Originally I shot the portrait of the horse from a different angle. Turned out when I had a look that this shows the front of the café from a different view than usual. I can’t claim to be the first to think of this as I feel almost positive that I have seen this before. The photo doesn’t hang in the café anymore, though.
The third of the three seasoned musketeers is perhaps more earnest in his stern expression. This is one horse you do not want to mess with!
The battle scarred elephant is not alone. The cheerful bear keeps him company, but how has he managed to escape so unscathed?
To me there is a sinister quality to this portrait of a worn down carrusel elephant. How can it still be smiling when it is so battered? What has it got to smile about? Can we detect smugness as well? And how exactly did it get those scars?
The 8 Number lies at the Southern most end of Ørestaden – a new city district being built on Amager, a few kilometers from the center of Copenhagen. The complex overlooks Vestamager – a nature reserve. What you see in the picture is the café and the view of Vestamager. A row of artifical lakes have been established at the edge of Ørestaden.
Bonusinfo: In the summer cows from other parts of Denmark spend the summer on Vestamager to keep the grass down.
The apartment complex, The 8 Number, is inspired by a village placed on a hill. We have few (if any) hills in Denmark, but in this case the complex opens to two courts with about 1/3 of the apartments being town houses with a tiny ‘garden’ facing out to a path that can lead you all the way up, all the way down , and all the way around…
I couldn’t resist calling this picture “Stairway to Heaven”. It shows the begiing (or end) of one the loops you can walk, with the little town house “gardens” facing the flow of people passing by.
This is the first of two series from 8-Tallet (the number 8). This complex of apartments is designed by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group). Bjarke Ingels is only 37 but the man is way beyond cool. The 8 House is close to my home as are several of BIG’s early projects.
Here’s a another picture from Amager Beach (Amager Strand). The large bridge is the bridge from Denmark to Sweden. the two countries are that close! You can see Sweden from the beach unless it’s foggy. Copenhagen Airport is 1 mile down the beach which accounts for the plane.
I’ll probably have another go at this motive on a more clear day, but I like the combination of transportation options and the orange buoy.
The beach on Amager is just 1 mile from my house. On this day I found only few people eating ice cream. Instead I noticed the repeated pattern of the two benches and the red sign to the right in the background.
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