Image credit: Constantin Hansen (1837). Image located at the National Museum of Art in Copenhagen.
Egeskov Castle is a Danishcastle located on the island of Funen. The castle is constructed on oakenpiles and located in a small lake of maximum depth five meters. Originally, the only access was by means of a drawbridge. According to legend, it took an entire forest of oak trees to build the foundation, hence the name Egeskov (literally: Oak forest).
The coronation of King Christian IV, 29 August 1596. Painting by Otto Bache (1887).
Photo credit: Otto Bache (1887). Image located at the
Frederiksborg
Museum.
Otto Bache: "The conspirators riding from Finderup barn following the murder of Eric Klipping".
Image credit: Otto Bache (1882). Image located at the
Frederiksborg
Museum.
The
Germanic Iron Age
). The original golden horns were stolen in 1802 and subsequently destroyed by the thief, Niels Heidenreich, who subsequently served 37 years in jail. A replica set was created in the 1860s, and two additional sets were created in 1980.
The oldest set of replicas were stolen from the Kongernes Jelling museum on 17 September 2007. The Danish National Museum states that the replicas have little monetary value as they are made of gild silver in contrast to the originals that were solid gold. They were recovered by Danish police on 19 September 2007.
The theatre Fair Play in Holbæk. The theatre ensemble is a touring ensemble, which has specialized in children and youth stage shows. This building is their home-stage where they practices and perform shows.
Sortebrødre church in
Danish reformation
.
The harbour of
Region Nordjylland. Hanstholm is a small town and a former island, parts of the area has been elevated to connected it to the rest of Vendsyssel
The Øresund Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden. The city in the horizon is Malmö in Sweden. The two islands belong to Denmark; to the right is the artificially created Peberholm, to the left is the nature preserve, Saltholm.
A Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) yawning. Pictured in the Afrika exhibition at Copenhagen Zoo.
The old buildings on the central square Gråbrødre Torv in central Copenhagen. With one exception, all these buildings are built 1729-1732. The exception is the leftmost building, which is build in 1800.
Rundetårn (lit. the round tower) is a 34,8 metre high tower in the central Copenhagen. It was built on order from king Christian IV between 1637 and 1642.
Kongens Nytorv in central Copenhagen. In December an ice-skating arena is erected for public use. To the left the Royal Theatre is visible and in the background the shopping mall Magasin du Nord.
Jul dinner with traditional dishes: Duck with stuffing made of apples and prunes, roast pork with crackling, potatoes fried in caramel, sweet and sour red cabbage and gravy. The traditional Christmas decoration colors are red, gold and white. The dessert is a traditional dish called risalamande (variant of rice pudding
).
Current picture:
"Palmestranden" (lit. "Palm Beach") in
Phoenix Canariensis) are only on the beach in the summer-time; at winter they are stored in a non-public accessible winter garden