Copenhagen Canals and Streets

in #travel6 years ago (edited)

Copenhagen Opera House Copenhagen Opera House (Operaen) from across the harbor

København Shades and Hues

Denmark's capital city is undeniably attractive. I walked, enjoying the easy blend of wet and dry, historic and modern, drab and brightly-colored. Danish style is effortless, easily bridging hundreds of years of architecture in a few city blocks. Even the cutting-edge, neo-futurist opera house is not out of place in a city known for Hans Christian Andersen's postcard house in Nyhavn and the 376 year-old Round Tower.

Today's is an easy stroll, safe and sound in the touristic center of Copenhagen.

The Lure Players
The Lure Players statue in Copenhagen City Hall Square

The stock exchange (The Borsen).
The Børsen, formerly the home of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. The tails of four dragons twist upward to form the spire

The Danish Architecture CentreA ferry passes the Danish Architecture Centre. Note the modern glass structure on the outer wall . . .

Architecture Centre CafeIt's a cafe with an excellent view! Lunch in a terrarium?

Nyhavn The New Harbor (Nyhavn) includes this iconic 17th century canal with colorful buildings

Kobnhavn New Harbor Yes, Hans Christian Andersen actually lived here in the 19th century

Love locks Copenhagen love locks. Lovers hang symbolic padlocks on bridges here and in various cities in Europe

Copenhagen bike lanes Copenhagen's bike lanes are wide and often separated from traffic. Stark architectural juxtapositions are everywhere

City movers with a lift
A clever white way to deliver white things to a white building

Danish National OperaA very expensive sailboat and an even more expensive building

The little mermaid Another Copenhagen icon attracting cameras like flies


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Lovely old world atmosphere to these images. I'm fond of that spire formed by the dragon's tails, that's really cool! How convenient that their bike lanes are actually viable, unlike the cramped or nonexistent ones we have in the U.S.

Again I am reminded how badly I want to visit Europe, having never been. It piques my imagination thinking how interesting it is that so many different cultures are so close together (compared to the vast expanse of America all speaking the same language)

Thanks, @d-pend. I like that the Danes raised spires and towers in the 17th century to commerce and science as well as to religion. I'll post more on the bike culture of Copenhagen soon. They are a so far ahead in so many ways but few wear helmets.

It is amazing to visit adjacent ancient cultures that are now so close via modern transportation and communication. The Scandinavian countries each have their own very similar but separate languages while sharing rail systems and an airline.

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lovely city,

Very much, so.

Hola @nkraft!!! De nuevo por acá!! Como siempre, es una bendición poder ver, lo que veías en ese momento. Sabes que te sigo desde hace bastante tiempo y literalmente, es imposible aburrirse con tus posts y con las imágenes tan espectaculares. Aún recuerdo la imagen de una sirena que capturaste con tu lente jajaja... No me queda más que desearte como siempre lo mejor y que sigan lloviendo imágenes increíbles desde tu blog. Un abrazo enorme desde este rincón de América del Sur. Saludos desde Caracas.

Hola @sabreu! Tus amables palabras me dan energia para más fotografia! Es un placer tenerte conmigo en el viaje. Habrá más sirenas en el futuro, sin duda. Gracias mi amigo. Un abrazo desde el sudoeste de los EEUU y el dinamarca de la mente.

Thanks for taking a few minutes of your time to reply. We´ll keep in touch ;)

I just realized that they had Red Bull Cliff Diving from the roof of that opera house! Now that must be a clean harbor.

welcome. keep suporting and voting

Amazing pictures!
It is crazy how many cities in Europe have these 'love locks'. I didn't know you could find them in Copenhagen too.
The opera house looks rather strange compared to the rest of the city doesn't it.

Thanks, Neil! I saw those locks being cut off a bridge somewhere, maybe Budapest. Love's locks lost? In that case, they were covering everything. Despite looking like a landed alien craft, that opera house felt Danish when seeing it in person. It helped that it was not immediately next to a 300 year-old building.

Bhut sunder pic hai sir i Hope u r understand Sir love u

@nkraft beautiful capture sir

Thank you, sir

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Que ciudad tan bonita! la arquitectura es atractiva, todos los lugares encierran una historia que atrapa!

Muy amable, Sandra! El peligro con fotografia de viaje es que el feo esta oculto a veces. Es facil mantener un focus en la belleza. Hay cosas peores, no?

jajajajaja si pueden haber cosas peores!

Nice post! It has been a long time ago, when I was in Copenhagen.

Beautifull picture and an encouraging post visiting this place ASAP again.

Thanks, @mrmastercryptow! I'm glad my post brought back good memories.

Yes it did and Im curious what you will bring up here in the future.

Salut!