Denmark - 1985
Taking long service leave for the middle school term in 1985 I went on my first trip to Europe.
(A 13-week Melbourne - Bangkok - Hong Kong -Taipei - Japan - Trans Siberian Railway - UK - Athens - Israel -
Egypt - Western Europe - Singapore - Melbourne trip.)
From Volderdam in The Netherlands we travelled northwards across the barrier between the Zuyder Zee and the North Sea
and through West Germany to Puttgarden where we caught the ferry Theodor Heuss to Denmark.
We crossed over some brigdes and islands on our way to Copenhagen.
Copenhagen
The Little Mermaid was modelled on a Royal Danish Ballet dancer and was built in 1913.
Calsberg Brewery
Warehouses built in 1788.
This church which was designed by the architect Klint was simple and impressive. It was very light inside.
A guard at the Danish Royal Palace.
Danish taxpayers on the Danish Parliament building in Copenhagen.
A new fountain in Copenhagen.
The Gefion fountain.
Tivoli Gardens.
The Royal Danish Yacht.
A World War II mine.
A nursing mother of 10 at the Calsberg Museum, Copenhagen.
At Fredericksborg Castle, 20km from Copenhagen.
Plaster moulded deer with real antlers on the wall of Fredericksburg Castle.
Canola plants growing in the Danish countryside.
Thatched houses in a Danish fishing village.
Kronberg castle is the castle that Shakespeare's Hamlet is based on. Building started in 1584.
One tower is a lighthouse and another a pigeon loft that was used extensively in WW I to pass messages.
A narrow straight that separates Denmark from Sweden. Danish rulers used to collect taxes from passing ships.
From Copenhagen we retraced our path back across the Danish bridges and islands to the Danish Jutland peninsula
and into West Germany past Hamburg and on to Hannover.
Taking long service leave for the middle school term in 1985 I went on my first trip to Europe.
(A 13-week Melbourne - Bangkok - Hong Kong -Taipei - Japan - Trans Siberian Railway - UK - Athens - Israel -
Egypt - Western Europe - Singapore - Melbourne trip.)
From Volderdam in The Netherlands we travelled northwards across the barrier between the Zuyder Zee and the North Sea
and through West Germany to Puttgarden where we caught the ferry Theodor Heuss to Denmark.
We crossed over some brigdes and islands on our way to Copenhagen.
Copenhagen
The Little Mermaid was modelled on a Royal Danish Ballet dancer and was built in 1913.
Calsberg Brewery
Warehouses built in 1788.
This church which was designed by the architect Klint was simple and impressive. It was very light inside.
A guard at the Danish Royal Palace.
Danish taxpayers on the Danish Parliament building in Copenhagen.
A new fountain in Copenhagen.
The Gefion fountain.
Tivoli Gardens.
The Royal Danish Yacht.
A World War II mine.
A nursing mother of 10 at the Calsberg Museum, Copenhagen.
At Fredericksborg Castle, 20km from Copenhagen.
Plaster moulded deer with real antlers on the wall of Fredericksburg Castle.
Canola plants growing in the Danish countryside.
Thatched houses in a Danish fishing village.
Kronberg castle is the castle that Shakespeare's Hamlet is based on. Building started in 1584.
One tower is a lighthouse and another a pigeon loft that was used extensively in WW I to pass messages.
A narrow straight that separates Denmark from Sweden. Danish rulers used to collect taxes from passing ships.
From Copenhagen we retraced our path back across the Danish bridges and islands to the Danish Jutland peninsula
and into West Germany past Hamburg and on to Hannover.
