Bye, bye Norway. Hello Denmark!

Sunny day for the crossing

Good parking spot for the night Rasteplads på Margueritruten

Today we drove to Copenhagen to Ishoj Strand Camping and went for a walk towards the sea.

We were on a bridge and thought „funny, what’s that?“

There’s more down there

It’s Oscar!

Oscar under the bridge, one of the 6 forgotten giant trolls.

Maybe Oscar has been playing with the streetlights?

The Arken museum of modern art

Walking back to the campsite

Strolling towards the design museum we found this cosy street with the houses all painted the same. What can it be?

And what is the mound covered in spontaneous vegetation?

We were baffled until a uniformed soldier came along and explained that they were built in the 17th & 18th centuries for sailors. Amazingly after 300 years they still serve as homes for Danish military personnel. Oh and the mound is of course a bunker. Our soldier was very happy to be living there, right in the middle of Copenhagen.

This chair marks the entrance to the design museum.

WHAT TRULY MATTERS?
Every day, we humans are influenced consciously and unconsciously by our surroundings, relationships, personal stories, news, advertising and social media. Anxiety, stress, addiction and depression are on the rise in today’s society.
As a response to this, Aepenton’s iconic medicine vials with different label texts and box with question cards are invitations to self-reflection and new conversations about physical, emotional and spiritual needs and challenges and what meaning they can have for us humans and our actions.

GROW YOUR OWN CHAIR IN THE FUTURE?
This chair is made from the bio-based materials mycelium and organic hemp textile. The chair is grown in a closed box at carefully controlled temperature and humidity levels over a period of three to four weeks. The chair is then taken out, and the shape is adjusted before the material dries out. Mycelium is incredibly hard-wearing and durable.

Inspired by forms found in nature, Soft Structures examines how new technology facilitates a new mode of expression where complexity is no longer an obstacle but rather a potential. A reused and upcycled polylactic acid (PLA) material has been used for the project. Not to mention Gerhild being reused as a model.

What can you make with Gerhild‘s phone and the camper keys?

Patterned material for my next shirt.

What mistake did the designer of this chair make?

Choose your favourite.

This is Gerhild‘s favourite.

Designed by Barbara Brown in 1969.
The spectacular three-dimensional motif has a repeat that is 62 cm in height and as wide as the fabric. Groovy innit?

Today we went to Copenhagen Contemporary in Refshaleøen, on the site of a shipyard which went bankrupt in 1996.

But first we visited the street food market for some Nepalese curry.

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Coffee on the longest table ever!

Work by Kapwani Kiwanga

Gerhild behind Sunset Horizon

Experimenting with single colours

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A Danish campervan.

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Interesting candle holder.

Loud and lusty young Danes celebrating the end of their life as schoolchildren.

Leaving the station for the Fotografisk Center with „the cactus“ in the background.

By Peter Funch from his „The Imperfect Atlas“

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The old meat processing district is full of places to eat. This looked delicious and tasted delicious too!

In Nordvest there is street art on the end of every block along two streets.

Simple looking housing made much more fun by adding a picture.

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Just a few of the 16 works along these two streets, all by different artists.

Today, once the rain had let up, we walked to the Arken museum. They are currently showing Anish Kapoor.

S-curve. What could be more interesting than us, ourselves?

At the edge of the world. It looks like a giant priest‘s hat to me.

Destierro. (exile)

This was a nice surprise. The Walthamstow Tapestry by Grayson Perry.

Echoes of the Bayeaux Tapestry.

Stuffed full of brand names illustrating our consumerism.

On the way to Christiania (how do you like the stairway to heaven)

Vor Freisers Kirke

Gerhild’s latest 2nd hand shop trophy

The world is in our hands

A bridge by Olafur Eliasson

How do curves make you feel? Part of a free guided tour through the architecture centre.

What about cosy recesses?

Kim trying out a space for the modern teenager.

Strong colours and mirrors anyone?

Most buildings need stairs.

Another approach to stairs.

You can see this place from miles away, but what is it? It’s called Copenhill.

It’s a waste incinerator, turning rubbish into useful energy.

The internal bits which you can see as the lift takes you up.

It also has an all-weather ski slope and a terrifying 80 m climbing wall.

The view from the top with a faint smell of empty dustbins.

Coming down to earth we popped in to Den Frie.

A small, wooden-built 19th century museum, focussing on contemporary art. It was built by artists and is owned by an artists‘ association.

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On the way out of Copenhagen we visited Kaptajn Nalle.

He‘s near the cruise ship parking.

Then we dropped in to the Ordrupgaard Museum

… to see Ai Weiwei‘s Water Lillies

As you get closer you can eventually see what it’s made of.

And you can have a go yourself…

Quiet place to spend the night.

Ostsee Camping Zierow

The day started with rain in Denmark and ended with sunshine on the beach in Zierow.

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So many butterflies along the beach today.

Wismar old town

Blowing bubbles in Wismar harbour

Late evening on the beach

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