Hadley-Ives family photographs from 2015. Page 22.

Page 22 features photographs from Denmark.
2015 photographs: page 1 London; page 2 Madrid; page 3 Strasbourg; page 4 Strasbourg; page 5 Strasbourg; page 6 Paris; page 7 Strasbourg Cathedral; page 8 Strasbourg Cathedral; page 9 Turkey; page 10 Salzburg; page 11 Switzerland; page 12 Alsace; page 13 Monaco; page 14 Bavaria; page 15 Germany; page 16 Bulgaria; page 17 Romania; page 18 Luxembourg; page 19 Italy; page 20 Barcelona; page 21 Netherlands; this is page 22.
Two girls walking down the street in Copenhagen, Denmark. A street vendor in Copenhagen. One of many sculptures in the Louisiana museum of modern art-Denmark
Two girls walking down the street in Copenhagen, Denmark. A street vendor in Copenhagen. One of many sculptures in the Louisiana museum of modern art-Denmark
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
The flag of Denmark, perhaps the oldest national flag in the world, flies over the ferry boat bringing our train from Puttgarden, Germany to Rødby Havn, Denmark. A Scandlines ferry crossing the Fehmarnbelt between Lolland (Danish island) and Fehmarn (German island). The main train station in København.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
Nyhavn in København, this is one of the sights every water tour will see, especially since some of the water tours of Copenhagen start in Nyhavn. Nyhavn in København, the area was built up from 1650 and later, and was restored in the 20th century. København has lovely waterfront areas.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
København has the Danish National Museum (Nationalmuseet). It is free, and it is huge. We enjoyed the collection of ethnographic and world culture exhibits. The Nationalmuseet has some family statue portraits made in the late Ch'ing (Qing) dynasty (late 19th century and early 20th century). Having recently been living in Taiwan, we were interested in how Chinese culture was presented in the Danish museum.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
Nationalmuseet: there is no evidence that Vikings ever wore horned helmets. However, some people in Denmark living about 1800 years before the times of the Vikings (in about 900 BC) did have these sorts of horned helmets, which were probably ceremonial. Nationalmuseet: this is a close look at some of the decorative work on a wagon found in a western Jutland bog. It dates to a time probably in the century before the Common Era (maybe sometime between 40 and 100 BC). This clothing is made with the materials, dyes, and weaving and sewing styles of the clothing found on girls and women whose bodies have been recovered from Danish bogs. This is what some women of Denmark wore about three thousand years ago.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
Nationalmuseet: The Gundestrup Cauldron, which seems to have been created by craftspersons and artists in what is now northwestern Bulgaria. Nationalmuseet:The silver Gundestrup Cauldron is over 2,000 years old; it was made between 1 and 150 BC. Nationalmuseet:The Gundestrup Cauldron has scenes of gods and goddesses, animals, warriors, and so forth. There are even a few horn blowers.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
Nationalmuseet: The museum has an impressive collection of bronze instruments from 700 BC to 1200 BC. These horns are called Lurer (Lurs). These could possibly be the Brudevælte lurs (made around 750 BC). You can find some videos online with the sounds of such instruments. Copenhagen was, in very ancient times, mostly built up with wooden structures, and those burned down. In the 17th century more structures were built with stone or brick, and so most of the oldest buildings in Copenhagen date to the 17th century. The view of the Frederik’s Kirken (Marble Church) from Amalienborg, the royal residence for the Danish monarch. Architects Nicolai Eigtved (1701-1754) and Nicolas-Henri Jardin (1720-1799) and Ferdinand Meldahl (1827-1908) worked on the design for this church, which wasn’t finished until 1894.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
Danish people enjoy soccer. Our friend, Julie, and her sister, Marie, both play soccer. We went to watch Julie play a game with her team on Friday evening, our first day in Denmark. Here is a royal guard in Amalienborg. Another member of the royal guard in Amalienborg.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
Christiania is an intential community in Copenhagen. In 1971, when the Danish government closed a military base in the center of Denmark, some counter-cultural pacifists and anarchists (hippies) occupied the base before it could be privitized or redeveloped, and ever since that year, this community of Christiania has been an ongoing experiment in alternative society. In Christiania you are supposedly not in a capitalism-occupied zone; you are instead in a "free city" of Christiania, where authentic anarchist democracy organizes society, rather than capitalism. At least, that is the goal. Christiania does have restaurants and markets, and the people who live in Christinia do make things for export to the world outside this free zone. Some of the things that people sell in Christiania are illegal outside in the rest of Denmark, and therefore, there are areas of Christiania where no photography is allowed.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
Christiania displays the aesthetic of Danish anarchists and pacifists, with many murals and artworks that display the tastes of the Scandinavian counter-culture. This mural in Christiania has a Chinese dragon and western faeries in the same scene. Music and art seem important in Christiania. Everywhere one looks you can see plants, art, or decorations.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
The Rundetårn in Copenhagen; this tower was built in 1642, and remains a beloved landmark and symbol of Copenhagen. I went up the ramp to the top of the Rundetårn in 1985 and 2003, but during this 2015 visit I declined to go up. Cute stones in a fern garden area of the Louisiana art museum.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
The steeple of Sankt Petri (Saint Peter) Church in Copenhagen. The tower on the building at the corner of Klareboderne and Købmagergade in København. This was a temporary geodesic dome near the Højbro Plads in Copenhagen.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
The cupola on the top of the dome of Frederiks Kirken. The Rosenborg palace in Copenhagen, built between 1606-1633, is a museum with the crown jewels and other treasures. The Frederiksborg Palace in Hillerød, most recently rebuilt in the 1860s (it was originally completed in 1621 and remodeled and modernized in 1740).
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
A painting in Frederiksborg Slot. Frederksborg Slot. The Kronborg Slot in Helsingør, originally rebuilt in 1420, then renovated and improved in 1585, and rebuilt in the 1630s. The play Hamlet is set in this palace.
Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark. Scene in Denmark.
A painting in Frederiksborg Slot. Frederksborg Slot. The Kronborg Slot in Helsingør, originally rebuilt in 1420, then renovated and improved in 1585, and rebuilt in the 1630s. The play Hamlet is set in this palace.

