Copenhagen Statues, Scenes, and Spaces

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Maritime Monument Søfartsmonumentet (Maritime Monument) sculpted by Svend Rathsack, and located on the Langelinie. The classical angel with laurel wreath, presides over wrecks in modern bas relief

Seeing København

Scandinavia is beautiful but a photographer in the north countries has to work fast when the sun shines and make do during the frequent overcasts. Grey skies can make for dark interiors with strangely bright windows, as you'll see in this gallery. Amid the challenges of shadow and highlight, Copenhagen continues to be visually stimulating and a seemingly endless ability to surprise and delight.

Magasin du Nord The flagship store of Magasin chain of department stores. The chain originally opened a shop here when this was the Hotel du Nord in 1870

Palace interior A glowing gilt palace room with chandelier

Friederik's Kirke Interior of the Marble Church. The magnificent dome covers most of the pews, rather than just the altar

Friederik's Kirke dome interior The Marble Church's dome from inside. See the exterior in this post. The magenta hue below the windows was not added

The Gefion fountain The Gefion fountain celebrates the creation of the Danish island of Zealand, which in myth was plowed from Sweden by the goddess, Gefion, clearly a badass. See the Prose Edda for more

Danish bridge

A wooden car bridge with workmanship the vikings would recognize

Fountain at Amaliehaven Beyond the fountain in the Amaliehaven is an old pal from my last post

Copenhagen dragon In Copenhagen, these fellows are called dragons. They can be found on walls and in fountains spraying water from their elephant's trunks!