Carlsberg Day

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Our last day in Copenhagen had possible rain in the forecast, so we decided it would be a day of indoor venues. You can't fully appreciate the development of modern Copenhagen without accounting for the Carlsberg family and their brewing legacy. Given its proximity to our hotel as well as free admission on Sundays, we opted to start our day with a visit to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, the repository of an exceptional statuary and art collection gifted by Carl Jacobsen to the city and Danish state in the late 1880s. Neither of us appreciated in advance the quality or depth of the collection, and even moving at a fast pace and staying half the day we still only saw about half the galleries. We covered the Antique and French collections, but pretty much completely missed the Danish and European collections. What we've learned since our visit only makes us even more sorry that we missed two of the major collections, but it does give us addition incentive to return to Copenhagen one day in the future.

Grecian urn

Emperor Trajan

Etruscan platter

Monet - Mill near Zaandam

Toulouse-Latrec - Mister Delaporte in the garden of Paris

Van Gogh - Wheatfield with Mountains in the Background

Degas - Dancers in Green

Van Gogh - Pont du Carrrousel

Manet - Isabelle Lemonnier

Statuary hall

Who is this? (I lost my notes)

Kneeling Barbarian (Roman)

Laurentian Sow

Anubis

Men's Chorus practicing in the Concert Hall

Emperor Trajan

Carlsberg Brewery

The Elephant Gate

Jutland draft horse (for Walt)

Beer wagons

Little Mermaid replica

Gamle Carlsberg

Fredericksberg Palace

The Birds

Watch out for the crows behind you

Run away!!!

More birds

Tycho Brahe Planetarium

Sundown from Sushi and Sticks

Mmmm....Bogedal Hvede

Nightfall over the train station

While we were wandering through the Egyptian statuary collection we were treated to an impromptu concert as a local men's chorus rehearsed a variety of sacred and modern musical pieces. The acoustics were great and I couldn't help but think of how much my father would have loved singing in that building.