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Colourful Copenhagen

Lined on both sides with colourful houses, this 300m long canal, known as the New Harbour, was dug by soldiers between 1671 and 1673 and was designed to enable ships to deliver merchandise into the centre of Copenhagen. Today stylish yachts and old wooden boats are moored at many of the quays. Filled with bars, cafés and restaurants, this place is now one of the city's most well-known districts and is especially popular on warm summer evenings. It is difficult to believe that the area was once notorious for its seedy pubs and brothels packed with sailors.

 

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Uploaded on June 26, 2015
Taken on June 2, 2015