Yesterdays church was a grand one, but todays is a more typical Danish parish church. It's called Grøndal Church and resembles an ordinary village church even though it's placed in Copenhagen right next to one of the busiest roads in the city. It was built in 1928 for collected money from the local community when the area was still dominated by farms. Originally it was meant to be a great church but the collected funds were not enough for the grand Cathedral envisioned by the locals so they had to make do with this one. In the years to follow the city grew around it so it now seems a bit out of place. It's a nice church though.
I agree, this is a really fine church. Stunning the effect of the white and the red against a blue sky: more Greece than Denmark, architecture apart!
ReplyDeleteOooh! Love the color composition...the stark white against the brilliant blue...the red roof...very striking photo! Picture postcard perfect!
ReplyDeleteI actually lived a few hundred meters from this church for 7 years without really noticing it. But it is almost Greek in its colors as Vogon says especially on a sunny day like this.
ReplyDeleteChristopher, this is soooooooo pretty. How could you have lived a few hundred meters from this gem and not noticed it... shame on you (lol)! I'm glad you later spotted it and have posted this image... it's an absolutely delightful sight to behold :)
ReplyDeleteA landmark in Copenhagen :-) Everybody driving in the area knows the church, but as usual no one have been inside. Classics case of always forgetting what is right in front of use.
ReplyDeleteSo seeing a photo of the church without being in a car is a little strange...