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Category Archives: Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark August 31, 2012 – Copenhagen is the first stop on our three country tour. The Copenhagen airport (Location) is very nice with real wooden floors and Danish furniture everywhere (not surprising but nice). To get here, we drove … Continue reading
Posted in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, Roskilde
Tagged Amailienborg, astrophotography, Audi e-tron Spyder, Audi Sheres in Copenhagen, Audi spheres, Øresund Bridge, Øresund Strait, Öresund, Bådsmandsstræde, Bådsmandsstrædes Kaserne, boat building, Carlsberg beer, Carlsberg Brewery, cathedral, Christianborg Castle, Christiania, Christiania Bikes, Claudia G. Burgess, Copenhagen Denmark, Copenhagen Round Tower, Danish, Danish Crown Jewels, Danish Museet, Danish Museum of History, Den lille havfrue, Denmark, Didrik Fyren, Elsinore, European travel, European vacation, Freetown Christiania, Fristaden Christiania, goldsmith Corvinius Saur, Hamlet's Castle, Hamlet- Prince of Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen fairytale THe Little Mermaid, Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, Helsigor, HSB Turning Torso, I kan ikke slå os ihjel, International Sand Sculpture Competition, Kastellet Kongeporten, København, King Christian IV, King of Denmark, Kronborg Castle, Kroneborg, Langelinie Copenhagen, Little Mermaid statue, Lund Sweden, Malmo Sweden, Manning the tiller, Marble Church, marijuana in Christiania, Mermaids in Denmark, Meteroologisk Institut stamp, Nordic seafarers, Ofelia Beach Copenhagen Denmark, Opera House, Oresund Straght, Orienteering stamp, panoramic view of the city of Copenhagen, pot-smokers' heaven Christiania Denmark, Pusher Street, refracting telescope with an 80 - 450x magnification, ribs of a Viking boat, Rosenborg Have, Rosenborg Slot, Rosenburg Castle, Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde Fjord, Roskilde Harbor, Round Tower Observatory, Rundetårn, Sand cartel sculpture competition, Santiago Calatrava, Skuldelev Denmark, skyscraper, Sund, Sundet, The Forbidden City of the Military, The Sound, tourism, travel photography, tunnels beneath Kronborg Castle., Twisted building, UNESCO World Heritage SIte 696, University of Denmark Botanical Gardens, Viking, Viking history, Viking SHip Museum, Vikingeskibsmuseet
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Copenhagen International Sand Sculpture Festival
Copenhagen International Sand Sculpture Festival Okay, its raining in Copenhagen, so what to do? Well, let’s go and see a collection of 20 very large sand sculptures at the Copenhagen Annual International Sand Sculpture Competition on Ofelia Beach!
Posted in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe
Tagged Copenhagen Annual International Sand Sculpture Competition, copenhagen international, creation of the world, cultures, international sand, Københavns Sandskulptur Festival, little mermaid, Opera House, representations, sand sculpture, sand sculptures, spectacular results
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Kronborg Slot – Helsingor
Kronborg Slot – Helsingor Kronborg Slot (Castle) is the castle setting for the Shakespearean play “Hamlet”.Â
Town of Roskilde, Denmark
Town of Roskilde, Denmark (Location) We had caught a train from Copenhagen in the morning and were now in the town of Roskilde, Denmark. It is a neat little town that we walked through to get to our primary destination … Continue reading
Viking Ship Museum – Roskilde
Viking Ship Museum – Roskilde After spending a day in Copenhagen checking out the sites and visiting the Carlsberg Brewery, we jumped on a train to Roskilde to visit the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingeskibsmuseet). (Location) In 1962, five Viking ships … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark, Roskilde
Tagged archaeologists, blockade, copenhagen, craftsmen, demonstrations, docks, explorations, factual information, fiord, fleet, historians, museum goers, representations, roskilde, Roskilde Fjord, Roskilde Harbour, set sail, ship building, ship museum, Skuldelev Denmark, train, viking crafts, viking museum, Viking Ship Museum Roskilde Denmark, viking ships, Vikingeskibsmuseet, vikings
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Carlsberg Brewery – Copenhagen
Carlsberg Brewery – Copenhagen After a rather long walk away from the city center of Copenhagen (I’d suggest a Metro in hind-sight), we arrived at the Carlsberg Brewery. There are several structures around the brewery and two main entrances, one … Continue reading
Posted in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe
Tagged beer bottles, book of world records, carl jacobsen, Carlsberg Brewery, center of copenhagen, elephant, elephants, guiness book of world records, lookout towers, mermaid, nazi regime, production increases, swastika symbol, world war ii, yeast
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Mermaids of Denmark
Mermaids of Denmark “The Little Mermaid” Sculpture is based on the fairytale of the same name written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen and it would appear that the whole country (or at least Copenhagen) has fallen in love with … Continue reading
Posted in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe
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Ottawa to Montreal before flight to Denmark
Ottawa to Montreal before flight to Denmark Once Graeme and his brother, Alan, decided to fly to Denmark on a flight out of Montreal, the question then became how to get to Montreal from Ottawa. There are plenty of options. … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Canada Explorer, Denmark, Europe, Netherlands
Tagged air france, american airlines, connecting flight, connecting flights, corn field, cumulus clouds, flight to denmark, Highway construction zone safety cones, international flight, legal speed limit, long term parking, montreal quebec, ottawa international airport, Ottawa to Montreal, ottawa train station, paramedic ambulance, Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport, Rigaud Quebec, security screening, storm clouds, traffic signs, volvo c70
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