Windswept West Coast

This is what a beach on the west coast of Jutland looks like in November.  (Jutland is the furthest west of the many islands comprising Denmark.) You'll have to imagine the wind.

I felt this was a palette I understood: grey skies, wind bleached sea grass, grey sea.

This is a fishing village perched between the beach and the fjord - even more windswept, if that's possible, since it gets the wind from both the west and the east.

I appreciated the attempts at brightening up the landscape.

I liked the Danish flags adorning many of the buildings.

But most of all I liked the beach.

Borgen!

For all you fans of Borgen out there, here's me on the steps of Christiansborg Palce in Copenhagen, doing my best to channel Birgitte Nyborg (should I have gone for the crinkled-nose smile?)

3 Hours in Copenhagen

Please see previous post for origins of title etc etc.

I had a 5-hour layover in Copenhagen on my way home from Helsinki and was advised that, rather than kicking my heels in the airport, I should take the speedy (and cheap) train into the city centre.  We landed at 11.20 and I was in the city before noon, so you can take that as confirmation of the ease and speediness of the trains.

The central train station is within easy walking distance of many of Copenhagen's sights, so I amused myself by walking around, more or less at random.  I didn't buy anything (apart from a sandwich) because I had no idea what the exchange rate was ... (turns out this was a wise decision: Copenhagen is expensive) but I did take lots of photos.  Here's a selection.  My top hint for those of you who may have 3 hours to spend in Copenhagen in the future is to go to the new Royal Library, locally known as the black diamond.  There are free deckchairs on the water-side of the building (see below) and really beautiful secluded gardens behind the original library on the other side.  I'd also recommend seeking out the cathedral which is very pared back but no less beautiful for all that.