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GRAND COPENHAGEN: Copenhagen is small but also so grand. Houses so small that the ever present mythological Danish pixy seem to inhabit them, and palaces, so grand that that one feel small. But then again, maybe grandness is not a matter of size?

 

 


Botanical Garden
 


Bishop Abselon: founder of Copenhagen
 


The Film Museum


The astronomer Tycho Brahe


Botanical Garden

 
 


Botanical Garden


Amalienborg Slot:
Royal Castle in the background, the Marble Church
 


The poet Adam Oehlenschläger in front of the Royal Theater


Winston Churchill
Man of the millenium


The unknown soldier

 
             
 


King Christian X
 


Runic stone
National Museum of Denmark
 


Lion from Isted:
War memorial and national symbol


Royal Library


Søren Kirkegaard

 
 


Parlament


Parlament


Thorvalsens Museum


University of Copenhagen...
and street vendour
 


Town hall

 
 


Water fountain


Canal


Parlament


Parlament


Memorial: War of 1848-50 and 1864

 
 


Dannebrog: The oldest national flag in the world!


View towards the the Northern Gate

       
             

 


Botanical Garden
 


Botanical Garden
 


Newspaper stand


botanical Garden
 


Bronce cast of Michelangelos David
 

 
 


Amalienborg Slot:
Royal Castle


Inscription: Rosevelt
fought for freedom of the world
 


Royal Theater


Memorial: Fallen sailors in allied service 1940-45.


Botanical garden

 
 


Danes fallen in allied service 1940-45


Water fountain


National Monument:
The little bugler


The royal riding school