And imagine the fun challenge to sort through all the admissions, lighting considerations, and weather problemsβ¦and still manage to cover this script in five or six days. Your comments are welcome. Built to promote the mercantile ambitions of Denmark, you could call it the World Trade Center of s Scandinavia. The dragon-tail spire, with three crowns, shows the Danish aspiration to rule a united Scandinaviaβor at least be its commercial capital.
Its striking design is controversial. In the much-loved Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the little mermaid saves the life of a shipwrecked prince and sets off on a futile quest to win his love.
Exhibits are laid out chronologically and described in English. Contrary to popular belief and countless tourist shops , these helmets were not worn by the Vikings. It was their Bronze Age predecessors who wore them, for ceremonial purposes, a couple thousand years earlier. Today, this square always seems to be hosting some lively community event. In the mids, , people were packed inside.
The overcrowding led to hygiene problems. A cholera outbreak killed 5, It was clear: The walls needed to come downβ¦and they did. You can still make out some of the zigzag pattern of the moats and ramparts in the greenbelt. Look above the modern window displays and street-level advertising to discover bits of 19th-century character that still survive.
These courtyards were gradually filled with higgledy-piggledy secondary buildings. Today throughout the old center, you can step off a busy pedestrian mall and back in time into these characteristic half-timbered time-warps.
