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Coast at Vorupør, north-western Danish coast.
This place is located in the middle of Thy National Park. There are countless hiking trails over dunes that will make any hiker's heart race. For the mood: open.spotify.com/track/1RHVadqESon8w2Yv7QSsjH?si=YoXg37D0... or youtu.be/RotOPe_FOnU?si=EF-Wi_GLi1eqnY5_
Freetown Christiania, also known as Christiania or simply Staden, is an intentional community and anarchist commune in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of the Danish capital city of Copenhagen. It began in 1971 as a squatted military base. Its main selling street, Pusher Street, was famous for its open illegal trade of cannabis until 2024, when a large portion of the trade was shut down in a collaborative effort between police and the majority of the inhabitants, with the street being physically dug up.
Denmark - Copenhagen
Raining day & Clouds
Day (5) Europe Trip
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Nyhavn is a 17th-century waterfront, canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Stretching from Kongens Nytorv to the Inner Harbour just south of the Royal Playhouse, it is lined by brightly coloured 17th and early 18th century townhouses and bars, cafes and restaurants. The canal harbours many historical wooden ships.
Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1675, dug by Danish soldiers and Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660. It is a gateway from the sea to the old inner city at Kongens Nytorv (King's Square), where ships handled cargo and fishermens' catch. It was notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for 18 years.
The first bridge across Nyhavn opened on 1874. It was a temporary wooden footbridge. It was replaced by the current bridge in 1912.
As ocean-going ships grew larger, Nyhavn was taken over by internal Danish small vessel freight traffic. After World War II land transport took over this role and small vessel traffic disappeared from the Port of Copenhagen, leaving Nyhavn largely deserted of ships.
In the mid-1960s, the Nyhavn Society was founded with the aim of revitalising the area. In 1977, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour by Copenhagen's Lord Mayor Egon Weidekamp. In 1980 Nyhavn quay was pedestrianised; it had been used as a parking area in the previous years which had coincided with a dwindling of harbour activities. Since then it has become a popular spot for tourists and locals alike, serving the function of a square according to architects Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzøe.
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The Great Belt Fixed Link (Danish: Storebæltsforbindelsen) is the fixed link between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen across the Great Belt. It consists of a road suspension bridge and railway tunnel between Zealand and the island Sprogø, as well as a box girder bridge between Sprogø and Funen. The "Great Belt Bridge" (Danish: Storebæltsbroen) commonly refers to the suspension bridge, although it may also be used to mean the beam bridge or the link in its entirety. The suspension bridge, known as the East Bridge, has the world's third longest main span (1.6 km). It is designed by the Danish architectural practice Dissing + Weitling.
The link replaces the ferry service which had been the primary means of crossing Great Belt for more than 100 years. After more than five decades of speculation and debate, the decision to construct the link was made in 1986;[1] while it was originally intended to complete the railway link three years before opening the road connection, the link was opened to rail traffic in 1997 and road traffic in 1998. At an estimated cost of DKK 21.4 billion (1988 prices),[2] the link is the largest construction project in Danish history.[3]
Its operation and maintenance are performed by A/S Storebælt under Sund & Bælt. Its construction and maintenance are financed by tolls on vehicles and trains.
The link has reduced travel times significantly; previously taking about an hour by ferry, the Great Belt can now be crossed in about 10 minutes. The construction of the Great Belt Fixed Link and the Øresund Bridge have, together, enabled one to drive from Mainland Europe to Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia.
Denmark is a coastal town located on Wilson Inlet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, 423 kilometres south-south-east of the state capital of Perth. At the 2016 census, Denmark had a population of 2,558; however, the population can be several times the base population during tourist seasons
Denmark Hill is a busy station in the London Borough of Southwark, used for over five million journeys every year. It is less than five minutes’ walk from the King’s College and Maudsley hospitals and the Denmark Hill campus of King’s College London.
The London, Chatham and Dover Railway began construction of Denmark Hill Station in 1864 as part of their line from Victoria to Herne Hill, with the station opening to traffic on 1st December 1865.
A classy guy biking over the Knippels Bro in Copenhagen, Denmark. Testing out the Canon 80D compared to the Fujifilm X-T20, Canon got some longer prime lenses good for bike photography.
Check out my blog post here about bike photography in Copenhagen.
The photo is under Creative Commons license, use it as you will for free, just give credit :-)
Keywords: bike, bicycle, cykel, copenhagen, københavn, knippels bro, guy, mand, danmark, denmark, canon 80d, canon ef 135mm f2 usm
Dinamarca - Ribe
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Ribe (Danish pronunciation: [ˈʁiːbə]; German: Ripen) is a Danish town in south-west Jutland.
Ribe is the oldest extant town in Denmark, established in the early eighth century in the Germanic Iron Age. Established in the first decade of the eighth century and first attested in a document dated 854; Ribe is the oldest extant town in Denmark (and in Scandinavia).
