Copenhagen (Danish: Kobenhavn) is the capital of Denmark and its most populous city, with an urban population of 1,230,728 and a metropolitan population of 1,956,278 (as of 1 July 2013).  Copenhagen is situated on the eastern coast of Zealand and stretches across parts of Amager.  A number of bridges and tunnels connect the parts of the city together, and the cityscape is characterized by promenades and waterfronts.  Copenhagen's metropolitan area has in recent years increasingly included parts of Southern Sweden, and Copenhagen is the center of the bi-national Oresund region with a population of 3,8 million (2012).  
  Originally a Viking fishing village founded in the 10th century, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the beginning of the 15th century.  During the 17th century, under the reign of Christian IV, it became a significant regional centre.  Since the turn of the millennium, Copenhagen has seen a strong urban and cultural development, partly due to massive investments in cultural facilities and infrastructure.  Since the completion of the transnational Oresund Bridge, Copenhagen has become increasingly integrated with the Swedish city of Malmo, growing into a combined metropolitan area.  
  Copenhagen is the cultural, economic and governmental centre of Denmark and is among the financial centres of Northern Europe with the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.  Copenhagen has 89,000 students enrolled in its educational institutions.  
  A diverse infrastructure allows for a blend of bicycles, cars and public transport while the Copenhagen Metro serves central Copenhagen together with the S-train.  The latter also connects the outlying boroughs.  For rail transports from suburbs, systems of regional and local trains also are available as well as trains to southern Sweden.  The Copenhagen Airport is the largest airport in the Nordic countries, serving 23.3 million passengers in 2012.  Especially as international airport it outranks all other airports in Scandinavia.  The city currently hosts many construction sites due to ongoing improvements in infrastructure and expansion of the Metro.  (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")

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Kobenhavns Hovedbanegard

Kobenhavns Hovedbanegard (Kobenhavn H; Copenhagen Central Station). Copenhagen Central Station (Danish: Kobenhavns Hovedbanegard; Kobenhavn H), is the largest railway station in Denmark, with entrances to Bernstorffsgade (at Tivoli Gardens), Banegardspladsen, Reventlowsgade and access to platforms from Tietgensgade. It is the busiest station in Copenhagen, although Norreport Station has a larger passenger throughput if urban S-train and Metro services are included. It is served by InterCity and regional trains and S-trains. InterCity services include international trains, including regular and frequent Oresund services to and from Sweden. It has 13 platforms. On the station concourse there are many small shops, cafeterias, and fast food outlets. It is in fare zone 1. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kobenhavns Hovedbanegard (Kobenhavn H; Copenhagen Central Station), Vesterbro, Copenhagen

Cabinn City Hotel

Cabinn City Hotel i Kobenhavn, Mitchellsgade 14 1568 Kobenhavn, where I stayed between Thursday 31st July - Saturday 3rd August 2013. Modern and convenient.5 minutes' walk from Kobenhavns Hovedbanegard.

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(Wednesday 31 July) Cabinn City Hotel i Kobenhavn, Mitchellsgade 14 1568 Kobenhavn

Tivoli A/S

Tivoli A/S (Tivoli Gardens) is a famous amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on August 15, 1843 and is the second oldest amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg. With 4.033 million visitors in 2012, Tivoli is the second most popular seasonal theme park in the world, the most visited theme park in Scandinavia and the fourth most visited in Europe, only behind Disneyland Paris, Europa-Park Rust and the Efteling. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Wednesday 31 July) The entrance to Tivoli Gardens (Tivoli A/S), Vesterbrogade 3, 1630 Kobenhavn V

