Showing the city

I've told you about the little train that take tourists around the inner city, but there's alternatives to that. The horse carriages is a new feature here, or rather an old one that has been re-emerging. This one is passing one of the big ads that "decorate" the fence around the metro construction on Kongens Nytorv.

Flea markets

During the summer there's been a lot of flea markets throughout Copenhagen. To me it seems like the number has exploded, maybe because of the economic crisis that has hit everybody. This one is at the central square of Kongens Nytorv and is open every weekend.

The home of an Empress

Along the coast of Øresund is quite a few very large and very nice villas. For most people, owning these properties will remain a dream as the prices along the coast is sky-high. Many of them has been taken over by businesses or has been divided into smaller apartments, as it's often the only way to sell the villas. This one is called Hvidøre and is the former home of Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna of Russia, who was the daughter of Danish King Christian IX after she was exiled by the Russian revolution in 1917. The villa is now owned by the Novo Group and is used as an internal conference and training venue.

Waterskiing

With so much water around Copenhagen, it shouldn't be a surprise that water sports are very popular here.

A Queen

In the park Kongens Have (King's Garden) in Copenhagen this stately statue of Danish Queen Caroline Amalie (1776-1881) looks out over the rose garden. Married with King Christian VIII, she was barren, so the king's son of his first marriage, prince Frederik was the heir to the throne.

Bridge to Sweden

A few weeks ago I told you about the bridge to Sweden, so here is a photo of it, taken from the cozy and sleepy harbour town of Dragør.

Summer is over

The summer is definitely over in Denmark, if it was ever here. So just to make you remember how it was (for a few days) here is a pic from one of the beaches just north of Copenhagen.

Last chance

Today is the last day of the Tivoli summer season in Copenhagen, but don't worry, Tivoli will open in a few weeks again for the Halloween in the school autumn holiday. And then you can have a go at this rooler-coaster, if you like that sort of thing.

More tubs

 

Another place in the Copenhagen Harbour with atmosphere is squeezed in between the H.C.Ørated Power Plant and the new residences at Kalvebod Brygge.

Traffic in the harbour

Copenhagen Harbour is still has a lot of traffic, but it has largely been changed from working boats and ships to pleasure boats, sightseeing boats and small crafts like this kayak.

Not only streamlined

Even though Copenhagen harbour has been under development for a decade or more, there's still areas that doesn't look streamlined at all. One of these is the end of Teglholmen where old hulks, boats rebuilt into houseboats and work boats of all kinds is still allowed to be moored. Hopefully the powers-to-be will still let them be there to keep the atmosphere, even after the area has been changed from industrial wasteland into a glass and concrete desert.

A few minutes from the city centre

 

Only a few minutes by the metro from the centre of Copenhagen is this gem; West Amager, an area of reclaimed seabed used for keeping cattle and sheep on grass and for a few hundred years as an army shooting range. Now you'll still find some cattle and sheep there but the army has retreated and the area is open to the public. And it's being used by a lot of the locals to walk the dog, for the daily jogging or bike ride or just to get a bit away from the notice of the city. Here the only noise is the bird calls and every few minutes a low flying airplane from the nearby airport.

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.

 

Where's the boat to Malmö?

 

Before the bridge over Øresund linking Copenhagen with the Swedish city of Malmö was built, this was the place where the small, fast boat left for Malmö. This was an hour of sailing and only for passengers. The cars had to drive to Dragør where the car ferry to Limhamn left from. The low brown building along the quay is called Custom House and was the old waiting room for the boat. Today it's has a couple of restaurants, mainly catering for the in-crowd and the tourists.

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