A Little Bit of Denmark

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We were only in Copenhagen for one and a half days, so rather than pretend we know something about it, we'll just post the photos with our comments. It is quite a quirky city and I hope we've captured some of this in the photos. The only activity we'd recommend as a must to people thinking of visiting Copenhagen - do the Carlsberg brewery tour. It's both informative and intoxicating.

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Photos

Gigantic Coffee Litter Art
This man-size crushed coffee cup sculpture is designed to bring attention to litter on the streets of Copenhagen.

The Graveyard
Where Hans Christian Anderson and Soren Kierkegaard are buried

Hans Christian Andersons Gravestone
Good ol' Hans, writing fairy tales to the very end

Random Protest
The police sealed off the streets outside the cinema as the protest went past. There was a lot of Emo types in the crowd, who were taking care not to be too enthusiastic.

Optical Illusion
Look closely at this photo...

On the way to the Carlsberg Brewery
Early 20th century posters on display, as well as the lovely Emma

Still on the Way to the Brewery
Some weird bloke doing weird things in front of a weird shop

Outside the Carlsberg Brewery
"Probably the prettiest brewery in the world"

Elephants are Big Drinkers
Two elephant pillars are part of the Carlsberg Brewery. Incidentally, a sun-cross (which most people recognise as a Nazi Swasticka) is on the side of one of them. The sun-cross also used to be on Carlsberg beer labels, but I guess it became a less popular trademark after the Nazi occupation of Denmark.

An Old Carlsberg Beer Delivery Truck
At the start of our brewery tour

That's a Lot of Beer Bottles
Inside the Carlsberg Brewery, there are over 13,000 full beer bottles, all with different labels. It is the largest collection of different beers in the world.

Drinking the Free Beer at the end of the Brewery Tour
We can all pretend to be real men once in a while

Where is Emma's Beer?
She's looking frantic!

There it is
Emma is happy again

Effective Advertising
Take a look at the first word... I'd buy that beer

On the Streets of Copenhagen
Searching for coffee and cake for Emma, as I recall.

Treading the Cobbles
Near H.C. Andersons Boulevard

Outside Christiansborg
The Danish Parliament House

A Copenhagen Canal
This one was interesting, because they decided to put a sculpture of a merman in the water. The buoy is there so tour boats don't become shipwrecks. I *think* it is Frederiksholms Canal, but you'll just have to goto Denmark and check ;)

Børsen
The Danish stock exchange. The spire is the intertwined tails of four dragons.

The Train to Berlin
We got cheap first class tickets. Quite nice, and the view is good too.

Comments

[Brent]

MMM Free beer - was there any donuts ?

[Ray]

No Brent, there wasn't, cause you ate them all.

[Sally Yu]

wonderful pictures
We are so happy to see so many beautiful pictures about Denmark.We all think Emma looks thinner .

[Karen]

ahh good old Copenhagen. My home for 7 months

[giulia]

awesome!
i haven't seen much of denmark (any actually) so thanks! it was nice to go there with you :)