Radhuspladsen

Radhuspladsen (The City Hall Square) is a public square in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark, located in front of the Copenhagen City Hall. Due to its large size, its central location and its affiliation with the city hall, it is a popular venue for a variety of events, celebrations and demonstrations. It is often used as a central datum for measuring distances from Copenhagen. The City Hall Square is located at the south-western end of the pedestrian street Stroget which connects it to Kongens Nytorv, the other large square of the city centre, passing Gammeltorv/Nytorv and Amagertorv along the way. Opposite Stroget, Vesterbrogade extends into the Vesterbro district and later crosses the border to Frederiksberg. H. C. Andersens Boulevard, Copenhagen's most heavily trafficated street, and Vester Voldgade pass the square on either side of the city hall. Apart from the City Hall, notable buildings around the square include Politikens Hus, the headquarters of national daily newspaper Politiken, and Industriens Hus, the headquarters of the DI. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kobenhavns Radhus (Copenhagen City Hall), Radhuspladsen (The City Hall Square)

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(Wednesday 31 July) The Lur Blowers, a bronze depicting two lur blowers standing atop a column on tiles. Standing 20 metres tall, it was created 1911-13 by Siegfried Wagner. Radhuspladsen (The City Hall Square).

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(Wednesday 31 July) The Lur Blowers, a bronze depicting two lur blowers standing atop a column on tiles. Standing 20 metres tall, it was created 1911-13 by Siegfried Wagner. Radhuspladsen (The City Hall Square).

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(Wednesday 31 July) Dragespringvandet (The Dragon Fountain) depicting a bull and a dragon in combat, Radhuspladsen (The City Hall Square). Designed by Thorvald Bindesboll and Joakim Skovgaard and inaugurated in 1904.

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(Wednesday 31 July) Dragespringvandet (The Dragon Fountain) depicting a bull and a dragon in combat, Radhuspladsen (The City Hall Square). Designed by Thorvald Bindesboll and Joakim Skovgaard and inaugurated in 1904.

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(Wednesday 31 July) Radhuspladsen (The City Hall Square)

Kastellet Citadellet Frederikshavn

Kastellet Citadellet Frederikshavn, located in Copenhagen, Denmark is one of the best preserved star fortresses in Northern Europe. It is constructed in the form of a pentagram with bastions at its corners. Kastellet was continuous with the ring of bastioned ramparts which used to encircle Copenhagen but of which only the ramparts of Christianshavn remain today. A number of buildings are located within the grounds of Kastellet, including a church as well as a windmill. The area houses various military activities but its mainly serves as a public park and a historic site. King Christian IV of Denmark initiated Kastellet’s construction in 1626 with the building of an advanced post, the Sankt Annae Skanse (English: St. Anne's Redoubt), on the coast north of the city. The redoubt guarded the entrance to the port, together with a blockhouse that was constructed north of Christianshavn, which had just been founded on the other side of the strait between Zealand and Amager. At that time the fortifications only reached as far north as present day Norreport station, and then returned south east to meet the coast at Bremerholm, the Royal Shipyard. However, part of the king's plan was to expand the area of the fortified city by abandoning the old East Rampart and instead extend the rampart straight north to connect it to Sankt Annae Skanse. This plan was not completed until the mid-1640s, shortly after King Frederick III succeeded King Christian IV. After the Swedish siege on Copenhagen (1658-1660) the Dutch engineer Henrik Ruse was called in to help rebuild and extend the construction. The fortification was named Citadellet Frederikshavn ("The Frederikshavn Citadel"), but it is better known as Kastellet ("the citadel"). Kastellet was part of the defense of Copenhagen against England in the Battle of Copenhagen (1807). Christen Kobke (1810-1848), Danish painter associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting, grew up in Kastellet and made many paintings of the area. During the German invasion of Denmark on 9 April 1940, German troops landing at the nearby harbor captured The Citadel with very little resistance, thereby forcing the Danish government to surrender. Kastellet was renovated 1989-1999 with funds from the A.P. Moller and Wife Chastine McKinney Mollers General Fund. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kastellet Citadellet Frederikshavn, Kastellet 1, 2100 Kobenhavn O: The former earthworks now serving as a greenspace

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kastellet Citadellet Frederikshavn, Kastellet 1, 2100 Kobenhavn O: Norgesporten (The Norway Gate)

