A Mill and a Canon

Inside the Copenhagen Citadel this mill can be seen. It's still in service on the anniversary for the building of the Citadel, which is the last day of October.

Simplicity

The winter weather cries out for experiments with b/w and simple photos. This one of seven hooded gulls sitting on the ice on the moat circling the citadel, is a case of that. I've cropped it a bit, converted it to b/w, overexposed it and increased the contrast. The result is a very simple photo of the birds where only the dark parts are showing and rest is left to the imagination.

Welcome back, LIttle Mermaid

For the past months the most famous of all the statues of Copenhagen has been out of town so to speak. The Little Mermaid was moved to Shanghai for the world exhibition as part of the Danish pavilion, and her stone in the harbour was taken over by a video screen showing her in China. Now she's back, but if she could talk, she might prefer the weather in Shanghai to the fierce Danish winter that greeted her.
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Time to skate

With the early winter in Copenhagen, people has rushed to dust off their old skates and find places to use them. As the lakes are still unsafe to use, the answer is the artificial and free public skating rings, that has been built at some of the squares. This one is just in front of the park Frederiksberg Garden and it's a popular one, so if you want to be able to move at speed here, you need to be here early.

Victim of a snowball fight?

The statues in the Royal Danish Garden Society's Garden near the park Frederiksberg Have look like they have been in a vicious snowball fight. This garden is one of the hidden gems in Copenhagen, even though it's right at the entrance of the park, but many just pass it, maybe because they think it's private.

Stay safe

The Grey herons from yesterday not only have to fight to stay warm in the Danish winter, they also have their problems with keeping steady on their feet when landing. This one from Frederiksberg Have did keep upright though.

Cold

The grey herons in Frederiksberg Have in Copenhagen seem to think this is a bit cold. And with frost from the end of November they might be correct.

Location:Vigerslevvej,Valby,Danmark

A National Poet

The snow decorated statue of Adam Oehlenschläger (1779-1850) in the park Søndermarken in Copenhagen is a memorial to this national poet. He lived most of his childhood at the nearby Frederiksberg Palace as his father was the steward of the palace. Adam is mostly known by generations of school children for his Romantic poem Guldhornene (The Golden Horns) and of course the national anthem Der er et yndigt land (There is a lovely country).

A Norwegian House

In the park Søndermarken in Copenhagen is a number of small houses. This one is the Norwegian House (Norske Hus), built in 1787 as an element in the Romantic garden. Today it's used på school and kindergarten groups as a base for nature studies. The house looks right at home in the snow covered park.

Made for bob-sleighs

On the top of Valby Hill (Valbybakke) in Copenhagen overlooking the Frederiksberg Garden (Frederiksberg Have) is the Frederiksberg Palace, a Baroque palace built as a Royal summer residence in 1703. Since 1869 it has been the home of the Royal Danish Army Officer Academy. This December the slopes up to it is a popular place for the kids to run their toboggans and bob-sleighs, except that this morning only one was early enough to be caught on camera. Right next to it is another of my favourite hangouts, the Copenhagen Zoo.

Not Good Camouflage Anymore

A few weeks ago I had a post, where a red squirrel was a bit hard to spot in the reds and yellows of all the fallen autumn leaves. This squirrel wasn't as lucky, in the white winter world of the Copenhagen park Søndermarken it was easy prey for my camera.

Hatching an Egg of Ice

In Tivoli a Chinese couple makes sculptures of ice every day until Christmas, while the guests can watch the progress. With temperatures below freezing in Copenhagen, this is the ideal climate for this sort of art.

Feeding

On Rådhuspladsen (City Hall Square) in Copenhagen this guy made sure that the pigeons and seagulls didn't go hungry as winter set in.

Seeking shelter with a sax

The busker here has sought shelter from the sudden winter while playing his sax. The shelter he uses is one of the oldest dormitories of Copenhagen, Regensen, which was originally built in 1623.

A month of Christmas

For the last couple of weeks, Copenhagen has been decorated for Christmas. Even though many find it cosy, I wouldn't mind if they waited until today with it, as it will get tiring in the long run. However the traditional Christmas Market in Tivoli is always very nice, if a bit overdone. This year they didn't need to use artificial snow, as King Winter came a bit early.