Copenhagen, March 2011

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Rosenberg Slot, Christian IV's early 17th century Dutch Renaissance castle	My bus to work went by here every day	Rundetaarn, built in 1642 as an astronomical observatory – we walked to the top	Nyhavn, a canal dug in the 17th century to allow traders access to the heart of the city
It is absolutely gorgeous, with colorful buildings and moored sailboats	Hans Christian Andersen lived here for about 20 years	We were so pleased to have a sunny day for Nyhavn!	The Magasin department store near the national theater
Amalienborg Slot, home of the Danish royal family	The changing of the guard at Amalienborg!	We chased the marching band down the street – perfect timing	Entering Kastellet, a perfect Vaubanian 17th century citadel
The barracks at Kastellet	And walking all the way around the fortifications!	Kastellet's windmill – it was self-sufficient for grain	The Canadian embassy, right downtown
The terrific stock exchange!, Boersen	It's the oldest functioning stock exchange in Europe, built in the 1620s	The spire, which you can't see in this picture, has four dragons with entwined tails	Raadhuspladsen, Copenhagen's City Hall
Walking in Jaegersborg Dyrehaven with Jens	The Eremitagen manor house at the center of the deer park	Gorgeous thatched roofs en route from the deer park to Lyngby	Near my archives in Christianshavn – it's a network of early 17th-century canals modeled after Holland
Christianshavn canals, near where Smilla's Sense of Snow was set	Half-timber buildings in Christianshavn	Boats, canals, neat buildings – and sun! there's the key difference from Amsterdam.	Vor Frelsers Kirke in Christianshavn
Design and decoration at Illum department store	Getting home from work - public transit boat!	Being bike-less, we were in the minority of passengers	Passing Christianshavn warehouses on the boat
This one just doodles between Nyhavn and the opera...	...which is this building here	Warships and cranes in Inderhavnen	A tall ship near the opera house
This is definitely the traffic-free way to get around Copenhagen	Half-timbered buildings just off the Stroeget	In Roskilde, Denmark's first capital; this is the tourist bureau	The town has bloody beginnings, with a quarrel between Canute I, Urf Jarl, and Canute's sister Estrid in 1026
Medieval Roskilde was the center of Danish Catholicism, but has been in decline since the Reformation	This is Roskilde's Domkirke, which contains the crypts of most Danish kings and queens	The cathedral is austere but very impressive	Royal tombs in Roskilde Domkirke
The interior is primarily white, but with some painted decorations and trompe d'oeils	Two and a half years into life in continental Europe, and we are still taken aback by painted church walls	This one is particularly pleasing	… But here's the real reason for going to Roskilde: five Viking ships, ca. AD 1000, excavated from the bottom of the fjord
The ships were scuttled as part of Roskilde's protection against raiding Norwegian fleets	The longest is an 18 m warship of the type used against the British Isles	And here is a reconstructed Viking ship, recently sailed from Roskilde to Ireland (and back)

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