We welcomed in the New Year in Copenhagen with friends from London (Richard, Elise and Alice). We consumed more flaeskestegt, champagne and partook in some party games before heading off to Kongens Nytorv a few minutes before midnight. Health and safety doesn't seem to be an issue here in Denmark as hundreds of people took their own fireworks and set them off from empty beer or champagne bottles.. The highlight was a group of young people in a car driving around the main square while launching rockets from their sunroof! Unbelievable. One of our Danish friends told us that she never goes out on New Year's Eve without goggles! We thought she was just weird but after experiencing it for ourselves, I can see why!
To wipe away the cobwebs on 2 Jan I caught the train up to Nivå (about 25 minutes north of Copenhagen) to see the Black-throated Thrush that has been present for the last few days. Incredibly there was one in exactly the same spot last winter, prompting speculation that it is the same bird returning for its second winter in Daneland. It showed pretty well, despite the poor light, and takes me up to 180 species for Denmark..
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