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Copenhagen Denmark - gay spot of Europe
Gay once had a different connotation than it does now. This print is from 1947, and I saw it hanging on the wall of The Danish Poster Museum which is part of Aarhus’ Old Town Museum (Den Gamle By).
Hans Christian Andersen Statue - Copenhagen, Denmark
If you watched The Amazing Race this past week you will recognize this statue, which is where the first clue of the racing day was located. As I watched The Amazing Race I didn’t remember the writing under the statue. After looking at today’s photo I realized why. There is no saying that ends with “To Travel is to Live” underneath the Hans Christian Andersen statue in Copenhagen! The Amazing Race planted it there just for the show. Tricky. Actually, I think there are a lot of things “fudged” on The Amazing Race. Many of the scenes they show are nowhere near places the contestants go. On this most recent episode they made it look like Legoland is just outside of Copenhagen. Legoland is actually over three hours away by car.
Back to today’s photo… Why am I sitting on Hans’s lap you ask? This was a bit of a joke. Tourists (mostly kids and young ladies) take their photo in this position. I tried to get my kids to sit on his lap back in 2008, but they were far too embarrassed. They would have been even more mortified had I done it. So this past summer, when they weren’t with me, I had this photo taken to send to them to see if I could get a laugh out of them back home. However, I forgot all about it until watching the Amazing Race this past Sunday evening.
View from Church of Our Saviour where the Amazing Race clue unfolded on the roof
The Amazing Race was lots of fun for me to watch last night as they went to Copenhagen, and every place they visited I was familiar with. They started off by going up the Vor Frelser Kirke golden spire where they read a clue off the rooftop pictured above (pretty much the only flat roof available for such a task). I took this photo just a week before the racers came through.
Next, they went to Frederiksborg Slot for a dancing road block. Finally, they visited Frilandsmuseet to churn butter and/or race bunnies. That episode brought back some great memories.
Strøget soon after the sun set
I made good on my earlier promise to post an evening pic of one of the most picturesque shopping streets in the world.
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Copenhagen, Denmark at night
I miss late night/early morning walks or bike rides in the summer around the lakes bordering Copenhagen.
Not far from the drug deals, and roaming dogs doing their business wherever they please, you can find pieces of the utopia that Christiania was intended to be.