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Hornbaek

Situated on the idyllic Danish Riviera in the Helsingor municipality is Hornbaek, an old fishing village transformed into a popular seaside holiday destination. In the 18th century, the small town caught the attention of artists from Copenhagen looking for a scenic spot where they can spend their holidays and find new inspiration. Some of the famous Danish artists who spent time in Hornbaek include Kristian Zahrtmann, Peder Severin Kroyer, Stig Lommer and Carl Locher. […]

Tisvildeleje

Craig Hewitt

Lying along the stretch of 230 kilometers of picturesque coastline known as the Danish Riviera in North Sealand is the quaint seaside village of Tisvildeleje. […]

The Royal Cast Collection

Craig Hewitt

A branch of the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), the Royal Cast Collection can be considered as a precursor to the famous Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. It is a massive collection of some of the oldest plaster casts and sculpture representing over 4000 years of history. […]

National Museum of Photography

Craig Hewitt

The National Royal Library of Denmark has been the main repository of photographic artwork since 1839 – its collection is made up of over 18 million photographs. In 1996, the National Danish Museum of Photography was founded and housed in the basement of the modernist waterfront building the Black Diamond, built as an extension to the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen. […]

Lolland

Craig Hewitt

Largely undiscovered by tourists, Lolland is one of the island gems in southern Denmark in the Baltic Sea. While it is mostly flat, it still boasts of an amazing landscape where one gets the best of what Mother Nature has to offer – wide and rolling expanse of wheat fields, stretches of beautiful coastlines and sandy beaches, forested lands and picturesque parks. Lolland has a population of about 66,000 and made up of eight towns: Bandholm, Guldborg, Kragenaes, Maribo, Nakskov, Nysted, Rodby and Sakskobing. […]

Dansehallerne

Craig Hewitt

The old mineral water bottling factory of Carlsberg has been given a graceful transformation as Denmark’s (and all of Northern Europe’s) largest institution for modern dance: the DANSEhallerne. Situated on the edge of Vesterbro in Copenhagen, this is the home of the three biggest and well-known dance companies in the country: Dansescenen, Danish Dance Theatre and the House of Dance.
The building has two performance stages: the Store Carl (Large Carl) and the Lille Carl (Small Carl). […]

The Eco-village of Dyssekilde

Craig Hewitt

If you think that the term “eco-village” is a concept that is just recently being bandied about or that it is merely a passing fancy for environmental activists, then take a closer look at Dyssekilde. Tucked in between Frederiksvaerk and Hundested is a small community that has been successfully living on the essential principles of an ecological society for over 25 years. Okosamfundet Dyssekilde is one of Denmark’s oldest eco-villages, made up of 74 unique and sustainably-designed dwellings built on an old potato field in Torup Town. […]

Orestad, the new city

Craig Hewitt

Copenhagen is one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic cities and a proud testament to that is the impressive expansion called Orestad, located on the district of Amager Vest. This developing suburb is being hailed as an urban planning success where in about 20 years about 20,000 people are expected to live and over 80,000 will find work in the area. It is connected to the city proper through the Copenhagen Metro and is also accessible via the Oresund Railway, while the Copenhagen Airport is close by. […]

Helsingor

Craig Hewitt

Welcome to Hamlet’s hometown, the idyllic Helsingor (or “Elsinore” as Shakespeare called it) in North Zealand. Visitors come to this city located 45 kilometers north of Copenhagen mainly for its royal jewel, the Kronborg Castle, the setting of William Shakespeare’s tragic play, Hamlet and the burial grounds for Denmark’s legendary hero Holger the Dane. But there is more to this historical area that dates as far back as 70 A.D. […]

Bornholm Island

Craig Hewitt

Geographically it lies nearer to Sweden but make no mistake – “The Pearl of the Baltic” is part of Denmark, and a prized jewel at that. The island located in the Baltic Sea has been the subject of centuries of dispute among Lubeck, Sweden and Denmark and in various times has been taken over by force. But in 1658, the people of Bornholm rose up in revolt and Sweden finally ceded the island to Denmark. […]