From Havnegade.

A Bridge:-

Another Bridge. (The Standard Restaurant is to left here):-

Old Warehouse:-

Undoubtedly Art Deco, this is a restaurant called The Standard, on Havnegade, Copenhagen.

Definite deco lines plus rounded gables, not to mention the tower clock:-

Reverse view:-

Just by way of contrast. Elgiganten:-

Deco? There’s rule of three in the smaller windows certainly:-

As in the Netherlands there was a profusion of bikes. The photo also shows another picturesque lamp standard:-

Christiansborg Palace – or Christiansborg Slot – is the seat of the Danish Parliament, Denmark’s Supreme Court and the Ministry of State. No doubt the stone balls are a security measure but they do not look out of place:-

There was a woman demonstrating for Peace outside the Palace. No one batted an eyelid at her. She was just accepted as part of the furniture:-

Reverse of Christiansborg Palace. This sits in front of what looks like the Danish equivalent of Horse Guards Parade:-

“Danish Horse Guards Parade”:-

Looking west:-

Looking east. Nice pleached trees:-

Pleached Trees, Christiansborg Palace, and lamps:-

Close-up on lamp standard:-

Copenhagen Library (Bibliotek.) The gardens are called Bibliotekshavn:-

Wisteria on building facing Copenhagen Library on Bibliotekshavn:-

Buildings by Canal, Copenhagen, on Nybrogade:-

Nybrogade from Vindebrogade:-

Before we reached the Edouard Suenson Memorial (previous post) we passed this old terraced housing on Storekongensgade. Note the lampshades attached to the building:-

This is Copenhagen City Hall, in Town Square (Radhuspladsen):-

Also on Radhuspladsen, Scandic Palace Hotel to right, with gold plaques of some sort where you might expect a clock face:-

Thorvaldsen’s Museum, on Vindebrogade:-

Bust of Edouard Suenson. Suenson was the commander of the Danish ships at the Battle of Heligoland, 1864, (see previous post) the last naval battle between wooden-hulled ships and the last major action involving Danish ships:-

Statue of the Danish philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard, in the grounds of Copenhagen library:-

Inscribed “1848-50 & 1864”.

The memorial is also known as The Little Hornblower who can be better seen from this angle being carried by the soldier

There was of course a magnificent Danish TV series, 1864, about the Second Schleswig War aired on BBC 4 four years ago.

Like any capital city Copenhagen has some impressive buildings.

This one is on Ved Stranden (which seems to mean the beach):-

The Carlsberg Museum, on Hans Christian Andersen Boulevard, near the Tivoli Gardens:-

The former Stock Exchange (Børsen):-

Note the Børsen’s unusual spire. The spirals seem to be lizards’ tails:-

In the distance across the waterway we saw this twirled spire. (See, too, the European Election posters on the lamppost. Unlike their total absence from my neighbourhood at home these were a feature of the EU countries we docked at):-

But it seems the UK is not the only country to have red letter boxes:-

I found this on the way in from Langelinie Pier, Copenhagen to the city centre.

Apparently a statue of two sisters, this obviously represents Norway’s thanks to Denmark.