[Leica] Nathan's PAD 4/4/2021: my last morning in Copenhagen

[Alan Magayne-Roshak]

On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 10:52 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> On Sunday I woke up early and had time for a nice, cold and sunny morning
> walk in the empty streets around the hotel.
>
> I walk a few hundred meters towards the Danish parliament. This entrance
> is called the Marble Bridge:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-gfDzXmH/A
>
> Looking left from the Marble Bridge, there was a nice view of another
> bridge, called the Storm Bridge, and the colourful houses on Nybrogade:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-DJtsHQg/A
>
> The square in front of the Parliament building, Christiansborg Slotsplads.
> It contains all three branches of government: the Parliament, the Supreme
> Court, and the Queen?s representation space, used for gala dinners for
> visiting heads of state (her residence, Amalienborg, is about 1 km away):
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-CP4GFTv/A
>
> Entrance to the Queen?s part of Christiansborg Castle. When a function is
> taking place, a military guard in a beautiful uniform and hat (but with a
> modern assault rifle) stands in the red enclosure:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-q8pbmpt/A
>
> It says something about Denmark that despite the security that is needed
> (the big stone balls in front of the Parliament building were installed
> after the various terrorist attacks around Europe in recent years using
> trucks or cars), one can still walk anywhere, right up to the door of
these
> institutions.
>
> After my walk, I returned to the hotel, check out, took the train to the
> airport and flew home to Alicante. No Covid accompanied me.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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Nathan, thanks for showing us these.  What a beautiful governmental
district.

-- 
Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
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