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kastellet Citadellet Frederikshavn, Kastellet 1, 2100 Kobenhavn O: Norgesporten (The Norway Gate)

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kastellet Citadellet Frederikshavn, Kastellet 1, 2100 Kobenhavn O: Norgesporten (The Norway Gate)

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kastellet Citadellet Frederikshavn, Kastellet 1, 2100 Kobenhavn O: Stokke (The Rows)

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kastellet Citadellet Frederikshavn, Kastellet 1, 2100 Kobenhavn O: Kommandantboligen (The Commander's House)

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kastellet Citadellet Frederikshavn, Kastellet 1, 2100 Kobenhavn O: King's Gate (or Zealand's Gate)

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kastellet Citadellet Frederikshavn, Kastellet 1, 2100 Kobenhavn O: Zealand's Reduit

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kastellet Citadellet Frederikshavn, Kastellet 1, 2100 Kobenhavn O: "Vore Faldne" ("Our Fallen")* by Sven Lindhard *A war memorial conmemorating soldiers fallen in World War II and in the vackground the King's Gate, one of the two entrances to Kastellet. It is actually located in Churchillparken.

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(Wednesday 31 July) Kastelskirken (Kastellet church), Kastellet 15 2100 Kobenhavn O

Churchillparken

Churchillparken (Churchill Park) is a public park in Copenhagen, Denmark, occupying a tract of land between Kastellet, a 17th-century fortress, and the street Esplanaden. Located on the former esplanade which used to surround Kastellet, the area has a long history as a greenspace but received its current name in 1965 to commemorate Winston Churchill and the British assistance in the liberation of Denmark during World War II. St. Alban's Church, the Anglican church in Copenhagen, and the Museum of Danish Resistance are located within the boundaries of the park. Access to Kastellet through its main entrance, The King's Gate, is also reached through the park. The grounds were originally part of the esplanade which surrounded Kastellet. In 1761 it became part of a tree-lined promenade, known simply as Esplanaden (English: The Esplanade), which was established between the Northern Custom House and the Eastern City Gate along the southern and western margin of Kastellet. In the 1880s, after Kastellet had lost its strategic role in the defence of the city, St. Alban's English Church was built in the grounds. After World War II the site was also chosen as the home of the Museum of Danish Resistance which was completed in 1957. Over the next few years, several war memorials were erected in the area which finally, in 1965, received its current name. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Wednesday 31 July) Churchillparken (Churchill Park), Frihedsmuseet, Churchillparken 7, 1263 Kobenhavn K

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(Wednesday 31 July) Churchillparken (Churchill Park), Frihedsmuseet, Churchillparken 7, 1263 Kobenhavn K: "Valkyrie" (1908) by Stephan Sinding

Den lille Havfrue

Den lille havfrue (The Little Mermaid) is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has a height of 1.25 metres (4.1 ft) and weighs 175 kilograms (385 lb). Based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, the small and unimposing statue is a Copenhagen icon and has been a major tourist attraction since 1913. In recent decades it has become a popular target for defacement by vandals and political activists. The statue was commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg, who had been fascinated by a ballet about the fairytale in Copenhagen's Royal Theatre and asked the ballerina, Ellen Price, to model for the statue. The sculptor Edvard Eriksen created the bronze statue, which was unveiled on 23 August 1913. The statue's head was modelled after Price, but as the ballerina did not agree to model in the nude, the sculptor's wife, Eline Eriksen, was used for the body. The Copenhagen City Council decided to move the statue to Shanghai at the Danish Pavilion for the duration of the Expo 2010 (May to October), the first time it had been moved from its perch since it was installed almost a century earlier. This statue has been damaged and defaced many times since the mid-1960s for various reasons, but has each time been restored. In 2006, Copenhagen officials announced that the statue may be moved farther out in the harbour, so as to avoid further vandalism and to prevent tourists from climbing onto it. On 24 April 1964, the statue's head was sawn off and stolen by politically oriented artists of the Situationist movement, amongst them Jorgen Nash. The head was never recovered and a new head was produced and placed on the statue. On 22 July 1984, the right arm was sawn off and returned two days later by two young men. In 1990, an attempt to sever the statue's head left a cut in the neck 18 centimeters (7 in) deep. On 6 January 1998, the statue was decapitated again; the culprits were never found, but the head was returned anonymously to a nearby TV station, and re-attached on 4 February. On the night of 10 September 2003, the statue was knocked off its base with explosives and later found in the harbor's waters. Holes were blasted in the mermaid's wrist and knee. In 2004, she was draped in a burqa as a statement against Turkey joining the European Union. In May 2007, she was again found draped in a Muslim dress and head scarf. Paint has been poured on the statue several times, including one episode in 1963 and two in March and May 2007. On 8 March 2006, a dildo was attached to the statue's hand, green paint was dumped over it, and the words 8 March were written on it. It is suspected that this vandalism was connected with International Women's Day, which is on 8 March 8. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Wednesday 31 July) Den lille Havfrue (The Little Mermaid), Langelinie 2100 Kobenhavn O

