Post by Grubb. So outside the Rosenberg Castle Ella says to me, why don’t I get a picture of you standing in front of the guard hut? Sure, I think to myself, it sounds like something Olaf Oesterplunk would do while scoffing at the King. I barely began striking a pose before the actual guard, dressed in…
Day: May 4, 2023
Ancestral Vibe
Post by Grubb. Two great-greats on my mother’s side immigrated to America from Denmark in the late 1840s. So here I am in the old city section of Copenhagen and maybe it’s my uneven footing on the cobblestone streets, like Proust tripping over loose paving in the Guermantes courtyard, but I begin to feel swayed by…
A little bit of Copenhagen
Post by Ella A few photos from today’s wander around Copenhagen.
Sanity questioned at Circle Bridge
Post by Grubb. The next architectural gem that I was determined to find was Copenhagen’s Circle Bridge on the Christianshavn Canal. It is exactly that: a small wooden bridge tressed from above with a spray of wire cables. When we got there Ella asked where it was. “You’re standing on it,” I told her. I got the look. The circle…
Wondering about architectural wonder
Post by Grubb. Years ago I taught a class about art design in film with an architect who turned me onto Bjorke Ingles, so I was eager to see Bjorke’s 8House. Winner of the Housing category at the World Architecture Festival in 2011, 8House has 476 homes divided into townhouses. “The entire complex is combined by a…
One way to wake up
Post by Grubb. On my way to grab a cup of coffee and a pastry, I went by a seaside promenade where some adventurous young people were taking a dip. I don’t know what the water temperature was where they were swimming, but it was around 49 degrees outside. As they egged each other on it…
Green Light District
Post by Ella Christiania is a “micro nation”, or perhaps one could call it an independent municipality, within Copenhagen. Founded in 1971 when some folks decided to put down roots on an abandoned military base. One can imagine a group of young, hippiesh libertarians rebelling against the corporate world. The laws in Christiana are simple…
Practical matters: Public transport Copenhagen
Post by Ella. As is usual in Europe, there are trams, busses, trains, metro galore. In Holland and here in Copenhagen, navigating public transport is made so much easier with Google maps. Google knows all is seems. Google can give you all your transit routes, number and names of stops to traverse, where and how…