2025 in Denmark (Copenhagen stopover)

On June 13, 2025, I took a Scandinavian Airlines flight from Toronto (YYZ) to Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup (CPH) as a precursor to a cruise...

The flight took about 8 hours, flying from 17:10 to 07:05 the next morning (after adding 6 hours for the time change):

• 17:10 - flight SK950 takes off for Copenhagen
• 17:30 - drinks were served (had a Bache-Gabrielsen cognac, a Norwegian-French brand)
• 18:00 - meals were served (had cod, rice, salad, bread and cake)
• 19:00 - tried to sleep (knowing the clock time would change quickly!)
• 23:30 - (or 05:00 with the time change) - they sure enough served "breakfast" (a warmly-heated sandwich)
• 06:30 - the flight would land with my first sight of Denmark
• 07:00 - de-planing began

This stopover made it my 34th country to date, my first time in continental Scandinavia (aside from my trips to Iceland) and my 5th time in continental Europe:

• 07:15 - checked in with European Union (EU) customs, who simply asked my purpose of visit and length of stay in the EU; the interview took less than a minute
• 08:00 - bought a cup of coffee from an automated 7-Eleven kiosk for DKK 37 (C$8) after barely sleeping the previous night
• 08:30 - boarded the next flight to Stockholm Airport (ARN)
• 09:00 - flight SK1418 took off

The second flight had a more "domestic flight" feel as it only lasted about an hour:

• 09:15 - had a first sighting of Sweden as the plane flew over the Øresund Strait
• 09:30 - the flight attendants offered a quick coffee, tea and water
• 10:00 - the plane landed in Stockholm

I would stay for two nights in Stockholm before boarding the Norwegian Dawn for a Baltic cruise.

I would also:

• return to Denmark on the 24th via the cruise ship in Aarhus
• return to Copenhagen on the 27th after having disembarked from the Norwegian Dawn