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(Wednesday 31 July) Den lille Havfrue (The Little Mermaid), Langelinie 2100 Kobenhavn O

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(Wednesday 31 July) Den lille Havfrue (The Little Mermaid), Langelinie 2100 Kobenhavn O

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(Wednesday 31 July) Den lille Havfrue (The Little Mermaid), Langelinie 2100 Kobenhavn O

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(Wednesday 31 July) Den lille Havfrue (The Little Mermaid), Langelinie 2100 Kobenhavn O

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(Wednesday 31 July) Den lille Havfrue (The Little Mermaid), Langelinie 2100 Kobenhavn O

Det Kongelige Biblioteks Have

Det Kongelige Biblioteks Have (The Royal Library Garden), often referred to simply as the Library Garden, is a small, somewhat hidden garden between the Royal Library, the Tojhus Museum, Christian IV's Supply Depot and Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It has a reputation for being one of the most tranquil spots in the city centre. The garden has a shallow water basin with a water feature in the middle, blooming flower beds and large shady trees. It is accessible from the courtyard at Christiansborg's show grounds. The Library Garden is located on top of the former site of Christian IV's old Naval Harbour. The harbour was flanked by an arsenal--now housing the Tojhus Museum--and a supply depot, both completed in 1694, and was connected to the main harbour by a narrow canal. Later the Navy was moved to Holmens Kanal and the old harbour was filled in 1867. The garden was designed in 1920 by landscape gardener Jens Peder Andersen and Christiansborg's architect Thorvald Jorgensen. As a reminder of its maritime past, a small pond has been retained in the middle of the gardens and an old mooring ring of the type used by ships in the 17th and 18th centuries has been built into the masonry at the end of the gardens. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Thursday 1 August) Det Kongelige Biblioteks Have (The Royal Library Garden), Soren Kierkegaards Plads 1, 1221 Kobenhavn: The Library Garden with the Royal Library as the backdrop

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(Thursday 1 August) Det Kongelige Biblioteks Have (The Royal Library Garden), Soren Kierkegaards Plads 1, 1221 Kobenhavn: The water feature

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(Thursday 1 August) Det Kongelige Biblioteks Have (The Royal Library Garden), Soren Kierkegaards Plads 1, 1221 Kobenhavn: The water feature

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(Thursday 1 August) Det Kongelige Biblioteks Have (The Royal Library Garden), Soren Kierkegaards Plads 1, 1221 Kobenhavn: Kierkegaard sculpture* *A 1918 bronze statue of Soren Kierkegaard by sculptor Louis Hasselriis is located in the middle of the gardens. Kierkegaard appears absorbed in his own thoughts with his gaze directed towards a point on the other side of the wall where his fiancee, Regine Olsen, is said to have lived. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Thursday 1 August) Det Kongelige Biblioteks Have (The Royal Library Garden), Soren Kierkegaards Plads 1, 1221 Kobenhavn: Kierkegaard sculpture

