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DENMARK | by Freki
Welcome to FREKI'S DENMARK http://i31.tinypic.com/24yaaup.jpg My new thread where all my pics from everywhere in the nation outside of Copenhagen will go :) |
On April 21st I took a long drive to the northern shores of my island Zealand and visited a few places - we start with Gilleleje a cozy fishing village 45min north of Copenhagen GILLELEJE The northernmost point on the island of Zealand and a very cozy traditional habour village http://i28.tinypic.com/2emgdap.jpg The northernmost point - Sweden in the horrizon http://i31.tinypic.com/16gewer.jpg A lighthouse http://i26.tinypic.com/ruwm1d.jpg The habour http://i31.tinypic.com/34iiwm0.jpg The old town.. http://i29.tinypic.com/fei5br.jpg http://i30.tinypic.com/90r488.jpg http://i29.tinypic.com/30rpli9.jpg http://i26.tinypic.com/16ks5tl.jpg http://i31.tinypic.com/2u8xxm0.jpg http://i29.tinypic.com/22zur4.jpg http://i32.tinypic.com/29hffl.jpg "Skyline" :D http://i27.tinypic.com/14m8hub.jpg http://i26.tinypic.com/spag7o.jpg Cozy streets, nice old houses and a nice beach but a bit dead, atleast in April :) |
Small danish towns like that are cozy. :)
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great photos
so Colorful, so beautiful, such great looking houses. I always wanted Scandinavia so badly. Norway, Denmark, and Sweden just seem incredible! |
Certainly looks like a ver nice place when the weather is good, which seems to be represented in those pix.
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Thanks guys! :cheers:
Rågeleje Moving west of Gilleleje we get to a larger 'summer home' area Rågeleje with a new lovely beach promonade and some funky terrain http://i31.tinypic.com/2iqmtlx.jpg The route west of Gilleleje is very scenic with the ocean on your right and nice homes and hills on your left http://i31.tinypic.com/2enx72a.jpg Ta da!!! Rågeleje downtown!!! :) http://i26.tinypic.com/rv9jcy.jpg Yeah.. it's not exactly the urban feel people come here for, but the promonade is nice http://i31.tinypic.com/209py0w.jpg http://i28.tinypic.com/ftkml4.jpg And the beach is lovely http://i25.tinypic.com/29xj2hs.jpg http://i30.tinypic.com/abijao.jpg The air is warm, but the water is still a tad too cold for me http://i29.tinypic.com/k2bmad.jpg Rotten old shack blocking my view http://i32.tinypic.com/2j4oj2s.jpg Moving a bit west we get to a nice hilly area http://i30.tinypic.com/2e3dbpx.jpg With a nice path to the ocean http://i30.tinypic.com/1z4d6cp.jpg Perfect kite weather it seems http://i26.tinypic.com/2uhwn7t.jpg The shore.. http://i26.tinypic.com/95mvkg.jpg Some dude out fishing.. http://i27.tinypic.com/11vnlvq.jpg More shore.. http://i25.tinypic.com/2qnsbh5.jpg And time to head back to the car.. http://i28.tinypic.com/21n3b5s.jpg All in all a very lovely place - I especially enjoyed the hilly area - it seemed perfect for a picnic :) |
i can definitely live in a place like that. kinda reminds me of the new england coast.
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Anyway I like it up there but I don't think I could live there - I'm an apartment and city person.. But a 'summer house' up there would be nice - it's only a 45-55min drive from where I live, so perfect for the weekends :) |
Tisvildeleje Moving even further west along the coast we come to another small coastal town Tisvildeleje http://i30.tinypic.com/6ejb6h.jpg The town itself isn't anything special - pretty much just summer homes for Copehageners, but the beach is sweet! http://i30.tinypic.com/1yl5l4.jpg http://i31.tinypic.com/1hwlfk.jpg http://i27.tinypic.com/9gzk1j.jpg Wooded houses are fairly common up here - a nice example http://i30.tinypic.com/16h11j9.jpg As high as posible seems to be the goal http://i26.tinypic.com/2lwodwo.jpg http://i30.tinypic.com/qqep9e.jpg Old traditional house for this part of the kingdom.. http://i30.tinypic.com/qrkppk.jpg Spring - finally! :) http://i27.tinypic.com/21n38es.jpg Empty parking lot - won't stay like that for long anymore.. http://i31.tinypic.com/k50w0w.jpg huge white bird tracks? :) http://i30.tinypic.com/nc0278.jpg End of the road :) http://i27.tinypic.com/k9cljt.jpg |
awesome. I love the beach shots, I had no idea the water was so blue over there. Keep them coming!
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We have very shallow waters with lots of sand - it's not "tropical green" but it does the trick :) Sadly we get lots of algees along the summer because of those conditions - but at this time of year it's perfect - except 10C too cold :) |
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btw, the second beach is just as nice. :tup: |
Looks a bit boring - maybe because I'm so used to these kinds of landscapes. :)
Great pics nonetheless, and Nordre Själland looks cosy. |
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I work with many who lives in small rural towns and have more than an hour to work - it's certainly not for me, but if they want it like that then by all means.. A problem for me with those places is that we do have fairly long and dark winters here - we rarely get any snow so instead there's just darkness and brow colours everywhere - even with the sea closeby I would imagin such places becomming really depressing - espcially when almost half the houses up there are vacation houses only used in the summer half of the year... |
Very hygge!
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:)
Took a trip up there again today to finish covering the area - so here's some more pics from up north.. Frederiksværk One of the "larger" cities up north located between the Roskilde Fjord and Arresø Lake - a very suburban and sprawly place http://i25.tinypic.com/addykp.jpg The old city moat still around... http://i28.tinypic.com/2d7semd.jpg http://i26.tinypic.com/2rd9pbo.jpg http://i26.tinypic.com/2hi2e0x.jpg http://i28.tinypic.com/2u4houq.jpg The ever present pedestrian street.. http://i30.tinypic.com/6suz9s.jpg http://i28.tinypic.com/2iw58uc.jpg http://i27.tinypic.com/24omwkp.jpg http://i27.tinypic.com/ael8op.jpg http://i31.tinypic.com/307u79e.jpg http://i32.tinypic.com/zl9fg6.jpg I think it's a storck taking off... http://i30.tinypic.com/2lnn0z.jpg http://i26.tinypic.com/t70qv8.jpg And that's about that... All in all I guess it's an okay place for suburbanites - but the center offers very little - there is also a habour and all the usual marts and all that, but certainly nothing special.. What I did like about the place was that is was located inside a wood - sadly most of the trees haven't gotten their leafs yet, but I can imagin it being nice in the summer.. |
Just awesome man, Scandinavia is definitely near the top of my travel list. I could probably live there too.
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To add to that. I don't really know the reason why I think I could live there, it's just that every time I look at these threads I get a warm, cozy feeling about the region.
It's likely I'm going to London in the fall, if I can I'm going to try and make a trip to Denmark to find out if my feelings of the place are reality. I have a friend that's planning on going to Norway sometime anyway, maybe I'll go with him. |
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Don't go anywhere near Denmark/south Sweden in the winter though - they are officially the most depressing places on earth by then. :) Frederiksvärk's moat makes the place look really nice, actually. |
lovely shots right out of a movie scene. is it usually that sunny? looking forward to the next round.
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