Thursday, August 30, 2018
Definitely raining today in Copenhagen! Because it is still warm, I went with a light jacket and an umbrella today for our included excursion, Copenhagen by Foot.
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| Trekroner Søfort/Sea Fort (1787) once protected the Copenhagen harbor |
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Isbjørn med unger/Polar bear with young (1929,
by Holger Wederkinch) (KSS) |
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Søfartsmonumentet/Seafarers' Monument (1928, by Ivar Bentsen
and Svend Rathsack) for Danish Merchant Navy members
who lost their lives in World War I (KSS) |
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Den lille Havfrue/the Little Mermaid(1913, by
Edvard Eriksen), supposedly sat unappreciated
until 1949 when Danny Kaye sang Wonderful
Copenhagen in the film Hans Christian Andersen |
(I was in Copenhagen on Eurail trips in
1979 (no photos), in
1980, and in
1982 (no photos).)
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| The Little Mermaid (7/5/1980) |
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The Little Mermaid with the Mastekranen/
Masting Crane (1748-1751, by Philip de Lange)
in the background |
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| The Little Mermaid (7/4/1980) |
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| The Kastellet/Citadel (1664) with its windmill |
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On 7/4/1980 we used bicycles to
circle the Kastellet for a closer
view of the windmill |
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Tamiko passes the Ivar Huitfeldt Column
(1886, by Vilhelm Dahlerup) to memorialize the
admiral and his men who gave their lives in a 1710
battle against Sweden, and is topped by a statue
of Victoria by Ferdinand Edvard Ring (KSS) |
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Bust (1912, by Carl Martin-Hansen) of
Marie of Orléans, a French princess who
married the Danish Prince Valdemar, and was
politically active for a woman of her day (late 19C) |
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Statue (1981, by Knud Nellemose) of Frederik IX,
who was king of Denmark from 1947-1972 |
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| An entrance to the Kastellet/Citadel |
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Gefionspringvandet/Gefion Fountain (1897-1908,
by Anders Bundgaard) (KSS) |
The fountain depicts the Norse goddess Gefion and the myth that the king of Sweden promised her as much land as she could plow in one day and night. She transformed her sons into oxen, and they plowed a section of land that they pulled into the sea, creating the island of Zealand upon which Copenhagen is located. The largest lake in Sweden, Vänern, is similar in size and shape to Zealand, and is the supposed hole left after the plowing.
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| Gefion fountain detail (KSS) |
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Den Engelske Kirke/the English Church of St Alban
(1885-1887, by Arthur Blomfield as a traditional
English parish church in the Gothic Revival style) |
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| Interior of the English Church (KSS) |
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| Jehovah's Witnesses |
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De Kongelige Pavilloner/Royal Pavilions (1905, attributed to
Osvald Rosendahl Langballe) is where the royal family leaves
to board the royal yacht, the HDMY Dannebrog (KSS) |
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| Dragon street lamp (1892, by Vilhelm Dahlerup) |
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Headquarters (1979, with 2004 extension) of Maersk,
the world's largest container shipping company |
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Across the harbor, the waste-to-energy plant will have a year-round
ski slope and the stack will emit smoke rings |
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I am Queen Mary (2018, by Danish Jeannette Ehlers
and Virgin Islander La Vaughn Belle at the
Danish West Indian Warehouse) depicting Mary Thomas
who led the largest labor revolt against Danish
colonialism in Frederiksted, St Croix in 1878 |
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Operaen/Opera House (2001-2004, by Henning Larsen)
was supposed to be to Copenhagen what Jørn Utzon's
opera house was for Sydney, Australia |
This project was financed by the shipping scion Arnold Maersk McKinney Møller, the wealthiest man in Denmark, on the condition that it sat on his newly purchased piece of land on the east bank of the harbor, directly opposite the residence of the Danish royal family. The location was already controversial, however, it is reported that Møller demanded many design concessions, such as dictating the height of toilets and insisting on the horizontal steel ribbons that have resulted in a comparison to a Pontiac auto grill.
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Amaliehaven/Amalie Garden (1981-1983, by landscape architect
Jean Delogne in a former shipyard and port terminal) (KSS) |
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| Amalie Garden columns by Italian Arnaldo Pomodoro |
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| We all go home eventually... |
Amalienborg
Slot/Palace consists of four identical Classical mansions (1750-1760, by Nicolai Eigtved) facing an octagonal courtyard. After the 1794 fire at Christiansborg Palace, the royal family was able to acquire these four mansions for the royal residence.
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The southeastern building, formerly Schack's Palace, then
Christian IX's Palace, is now the home of Queen Margrethe II |
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The northeastern building, formerly Brockdorff's Palace, then
Frederik VIII's Palace, is now home to the Crown Prince Frederik |
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The colonnade (1794-1795, by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff) was added
with a secret passage to connect the Christian IX and Christian VII palaces |
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The colonnade where the Royal Guard contingent enters
for the Changing of the Guard (7/4/1980) |
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Equestrian statue (1753-1766, by Jacques-Francois-Joseph Saly)
of Frederik V, is said to have cost more than the four mansions combined... |
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| A Royal Guard at the Crown Prince's palace |
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| The palace was home to Queen Dowager Ingrid on 7/4/1980 |
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The Royal Guards are distinguished by their
tall bearskin caps |
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| The Changing of the Guard (KSS) |
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| The Changing of the Guard (7/4/1980) |
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Aleksander Nevskij kirke/Alexander Nevski
Russian Orthodox Church (1881-1883,
by David Ivanovich Grimm) |
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Frederiks Kirke/Frederick's Church or
Marmorkirken/Marble Church (1749-1894,
by Nicolai Eigtved in Rococo style) |
The lower part of the Marble Church is made of marble, but due to a financial crisis, the rest is made of limestone. The dome is the largest in Scandinavia.
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| Interior of the Marble Church |
Our shore excursion group was to head back to the ship, so this is where we took off on our own.
Next: Copenhagen II.
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