We are very lucky in Copenhagen in having several fine museums that are absolutely free. Right now I’m in San Francisco and I keep searching for free museums but they are not here. Only once a month or so where the crowds ruins it for me.
My favorite museum in Copenhagen is The David Collection and my favorite part is the collection of Islamic Art. The next series will be images from that collection.
Okay, this is not the actual ice cream cone and probably just as well 🙂
One more detour before I return to the Holga lens… Just before we left on vacation to the US, I was hanging out with a friend of mine by the beach one evening. Having young children I don’t often make it out after dinner so I made sure to bring my camera.
My friend wondered why I was shooting into the sun until I showed her on the camera what I captured.
Some facts: The construction is open to the public at all times. It’s not actually named ‘The Snail’. The wood is azobé wood. The bridge is 100 meter long.
Bicycles are popular in Copenhagen. Obviously we also bike to get to ice cream 🙂
In honor of warm days and my favorite ice cream place opening at the beach, the next series will be dedicated to Amager Beach. This shot is from about a months ago when Café Allehånde, located on a boat by the beach, held a reception. The café is part of a project that helps hearing disabled young people with training.
This grove of cherry trees on Langelinje, Copenhagen, blooms in April. Last year I missed it by a few days. This year I was too busy to know by how many days I missed it. Maybe next year…
Sorry, there was a short break in the postings while the family and I zipped off on a weekend trip. Trust images to come from this 🙂
But here we still are at Langelinje in the early spring – the home of The LIttle Mermaid but also an attraction in its own right.
A classic Copenhagen land mark – The Little Mermaid. Often people complain she is too small. What did you expect? This is Denmark. We are down to earth and life size here – not larger than life 🙂
There have been many faces to the Eurovision Song Contest. When I was a kid, it was a singer or two on a regular stage with a camera, a spot light and a live band. Pop song made its entry into the competition with Abba as did major styling. Then came the years of trying to repeat Abba’s success and write real pop songs. It never really worked. The songs had a unique knack of being either emotional ballads of a kind that you will only hear in this contest or kitchy pop-like songs that you would also only hear in the competition.
In the 80’ies at least in Denmark you were in danger of becoming a social outcast if you admitted to liking the songs and for some years we saved our money and didn’t participate. Then slowly it turned. Year by year the love for the song contest has grown as has the number of participating countries until reaching the popularity of today. The winning country has huge budgets for hosting the event, the stage shows include ice skaters and this year around 180 million people are expected to be watching.
Images in this post are all from Basim’s rehearsal today – the Danish contestant.
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