COPENHAGEN Nov 2015 – new building projects, Nørrebro, Christmas in the city and conc
Yesterday was a nice November day in Copenhagen. I attended at concert at Pumpehuset (Moonspell) so I decided to take pictures of some of the latest building projects in Copenhagen. We visited the gritty but nice borough Nørrebro where we had lunch at the Castro Café and bought cheap new CDs at the Accord music store. Later we went to a café near Kongens Nytorv before going to Pumpehuset, that is a small venue near Rådhuspladsen. These two squares, that are Copenhagen’s most important ones, have been under reconstruction for years now and are thus a bity messy.
The Christmas decorations have already begun and there is even a Christmas market.
It was interesting to see the new circular golden towers rise near Rådhuspladsen, and the new skyscraper under construction in the Carlsberg area in Valby, among all charmingold buildings.
Copenhagen_151113_007 by Nightsky, on Flickr
Axel Towers. The new circular golden towers u/c opposite the central station. Very cool architecture, reminds a bit of Westin Bonaventure in LA.
NØRREBRO:
The most gritty neighourhood of Copenhagen got bad publicity in media, but is actually a pretty nice place to visit, since it has a very continental, at the same time alternative, feeling. This borough is known for it’s young hipsters, artists, punks and immigrants as well as nice cafés and record stores.
STATENS MUSEUM FOR KUNST – NATIONAL GALLERY OF DENMARK:
Statens Museum for Kunst (literally the State's Museum for Art) is the National Gallery of Denmark. It is situated at the instersection Øster Voldgade and Sølvgade in central Copenhagen, just northwest of the Old Town. Often shortened SMK, the museum was established in 1896 and conisist of an older neo-classicist building, connected to a modern building via skybridges through a light atrium. The museum handles art from Denmark and abroad, from the 14th century until today. You can find classic paintings by Rubens and Rembrandt as well as works of Munch, Metzinger, Danish surrealistic painters like Erik Ortvad and Wilhelm Freddie as well as temporary modern exhibtions. The museum has about 424 000 visitors annually and contains almost 9000 paintings. The older collections come from chambers of Danish kings.
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