The Norwegian Church reflecting in the moat at Kastellet, Copenhagen – right next to the very little mermaid by the way.
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Copenhagen 2012, 6
Kastellet may be a pretty place for a Sunday walk in the fall, but it clearly was meant for defense. It held its ground against the Swedes in 1658 but fell against the English in 1807 and the Germans in 1940.
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On the day I visited Kastellet, the old battlements of Copenhagen, they celbrated it’s 348’th birthday by dressing up.
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If you walk on from the pier of the Royal Danish yacht you pass the Norwegian church and come to Kastellet, the resently renovated part of Copenhagen’s old defense. In the old days people would promanade on the battlement in their Sunday clothes. You can almost see it…
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And here are the pavillions where the royal Danish family waits before boarding their yacht. Denmark is mostly islands so it’s easy to sail to places.
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The elaborate lamp posts are the reward for anyone looking up while cruising the area of the royal family’s yacht.
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One fine day in the fall I visited the district of Copenhagen called Østerbro. I went to photograph a fountain that turned out not to be turned on, but other motives begged to join the others here on the blog.
I am close to the Amalienborg where the queen lives, and the two houses in the background are there for her pleasure as she awaits to board the royal yacht, Dannebro.
The Round Tower, Copenhagen 2012
The Round Tower (Rundetårn) in Copenhagen is 38.5 meters high and was built by King Christian IV between 1637 and 1642. It is unual in that there are no stairs inside but a spiral ramp that leads you to the top of the oldest functioning astronomy observatory in Europe.
Christmas 11, 2012
This shot is from the Lucia celebration at my children’s school. On the 13’th they walk around with candles singing songs to the Italian saint Santa Lucia. For some reason she is very popular as part of the Christmas celebration on Scandinavia. Perhaps because she is associated with light at the darkest time of the year.
Christmas 10, 2012
Tea lights in a Georg Jensen brass candle holder. This is what makes winter in Denmark bearable.
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