Copenhagen, Denmark

This was a new port for us.

There was a contrast between old traditional buildings and new wind turbines.

The new cruise terminal was still under construction, but we like that it has an extensive green roof.

We were off the ship early and liked this street art on a port building.

 
We took the tram to Copenhagen. As you can see on the sign over Dean's head, it's spelled quite differently in Danish.

We then took a bus to Dragør, a charming fishing village about eight miles south of Copenhagen.

This village is known for the many houses which are gold with orange roof tiles.

Note the milk delivery bike in this yard.

In addition to the fishing fleet, there were many pleasure craft as well.

The elevated building is used to help guide boats into the harbor and to get a clear view over the old fort.

More drying fishing nets.

Closed-in patios are useful in this northern climate.

There were even some traditional thatched roofs that were overlaid on the modern tiles. This may be an homage to the oldest construction techniques.

The Dragør Hotel is at the end of the row of houses facing the water.

There was a flock of geese in the field in front of the hotel.

Most were barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis).

A man with an unleashed dog spooked most of the barnacle geese.

Danish Landrace Geese (with brown heads and backs) and the white Emden Geese are both domestic are quite bit larger than the Barnacle Geese and they had goslings. They did not fly away when the dog ran into the field.

The fort was also in front of the hotel and had a moat around it that was used as a marina.

 
We walked across the bridge over the moat and were surprised to see this giant mermaid in the parking lot. The door to the inside of the fort was open, but it was not "open" to the public on that day.

We climbed the stairs to the top of the fort and this is the view back toward town. Note the green roof on top of the fort buiding.

This is the bridge from Denmark to southern Sweden.

No one was on the beach on this chilly day.

We didn't know what this structure was next to the fort.

We found this restaurant on the top of the fort. The windowed walls protect diners from onshore winds and sea spray up on that hill, but preserve the view.

These tulips and daffodils were planted next to the bus stop.

In Copenhagen, we walked along a river and then crossed a bridge to continue exploring this city park.

This spiral tower was the steeple on a church.

Time for a lunch break.

On the other side of the park was a popular food truck next to one of the canals.

We rode on one of these ferries later in the day.

This is the bridge to Christiansborg Palace, home to the three government powers: the executive power, the legislative power, and the judicial power. It's the only building in the world that houses all three of a country's branches of government.

 
The two towers of the above gateway do not match.

The tourboats are reminiscent of Amsterdam and we wondered how they fit under those narrow arches.

 
An archway to a large plaza, where there was more interesting architecture including this three-story doorway arch.

 
On the far side of that plaza we took an elevator down to the Metro and struck up a conversation with this Metro maintenance worker who had more than one hundred keys on his belt. We rode Metro to the west end of the ferry route, which was near our ship.

 
The ferry route included nine stops on both sides of the harbor. We enjoyed the many sights along the way.

A lighthouse ship was in the next canal.

 
This spiral tower is on the Copenhagen Stock Exchage. This drawbridge lookout tower seems a bit over the top.

When there's not a beach, the Danes swim in the very clean habor waters. There are several public swimming areas like this.

 
The dual Cactus Towers are residential.

Walking back to the ship after the last ferry stop, we appreciated that there was art even in this inductrial zone. We had about eight miles on the pedometer. The next day was Oslo, Norway.