Hi,
My wife and I are considering a Christmas/New Years trip to Copenhagen and Stockholm. Four days in each. Just wondering if anybody has any thoughts/experiences they'd like to share if they'd done something similar.
We live in Phoenix, love Europe - and once in awhile just need to go someplace cold. :) We visited Prague and Budapest last year over the holidays.
If you are looking for a white christmas, that is not guarantied. Weather wise, Stockholm will be the coldest and have the highest likelihood of snow and keep in mind that daylight hours are limited. Denmark and Copenhagen has a relatively mild climate despite being as far north as Moscow. Chances are it will be wet, grey and dark for the most of the time, so be prepared to spend plenty of time indoors with something warm to drink :-)
Almost everything will be closed from dec. 24 to 26 and keep in kind that Scandinavians celebrate Christmas on Christmas eve on the 24th. There will be some christmas markets, but it is no way near as big as in Germany. The most notable one in Copenhagen is in Tivoli and Stockholm has one the old town square in Gamla Stan.
Stockholm usually does fireworks on New Years Eve over the water. There is a Christmas Market at Skansen on weekends before Christmas.
In Sweden, half the country watches "Kalle Anka" (Donald Duck) on Christmas Eve. It is a tradition. Very little will be open Dec 24 to 26.
