We have been fortunate to have traveled the world in pursuit of work, wildlife and food. For many years I attended the annual African Energy Forum (“AEF”) conference as part of my work -the AEF as a subject is worth a a separate article. My wife Sue joined me on many of these outings and so did my chef son Marthinus both partners in our fine dining establishment DW Eleven-13 restaurant in Johannesburg-
In 2017 AEF was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Sue and Marthinus joined me on the last day of the conference and we then proceeded to our Airbnb destination and for the next four days spent exploring Nordic cuisine. Although the famous Nobu was closed for renovations many other restaurants had followed in its food steps. I am not going to share the details of all our delightful meals save to say that we ate well and plenty. I found time to take some of my favourite “shots”, i.e. at night and that helped burn off some of the ample desserts.
Copenhagen in June was cold to mild with rain. I did do some cycling and did find some time for photos of the old city and market.
From Copenhagen we took a train over the famous Oresund bridge to Malmo. From there we took a train to Ysstad and then a bus to Skanes Tranas where we stayed over and ate at the famous local restaurant. My son booked all the eateries and I arranged the accommodation. Interesting we used Google to travel by train and bus and the departure times were on the minute even in the country. Believe me Skanas Tranas is in deep Swedish countryside.
Nordic crime noir is even more famous than its cuisine. Ysstad is also the resident town of fictional detective Kurt Wallender and Copenhagen and Malmo are the settings of the famous TV series, “The Bridge and The Killing” .
We left early the next morning via bus to the famous university town of Lund from where we took an express train, still taking another 5 hours to Stockholm, our home for the next four nights before we departed back to South Africa.
We visited most of the best restaurant and ate well as always. We also had time for seeing some of the main sights such as some palaces and the ABBA museum. I also went on a night shoot which was quite fund and exciting and I retraced my steps two mornings later.
On the way back there was a mistake with my ticket and I had to stay a day longer at the airport which was a schlepp. I also got another warning in Frankfurt because of visa expiry! Scandinavia is fun, safe and beautiful and I am sorry we did not add Norway on the trip. The Google map below assist to capture the trip better geographically.
I attach some photos of this trip below:
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