Tag: Copenhagen
Copenhagen IV: Matador
Det praktiske ved dig er at de har Deres egen skov (“The practical thing about you is that you have your own forest”, S4E6) 1978-1982. 4 Seasons of 6 episodes. The show every Dane has apparently watched, which makes a lot of sense now. Could have been the story of this family: Feeling more Danish.
Copenhagen III: Helsingør Maritime Museum
Hamlet’s castle is not technically in CPH, but it is just up the “whisky belt” – Strandvejen, or “Beach Road”, passing Hellerup; Charlottenlund; Rungsted, where Karen Blixen’s small herregård is now a museum; Humlebæk, home to Louisiana; and finally Elsinore, where the museum is located underground about 20m from the castle. Image below possibly a…
Copenhagen II
Part of UN City Copenhagen, apparently the biggest humanitarian warehouse in the world: Bit difficult to square with its proximity to what used to be a cruise terminal and now an exclusive Padel club. We didn’t see limousines, but plenty of Teslas.
Insights from a Danish Architect
Svend and Wai Ling Hvass lived in Swaziland when we were younger (possibly left late 80s?). Their son Hans was a best friend of sorts: his grandfather in Denmark sent Danish Donald Duck (Anders And) comics every week, and I got to share the stash, not to mention the strange delight of my friend peppering…