Windfarm and way to Malmø

In this view from the deck of the ferry one can see two technoligical advances which have come to symbolise Scandinavia: the ubiquitous wind farms and the Øresunds bridge. The bridge connects Sweden and Denmark, and it is the longest road and rail bridge in Europe. It opened in July 2000.

Middelgrunds Fort with windfarm

Midlesgrunds Fort is the largest artificial island in the world and was created by King Christian IX in 1890. It boasts unique natural beauty and bird life as well as a well-preserved fortification. It is a cultural gem and is a protected heritage item of Denmark. In recent years, the fortress has primarily served as a hotel, seminar and conference venue.

Mills

When the Danish King Christian 2. in 1521 invited Dutch farmers to settle on the island of Amager, the purpose was to get more vegetables to the queen and the capitol. One of the new things they brought with them from the Netherlands was a new type of windmill where only the top could be turned into the wind. These watermills are not for looking at, they are actually fully functional and are used to make flour for sale at the museum's kiosk.

Last post?

This might be the last post for the next week or so from me, as I'm not sure if I'll be able to get online much, if at all. I have planned and uploaded the posts, but as some of you bloggers might have noticed, Google have a problem with posting the scheduled posts at the right time or at all. If they haven't solved this problem then you might have to wait a week for my posts on details of Copenhagen.

For the last couple of weeks I haven't been able to follow up on your many nice comments as my work schedule have been more than a bit overbooked, and unfortunately I haven't been able to follow the many fantastic blogs out there either. That'll be the case for the next week too, but then I promise to take a look on all the comments and posts I've missed out on.

Fear not, I'll be back before you know it:-)

Btw the photo above is from Holmen's Cemetery. It's a child's windmill placed at one of the graves and blown by the wind.