Renovation

As told in a previous post the area of Vesterbro in Copenhagen has seen some major changes in the last 10 or 15 years. What was old workers area blocks with one or two bedroom apartments, a lot of social housing and run-down buildings have been changed into an area that is, if not exactly up-scale then at least middle class with larger apartments fit for modern families. It's still an area with its share of problems but it's not the worst in Copenhagen anymore. When the old apartments were converted to bigger ones some of the staircases went obsolete like this one. They have kept the old painted sign of Coal, Charcoal and Firewood, perhaps because this was the old entrance to the coal cellar, where this was stored. Remember that before central heating each apartment or even each room had its own wood-burning stove.

Number 90

I've shown you some nice doors and ways to show which number you've reached on the street. This one I found on Vesterbrogade in an area of the city that until recently wasn't somewhere to bring you're mother-in-law from the countryside. Now much of the area has been renovated, but as can be seen on this photo there's still room for improvement.

Number 42A

On Frederiksberg Allé, where I showed you a water sprout, I also found this door. Doors in this area tend to be very stylish with intricate stone carvings, carved wood and many colours.

Real roses

Yesterdays post showed a door with flowers in stone, but today's door from Christianshavn in Copenhagen is decorated with real roses. In this area of Copenhagen the natural look is in; flowers and plants decorate not only doors but windows, walls and sidewalk as well.

A blue door and roses above

Many of the older doors and doorways in Copenhagen are quite beautiful, even when in poor condition. This one found near Godthåbsvej on Frederiksberg only needs some blue paint and then it'll be marvelous.