City Hall

This is the third City Hall of Copenhagen opened in 1905. The first one burned down – twice. The second one now serves as the Copenhagen Court House.

We were there for a tower tour. The picture on the right shows a sample of the carvings empaneled in the railings of the first few flights of stairs. Each relief depicts a different part of the building’s construction. There are panels of the architect and brick layers, carpenters and painters.

The stairway became increasingly austere. A peek out the window onto City Hall Square.
Copenhagen City Hall compared to a pyramid
Statuary in storage
There were interesting things on the walls and in storage.

And then there was this.

The last set of stairs was a little beyond my courage level. Brian and the other tourists climbed up. I sat and contemplated.

For goodness sake, Fred Hansen in August of ’42? Lots of people have been carving on these stairs.
I hung out with these guys embedded in the walls for a while.

I thought about the fact that I would never be here again.

My view was underwhelming.

I swallowed my fear, took my time and climbed the stairs. So glad that I did.

That is the Øresund Bridge and Sweden on the horizon.
We can see our place from there.
The tower clock over our heads. Brian took this shot. I am not that brave.
Church of Our Savior

This is the Church of the Saviour in Christiania. It has a Baroque edifice and cork screw spire. There are steps around the outside of that spire.

Naturally, Brian wants to scale this next.

Lord help me.

This is the spire of Christiansborg, now home to Parliament. It was once the palace of Christian VI. Guess what happened to it. It burned down – twice.

Our guide spoke passionately about City Hall Tower. As a Dane proud that the people are now the government, he spoke of climbing to the top of the tower to look down upon the ruin of the King.

City Hall is also home to Jens Olsen’s World Clock.

Jens Olsen's World Clock
Our Viking friends with the lurs hopefully trumpeting my conquering the tower.