ABSALON HOTEL

While in Copenhagen we stayed at the Absalon Hotel which was less than a quarter mile from the central train station. Because we stayed there five nights, we received a free upgrade. Our room was a corner room with each window angled 45 degrees from its neighbor window. This resulted in a cool view of the streets.

CITY HALL

A good landmark in Copenhagen is the City Hall. With its tall distinctive tower, it can be seen from quite a distance and thus used to help orient yourself. We could even see it from our hotel window. Next to City Hall is a statue of Hans Christian Andersen. Notice how his right knee is shiney from all the people who sit there. Naturally Dick had to follow that tradition. He was disappointed that the weather wasn't warm enough so that an adventursome woman would sit there and bare her chest for a semi-traditional photo.

Because of the height of City Hall's tower, many people take advantage of the opportunity to climb up for a view. On our climb we were accompanied by a group of young school kids.

The view from City Hall.

MISCELLANEOUS COPENHAGEN SCENES

Here are some more Copenhagen towers that became familiar landmarks.
Photo 1 - Round Tower Observatory (built in 1642).
Photo 2 - Ball Tower, so named by me since one of its top section rests on big balls.
Photo 3 - Our Savior's Church. More on this later.

As was true of Stockholm, Copenhagen has picturesque streets.

Copenhagen has picturesque canals too, but Stockholm was in a class by itself.

Sandy went yard saleing (photo 1) and bagged these photos:
Photo 2 - a good old soul near Parliment.
Photo 3 - storks.
Photo 4 - frogs.
Photo 5 - a store window with interesting glass.
Photo 6 - Ronald McDonald and Hans Christian Andersen.

LITTLE MERMAID

On our walk to see the little mermaid, we saw the Geffion Fountain (photo 1). This shows a woman (Geffion) plowing with oxen. The oxen were her sons which she changed into oxen so she could plow as much land as possible in a day. That land became Copenhagen's island. I took photo 2 because I thought the statue was pretty. Photo 3 was taken to give the impression that the Little Mermaid is sitting on a rock that is in the water - that is the way I envision her. Photo 4 instead shows that she is quite far from the water.

COPENHAGEN MUSEUM OF FINE ART

The rest of the photos on this page were taken at the Copenhagen Museum of Fine Art.

Jens Lard 1920 Job	Johannes Bjerg 1914 Asyssian	Peter Lard 2003 Sitting Man	Andre Derain 1906 Woman	Large Venus

William Scharff 1929 Seated Female	Christian Kobke 1810-1848 1836 his wife	Constantin Hansen 1804-1880 The Artist's Sisters	Bernardo Kielhau 1624-1687 Girl & Boy with Brazier

Peter Hansen 1868-1927 1901 Kids skating	J.Th. Lundbye 1818-1848 1847 Croft at Lodskov	Claude Joseph Veriet Mountain	Emil Nolde 1936 North Sea Dunes