Christiansborg Slot

Christiansborg Slot (Christiansborg Palace), on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, is the seat of the Danish Parliament, the Danish Prime Minister's Office and the Danish Supreme Court. Also, several parts of the palace are used by the monarchy, including the Royal Reception Rooms, the Palace Chapel and the Royal Stables. The palace is thus the house of Denmark's three supreme powers: the executive power, the legislative power, and the judicial power. It is the only building in the world that houses all three of a country's branches of government. Christiansborg Palace is owned by the Danish state, and is run by the Palaces and Properties Agency. The present building, the third to be built on the site, is the last in a series of successive castles and palaces constructed on the same site since the erection of the first castle in 1167. Since the early fifteenth century, the various buildings have served as the base of the central administration; until 1794 as the principal residence of the Danish kings and after 1849 as the seat of parliament. The palace today bears witness to three eras of Danish architecture, as the result of two serious fires. The first fire occurred in 1794 and the second in 1884. The main part of the current palace, finished in 1928, is in the historicist Neo-baroque style. The chapel dates to 1826 and is in a neoclassical style. The showgrounds were built 1738-46, in a baroque style. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")

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(Thursday 1 August) Christiansborg Slot (Christiansborg Palace), Christiansborg Slotplads, DK-1218 Copenhagen: King Christian IX's equestrian statue

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(Thursday 1 August) Christiansborg Slot (Christiansborg Palace), Christiansborg Slotplads, DK-1218 Copenhagen: King Christian IX's equestrian statue

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(Thursday 1 August) Christiansborg Slot (Christiansborg Palace), Christiansborg Slotplads, DK-1218 Copenhagen

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(Thursday 1 August) Christiansborg Slot (Christiansborg Palace), Christiansborg Slotplads, DK-1218 Copenhagen

The Grand Tour from Gammel Strand

The Grand Tour from Gammel Strand. "The classic harbour tour with departure from Gammel Strand covers the following: Christiansborg Slot - Holmens Kirke - Nationalbanken - Borsen - Operaen - Holmen - Den Lille Havfrue - Amalienborg Slot - Amaliehaven - Christianshavn - Vor Frelsers Kirke - Den Sorte Diamant - Nationalmuseet - Gammel Strand." (Quoted from the official site)

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(Thursday 1 August) The Grand Tour from Gammel Strand

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(Thursday 1 August) The Grand Tour from Gammel Strand

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(Thursday 1 August) The Grand Tour from Gammel Strand

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(Thursday 1 August) The Grand Tour from Gammel Strand

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(Thursday 1 August) The Grand Tour from Gammel Strand

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(Thursday 1 August) The Grand Tour from Gammel Strand

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(Thursday 1 August) The Grand Tour from Gammel Strand

Poonchai Thai Restaurant

Poonchai Thai Restaurant, Istedgade 1, 1650 Kbh. V. It is located just behind Kobenhavns Hovedbanegard (Kobenhavn H; Copenhagen Central Station). Highly recommended!

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(Thursday 1 August) Poonchai Thai Restaurant, Istedgade 1, 1650 Kbh. V

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(Wednesday 31 July) Poonchai Thai Restaurant, Istedgade 1, 1650 Kbh. V

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(Wednesday 31 July) Poonchai Thai Restaurant, Istedgade 1, 1650 Kbh. V

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(Wednesday 31 July) Poonchai Thai Restaurant, Istedgade 1, 1650 Kbh. V

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(Thursday 1 August) Poonchai Thai Restaurant, Istedgade 1, 1650 Kbh. V

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(Thursday 1 August) Poonchai Thai Restaurant, Istedgade 1, 1650 Kbh. V

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(Friday 2 August) Poonchai Thai Restaurant, Istedgade 1, 1650 Kbh. V

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(Friday 2 August) Poonchai Thai Restaurant, Istedgade 1, 1650 Kbh. V

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(Friday 2 August) Poonchai Thai Restaurant, Istedgade 1, 1650 Kbh. V