the park was going to be closed on the 6^th, we had to enter. The entrance to the park was included in the price of the city card, but we had to buy little coupons to enter the rides we want. Of course the first ride had to be the worst ride in the park, and so it was…the name INSANE and the sensation raised up to its name. After one more ride for the boys and two more for me:))) we headed back to the hostel as it was already getting dark.

We (actually me and Alex) didn’t go to sleep before preparing a strong visiting plan for the second day so that city card would be a good investment.

Love u. Take care.