Portal:Denmark/Selected picture/Archive/2008

Denmark Portal selected picture archive: 2008

This is the selected picture archive, for the Denmark portal.

Constantin Hansen: "A company of Danish artists in Rome".

Lying on the floor is the architect Bindesbøll. From left to right: Constantin Hansen, Rørbye, Marstrand, Küchler, Blunck and Jørgen Sonne.

Image credit: Constantin Hansen (1837). Image located at the National Museum of Art in Copenhagen.

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Wind turbines on the west coast of Jutland.

Photo credit: Ecki

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Constantin Hansen: "The Constitutional Assembly of 1848".

Photo credit: Constantin Hansen (1861-65). Image located at the Frederiksborg Museum.

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Egeskov Castle is a Danish castle located on the island of Funen. The castle is constructed on oaken piles 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).

Photo credit: Malene Thyssen.

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The Copenhagen Opera House.

Photo credit: Thue

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The Copenhagen Opera House.

Photo credit: Thue

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Nyhavn.

Photo credit: Srvora

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Harlequin and Columbine from the mime theater at Tivoli.

Photo credit: Malene Thyssen

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Silent movie star Asta Nielsen..

Photo credit: The United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division

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Summer Evening on the Beach at Skagen by Peder Severin Krøyer..

Photo credit: Den Hirschsprungske Samling, Copenhagen

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Summer Evening on the Beach at Skagen by Peder Severin Krøyer..

Photo credit: Den Hirschsprungske Samling, Copenhagen

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Summer Evening on the Beach at Skagen by Peder Severin Krøyer..

Photo credit: Den Hirschsprungske Samling, Copenhagen

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Summer Evening on the Beach at Skagen by Peder Severin Krøyer..

Photo credit: Den Hirschsprungske Samling, Copenhagen

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Seal of the National Museum of Denmark..

Illustration from an article Fra den sidste Tid written by Erik Schiødte and published in "Tidsskrift for Kunstindustri", 1893

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Egeskov Slot

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The entrenchment Nordre Skanse (built 1627–1629) in Frederikshavn.

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Danish naval vessel Vædderen returning to Denmark after sailing 72,876 km for the research expedition Galathea 3.

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Danish maritime colours

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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The district Nyboder from 1631 in central Copenhagen

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The lowland area Højsande on the Danish island Læsø

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Ecological garden made with the Eurasian steppes as a model

Ecological garden in Odder, made with the Eurasian steppes as a model

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The old buildings on the central square Gråbrødre Torv in central Copenhagen.
With one exception, all these buildings were built 1729–1732. The exception is the leftmost building, which was built in 1800.

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57°03′11″N 9°55′13″E / 57.053039°N 9.920271°E. Aalborg, placed on the south side of Limfjorden, one early fall morning. In the center of the picture, the restaurant ship, a former icebreaker, Elbjørn is visible.

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55°41′14″N 12°25′03″E / 55.687146°N 12.417431°E. Ox Mountain (Danish: Oxbjerget) is 15 metres high man-made hill. It is made of 400,000 m³ dirt and gravel, in the period 1968 - 1972. Highest point: 38 m above sea level.

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56°45′19″N 10°17′40″E / 56.755306°N 10.294306°E. The church of Als in Mariagerfjord municipality. The church, dating to the 11th century, is built in the traditional classic style, typical of Danish churches of that time.

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57°27′38″N 10°32′26″E / 57.460641°N 10.540522°E. "Palmestranden" (lit. "Palm Beach") in Frederikshavn. The artificial planted palms (Trachycarpus Fortunei and Phoenix Canariensis) are only on the beach in the summer-time; at winter they are stored in a non-public accessible winter garden.

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55°41′19″N 12°36′22″E / 55.688709°N 12.606184°E. The former central guardhouse of Holmen naval base in Copenhagen, known as under kronen (lit. beneath the crown). It was built in 1744 by architect Philip de Lange.