 

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2015 collection of images from Europe

  • Page 1, London.
  • Page 2, Castille: Madrid
  • Page 3, Strasbourg in March.
  • Page 4, Strasbourg in April.
  • Page 5, Strasbourg in May.
  • Page 6, Paris.
  • Page 7, The interior of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg.
  • Page 8, The exterior Strasbourg Cathedral in Strasbourg
  • Page 9, Turkey: Edirne and Istanbul.
  • Page 10, Austria: Salzburg.
  • Page 11, Switzerland: Basel, Gimmelwald, & the Alps.
  • Page 12, France: Alsace and Lorraine (Nancy, Colmar, Riquewihr, Haut-Koenigsbourg, Obernai, Molsheim, Nideck, Haguenau)
  • Page 13, France and Monaco (Nice, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Montpellier, Monte Carlo)
  • Page 14, Germany: Bavaria (Füssen, Hohenschwangau, Munich)
  • Page 15, Germany along the Rhine (Rastatt, Karlsruhe, Bruchsal, the Rhineland-Palatinate)
  • Page 16, Bulgaria (Varna, Plovdiv, Kazanlak)
  • Page 17, Romania (Brasov, Bran, Sinaia, Sighisoara, Biertan, Sibiu, Bucharest)
  • Page 18, Luxembourg and Arlon, Belgium
  • Page 19, Italy and San Marino (Milan, Genoa, Bologna, Rimini, Citta di San Marino)
  • Page 20, Catalan: Barcelona
  • Page 21, Netherlands: Amsterdam
  • This is page 22, Denmark: Copenhagen

Thematic Pages

  • Page 1, Doors (1): Doors and portals.
  • Page 2, Doors (2): More doors, portals, and gateways.
  • Page 3, Doors (3): More gates, doors, portals, and entrances.
  • Page 4, Doors (4): Even more doors.
  • Page 5, Door Fixtures (1): Decorations and fixtures on doors; door knockers or door knobs.
  • Page 6, Door Fixtures (2): More door handles, door knobs, knockers, and so forth.
  • Page 7, Door Fixtures (3): Another page of door fixtures such as door knobs.
  • Page 8, Lamps and Lights (1): Lanterns and lamps, with several from Romania.
  • Page 9, Lamps and Lights (2): Lanterns and lamps, including San Marino and Barcelona.
  • Page 10, Lamps and Lights (3): More lanterns and lamps.
  • Page 11, Lamps and Lights (4): Even more lights, lanterns, lamps, and so forth.
  • Page 12, Flowers, Tulips (1): Keukenhof Garden and its tulips..
  • Page 13, Flowers, Tulips (2): Second page of flowers, more tulips in Keukenhof Garden.
  • Page 14, Flowers, Tulips (3): More tulips.
  • Page 15, Flowers, Orchids (1): Flowers, mostly orchids.
  • Page 16, Flowers, Orchids (2): Orchids and similar flowers.
  • Page 17, Flowers, Orchids (3): Even more orchids.
  • Page 18, Flowers and Plants (1): Various plants, including flowers and trees.
  • Page 19, Flowers and Plants (2): Flowers and interesting plants, including mushrooms.
  • Page 20, Flowers and Plants (3): Trees, flowers,ferns, and interesting plants.
  • Page 21, Spires and Weathervanes (1): Weather vanes and decorative spires on top of roofs.
  • Page 22, Spires and Weathervanes (2): More weathervanes, spires, and so forth.
  • Page 23, Spires and Weathervanes (3): Even more decorative spires and weathervanes.
  • Page 24, Shop Signs and Ornamental Ironwork (1): Fences, gates, shop signs, and so forth.
  • Page 25, Shop Signs and Ornamental Ironwork (2): More shop signs and ornamental iron.
  • Page 26, Domes (1): Views of round roofs and cupolas, including large domes.
  • Page 27, Domes (2): Views of domes and cupolas, including some spires, interior and exterior.
  • Page 28, Windows (1): A page of interesting windows.
  • Page 29, Windows (2): Another page showing windows.
  • Page 30, Windows (3): A page of windows, mostly stained glass windows.
  • Page 31, Windows (4): More windows.
  • Page 32, Jewels and Ornaments (1): Jewels and ornaments.
  • Page 33, Jewels and Ornaments (2): More jewels and ornaments and decorative things.
  • Page 34, Statues (1): A page full of picture of statues and sculptures.
  • Page 35, Statues (2): More statues and sculptures.
  • Page 36, Water features and water (1): Pools, ponds, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, and so forth.
  • Page 37, Water features and water (2): Beaches, lakes, rivers, cascades, and so forth.
  • Page 38, Faucets, Fountains, and Spigots (1): Mostly fountains.
  • Page 39, Faucets, Fountains, and Spigots (2): Fountains and spigots or faucets.
  • Page 40, Furniture (1): A page of interesting furniture.
  • Page 41, Furniture (2): More examples of interesting furniture.
  • Page 42, Palaces (1): A page with photos of palaces.
  • Page 43, Palaces (2): More palaces.
  • Page 44, Animals and zoos (1): Pictures of animals and scenes in zoos.
  • Page 45, Animals and zoos (2): More images of animals and zoos.

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