Monday, 10 september 2018
Copenhagen

I don‘t know if it’s appropriate to say, “in your face, Willie Brown,” but Copenhagen’s city hall is impressive:
and there are neat things inside.

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This staircase commemorates the workers who built it

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And at the bottom of an archway there are some lovely fish:

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For people who like mechanical wonders, there is a special room with a clock. It was completed in 1943 by Jens Olsen, and it tells the time anywhere in the world, very precisely. This is the back side where you can see all the gears:

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I also liked this model that was used to encourage funding of the project:

though I can’t explain the name.

 

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The Round Tower was built as an observatory, and is still used by amateur astronomers today.

Of course we climbed it.

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Instead of a staircase, there’s a long long ramp up the inside

with wonderfully well-worn bricks. The walls must have been painted within our lifetime, as they are as bright as this makes them seem. It feels much more northern than the French and Italian towers we’ve seen.

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Along the way up, you can branch off into what was once the University library, but is now an exhibition space

currently housing a terrific display of contemporary Danish tapestry. Though it may not seem so,

it’s all woven yarns and fabrics. Is this a winking eye, or am I too literal?