When Ansgar the Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, set out on the "Mission to bring Christianity to the North", he made a request in about 860, to King Horik II of Denmark, that the first Scandinavian church be built in Ribe. This was not coincidental, since Ribe already at that point was one of the most important trade cities in Scandinavia. However the presence of a bishop, and thus a cathedral, in Ribe can only be confirmed from the year 948. Recent archaeological excavations in Ribe have however led to the discovery of between 2,000 and 3,000 Christian graves. They have been dated to the ninth century indicating that a large Christian community was already living peacefully together with the Vikings at the time. Excavations conducted between 2008 and 2012 have also revealed more details of the original church built by Ansgar.
The town has many well-preserved old buildings, Ribe Cathedral, and about 110 houses are under Heritage Protection. Denmark's oldest town hall is found on the town's Von Støckens Plads. The building was erected in 1496, and was purchased by the city for use as a town hall in 1709.
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Ribe ( pronunciación danés: [ʁiːbə] ; alemán : Ripen ) es una ciudad danesa en el sudoeste de Jutlandia.
Ribe es la ciudad más antigua existente en Dinamarca, establecida a principios del siglo VIII en la Edad de Hierro germánica. Establecido en la primera década del siglo VIII y atestiguado por primera vez en un documento fechado en 854; Ribe es la ciudad más antigua existente en Dinamarca (y en Escandinavia).
Cuando Ansgar, el arzobispo de Hamburgo-Bremen , se embarcó en la "Misión para llevar el cristianismo al norte ", solicitó alrededor del año 860 al rey Horik II de Dinamarca que se construyera la primera iglesia escandinava en Ribe. Esto no fue una coincidencia, ya que Ribe ya en ese momento era una de las ciudades comerciales más importantes de Escandinavia. Sin embargo, la presencia de un obispo, y por lo tanto una catedral, en Ribe solo puede confirmarse desde el año 948. Sin embargo, recientes excavaciones arqueológicas en Ribe han llevado al descubrimiento de entre 2.000 y 3.000 tumbas cristianas. Se han fechado en el siglo IX, lo que indica que una gran comunidad cristiana ya vivía pacíficamente junto con los vikingos en ese momento. Las excavaciones realizadas entre 2008 y 2012 también revelaron más detalles de la iglesia original construida por Ansgar.
La ciudad tiene muchos edificios antiguos bien conservados, la Catedral de Ribe , y alrededor de 110 casas están bajo Protección del Patrimonio. El ayuntamiento más antiguo de Dinamarca se encuentra en la ciudad de Von Støckens Plads. El edificio fue erigido en 1496 y fue comprado por la ciudad para ser utilizado como ayuntamiento en 1709.
Dinamarca - Jelling
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Jelling is located in Vejle municipality and Region of Southern Denmark. The town is mainly famous for the Jelling stones, national monuments. Until the Municipal Reform of 2007 on 1 January 2007, Jelling was the capital of Jelling municipality. Jelling was also the only town in the former Vejle County headquarters for a bank – Jelling Sparekasse, which had its headquarters in the town until 2007 when it merged with Den Jyske Sparekasse, headquartered in Grindsted. Jelling Sparekasse's slogan was: "If king Gorm was alive today ... we would probably be the country's National Bank." One source at least claims that Jelling was the capital of an ancient kingdom of Denmark that was known as Jellund.
Jelling is an old and important historical town in the history of Denmark. In the Viking Age it served as the royal seat of the first Monarchs of the Kingdom of Denmark. Jelling is the site of a large stone ship and two large burial mounds, the Jelling stones and Jelling Church which are an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994. In the North Mound, built between 958 and 959 CE (possibly for King Gorm of Denmark), an empty burial chamber was found. The South Mound was built around 970 and contains no burial. Beneath the two mounds is a large stone ship from around the end of the 9th century. Between the two mounds stands two rune stones, the Jelling stones. Near the stones, Gorm's son King Harald Bluetooth built a wooden church (965), and beneath it reinterred (965–966) the remains of his father.
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Jelling es una aldea situada en la municipalidad de Vejle, Dinamarca, en la península de Jutlandia. En un principio la capital vikinga de Dinamarca, hoy es una pequeña aldea.
En Jelling se encuentra el túmulo del rey Gorm de Dinamarca y su esposa Thyra, padres del rey Harald I, quien además erigió un monasterio cristiano en el mismo emplazamiento, y que forma parte del conjunto declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por Unesco.1
Harald también erigió las Piedras de Jelling, en las que figuraba la siguiente inscripción: “El Rey Harald ordenó construir este monumento en honor a Gorm, su padre, y a Thyra, su madre; el mismo Harald que para sí conquistó toda Dinamarca y Noruega, y a los daneses hizo cristianos.”
Esta declaración es conocida como el Bautismo de Dinamarca. Las Piedras de Jelling son consideradas las inscripciones rúnicas en piedra más famosas de Dinamarca.