Thursday 19 July 2012

The 6 day trip to Denmark and the United Kingdom - the evening of the second day - The Radhuspladsen, Nytorv and Ortedsparken - the 20th of June 2012



After having left the Tivoli grounds we walked into the Radhuspladsen, where we hadn't been before despite the Hotel's proximity. 

It looked just as it been described - a pedestrianised area with the red-brick City Hall inspired by Italian buildings incorporating some Danish Medieval architectural elements, at whose entrance stood the 1923 Dragon's leap fountain and a little further to the side the 1914 column featuring two bronze figures of Vikings blowing their horns.

































... Blowing their Pan flutes were a few South American musicians standing right in the middle of the square, where quite a few young people sat on the ground.

























We stood there for a while trying to "breathe in" the evening atmosphere, before we headed towards Nytorv where we came across a photo journalism exhibition, which was shocking and yet revealing of one of the Danish photojournalists who has covered conflicts all over the world, Jan Dago.


The "In a rain of red dust and  guilt" though not intended to be a full coverage of what Dago's life and work was as a photojournalist provided a fairly good insight of the type of different conflicts he witnessed and certainly the degree of awareness he would want to convey.














































We then decided to start making our way towards the Botanical Garden by walking along Norregade until we reached St. Peter's church, which we saw just from the outside and the University area.


















We soon found ourselves close to the Round Tower, which I wouldn't be visiting then, (though I was then beginning to doubt if I ever) before heading towards the Ortedsparken.









We realised that our capital city would never be able to be compared with most Northern European cities, as far as the number of parks and open areas was concerned ... and I didn't think it had anything to do with the city's size ...

















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