The Old Town - Aarhus, Denmark

Perhaps my favorite museum visit, ever, was to Den Gamle By in Aarhus on Jutland. Besides the fact that I love old buildings, I had just the right conditions for visiting this place. I arrived almost an hour before they opened, and the guy at the gate let me in so I got to walk around and imagine myself traveling back in time several hundred years without tourists ruining the illusion. By the time I left a couple hours later, The Old Town was filling up and the ambiance had totally changed.

I believe today’s photo is the inner garden surrounded by “The Mayor’s House” (aka “The Old Mayor’s Residence” or “The Merchant’s House”). This building dates back to the 16th Century and was moved to its current location in 1914 as the first building in Den Gamle By.

Posted on June 9th, 2012 under Denmark. Tags: aarhus, den gamle by, museums, Nikon 18-200mm VR II. Comments Off on The Old Town (Den Gamle By)

I’m going to really miss Copenhagen this summer. Today’s photo is of the famous street Strøget.

Posted on June 5th, 2012 under Denmark. Tags: copenhagen, night photography, nikon d7000, stroget, Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8. Comments Off on Strøget after dark

Tonight I get to see Bill, and the rest of Mastodon, for the first time since last summer’s Roskilde Festival when I took this photo.

Posted on April 27th, 2012 under Denmark. Tags: mastodon, metal, nikon 50mm f/1.8, nikon d7000, roskilde festival. Comments Off on Bill Kelliher

A little different than yesterday’s viking axes, today’s photo is from Denmark. Inside the Moesgård Museum on Jutland you can find these beauties. The museum is most famous for its bog body known as Grauballe Man. I’ll have to get photos of him up on here soon.

Posted on April 12th, 2012 under Denmark. Tags: jutland, Moesgard Museum, museums, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, vikings. Comments Off on Viking Axes

I took today’s photo while on a bike ride from the beach (Amager Strand) back into central Copenhagen. I tried looking on Google maps to figure out the name of the church in the background but couldn’t find it. I think I was on Amager Strandvej (although it’s possible I was on Amagerbrogade or something else in that vicinity). Anyone know the name of the church? Of course, it may not be used as a church anymore since this is Denmark. It could be a museum or restaurant or something else at this point in Danish history.

Posted on March 26th, 2012 under Denmark. Tags: copenhagen, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Copenhagen boy and his dog