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55°40′32″N 12°35′02″E / 55.675490°N 12.583963°E. The national Danish Stock Exchange Børsen. Built by king Christian IV in 1619-1640, it housed the Danish stock-market until 1974. Today it houses the private organisation Handelskammeret.

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55°41′12″N 12°33′56″E / 55.686665°N 12.565423°E. People at the brink of Sortedam Sø, one of the four (actually five) squared lakes in inner Copenhagen. The pathways around the lakes are almost crowded on warm days, mainly occupied by joggers, runners and common pedestrians.

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55°41′08″N 12°34′25″E / 55.685448°N 12.573595°E. The University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden (Danish: Botanisk have) is a botanical garden lying near the center of Copenhagen. The garden is part of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, which is itself part of the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Science.

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57°02′35″N 9°55′01″E / 57.042936°N 9.916942°E. Intercity train from the largest train operator in Denmark, DSB, at Aalborg railway station. The train itself is the Bombardier IC3 type.

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57°36′21″N 10°14′03″E / 57.605833°N 10.234167°E. Tversted lakes, two small lakes in Hjørring municipality in Region Nordjylland on the north coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark

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54°56′31″N 8°48′29″E / 54.942°N 8.807944°E. An empty pedestrian street in the southern Jutland township of Møgeltønder. Møgeltønder is known for the housing of Schackenborg Castle - the residence of the danish prince Joachim.

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55°21′25″N 11°01′09″E / 55.357°N 11.019278°E. The Great Belt Bridge, which connects the island Zealand with Funen and the rest of Denmark across the Great Belt.

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55°41′28″N 12°32′11″E / 55.691014°N 12.536392°E.The four lane bride Bispeengbuen, which is one of the main traffic channels to central Copenhagen. Following this road (which changes names a few times) leads one to Rådhuspladsen beside Copenhagen City Hall at the town center.

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Brysterne

57°26′28″N 10°32′07″E / 57.441071°N 10.535152°E.The statues/fountains Brysterne (lit. the Boobs) in Frederikshavn, sculptured by artist Villy Rossel. The statues was made to raise awareness of breast cancer.

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55°25′07″N 9°33′56″E / 55.418639°N 9.565547°E.The memorial on Skamlingsbanken between Kolding and Christiansfeld. The memorial was raised in honour of 18 danes who had done some commendable actions in Schleswig in 1863. It was destroyed by the Germans in 1864, during the Second Schleswig War but was re-raised in 1865.

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55°42′55″N 11°43′23″E / 55.715363°N 11.723124°E. 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.

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56°26′57″N 9°24′37″E / 56.449167°N 9.410139°E. Sortebrødre church in Viborg. The church was built in the early 13th century for the Dominican Order as a monastery, but was transformed to a protestant Lutheran church in 1529 during the Danish reformation.

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57°07′01″N 8°35′43″E / 57.117°N 8.595278°E. The harbour of Hanstholm in Thisted municipality 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.

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56°41′15″N 9°11′28″E / 56.687633°N 9.191219°E. The old manor Hessel in Farsø, Vesthimmerland Municipality. The manor dates back to 1391 and serves as a farming museum these days.

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55°21′16″N 8°27′48″E / 55.354547°N 8.463437°E. Windmill in Sønderho, Fanø, Denmark. Dutch type, built in 1895 to replace an older mill destroyed by fire in 1894.

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55°40′53″N 12°34′33″E / 55.681389°N 12.575833°E. Rundetårn (lit. the "round tower") is a 34.8-metre-high tower in central Copenhagen. It was built on order from King Christian IV between 1637 and 1642.

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55°41′17″N 12°36′21″E / 55.688091°N 12.605823°E. Mastekranen (lit. the crane for masts) on Holmen in Copenhagen. Build in 1746 to serve the Danish navy during the rapid in colonisation of Africa and the Caribbean.

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55°40′49″N 12°35′11″E / 55.680322°N 12.586511°E 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.

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Danish christmas dinner with traditional Christmas 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).

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