August 7-8, Saturday-Sunday

Saturday, August 7

We began our day by heading to the Malmo Eastern Cemetery. Maybe it was me just feeling sentimental about this being our last stop in Sweden, but I really liked this cemetery. The planning and buildings were done by Sigurd Lewerentz, the same guy who did part of the Woodland Cemetary in Stockholm. The feeling was very different though, this being a clearing. The most famous building in this cemetery is the Flower Kiosk (literally where they sell flowers). I spent most of my time there drawing it, and I’m glad I did because I was a little under whelmed when I first saw it. Drawing it let me get into the details and look at it more closely.

We took our bus across the giant bridge to Denmark! They made an island in the middle of the ocean there, so the bridge can go underground half way through the crossing. It’s pretty cool, and I’ve seen it from the air which is even more mind blowing (it looks like it just disappears).

Once we got to our hostel we took an orientation walk through Copenhagen! It’s such a great city. I’ve been totally charmed. We are seeing some of the most modern stuff of the trip, yet the city has that old flavor. It’s amazing how proud people are of design around here. There is so much support for experimenting and expanding in city planning and architecture, and the effort to do it well. It’s very interesting to see. 

Copenhagen City Hall

Vor Frue Church

cool square

The Round Tower

view from the Round Tower

King's Gardens

Amalienborg (Royal Palace)

Sunday, August 8

Our schedule is jammed packed for Copenhagen. We have very few days here to see everything we want to, and it doesn’t help that is raining…hard. It started raining when we got to the Bellahoj Amphitheater this morning and hasn’t stopped. I really embraced the rain today, no time for being miserable. The Amphitheater was pretty cool, but the building I really like we happened upon by accident to try and get dry. It was the Bellahoj Pool, recently updated. I really wanted to jump in.

We then went a different direction outside the city to Orestad. Orestad is a community that is being developed as we speak. It is a completely planned and structured area with a lot of new architecture (not all of it good). One building of note is the Mountain, a parking garage with apartments on top of it.

housing

housing

we found a place to play

the parking garage of the Mountain...pretty cool

the Mountain

We ended the day, wet, back in the center city at the Ny Carlsberg (like the beer) Glyptotek. It’s an old museum with a new addition plopped right into one of the courtyards. I was really intrigued by this addition, and I thought it had a great feel to it. The collection of art was also amazing.

addition to the Glyptotek

I ended my day with a smile and wet feet. Hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow!