The man with the golden nose

The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is the main inspiration for the new area in Tivoli. And of course there is a monument to his honour there, complete with big moustache and golden nose. He lost his nose in a duel and replaced it with a gold and a silver one for the rest of his life.

Looking out

 

The statue of Tycho Brahe mentioned in yesterday's post has a view that the real man probably wouldn't have liked. Rosenborg Palace was built by the Danish king Christian IV, whom Tycho Brahe had a dispute with so serious that he had to move to Prague to serve the Holy Roman emperor Rudolph II.

New grounds

 

After the renovations in the Botanic Garden of Copenhagen some new areas has been added to the area. The old observatory of Copenhagen University, that now houses the Department for Science Education of the university, has been opened to visitors of the garden. The hill is btw the highest natural point in Copenhagen inside of the old walls. Appropriately a statue of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe greets the guests.

 

Seeing the stars

The Tycho Brahe Planetarium is located at the southern end of Skt. Jørgens Sø near Vesterbro. It is named after astronomer Tycho Brahe, a Danish nobleman known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations and opened on November 1, 1989.

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Saint George's Lake

Sankt Jørgens Sø (English: Saint George's Lake) is closest to Vesterbro and is made of two basins (south and north) with the southernmost point at the Tycho Brahe Planetarium and northernmost point at Gyldenløvesgade.

The lakes primarily serve as a recreational area and the paths surrounding them are popular for strolls and a favoured running route. The total distance around the lakes is 6.4 km.

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Visit the stars!

A fitting end of my theme, a building bathed in a sunset

Right next to one of the artificial lakes that ring the old part of Copenhagen is a building that houses the biggest IMAX theater in Copenhagen, the Tycho Brahe Planetarium. It's named after renowned Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who is known for his many observations on the movement of stars and planets. The legend tells that he died in Prague of a burst bladder at a Royal dinner, because he couldn't leave before the king.

The fountains make for good rainbows

The Planetarium's star projector can show 4.000 stars and the solar system, and underneath is a small museum. It also got a great restaurant appropriately called Cassiopeia. The building was a gift by Bodil and Helge Petersen to the Urania Foundation, and it was finished in 1989.

This concludes my theme of modern buildings. I've missed out on quite a few, but I think it's time to move on, before you get too bored with buildings. I'll stay in town, so to speak because my new theme starting tomorrow will be about what really defines a city, the details.