Along the south coast of Langeland from Dovns Klint to Bagenkop, August 22, 2015

We went from Dovns Klint to Bagenkop, where we had a delicious lunch with everything from the little local fish shop: Fiski (fish cakes, smoked mackerel, smoked pepper salmon and smoked garlic salmon) - DELICIOUS!

Dovns Klint

Langeland is a highway for bird migration - and the fall bird migration is in full swing

And it is also time for angling

Bagenkop

The award of the 2015 Ørsted Prize, 14 August 2015, Langeland, Denmark

The H.C. Ørsted International Award for Art and Science is ordained by Hans Christian Ørsted Company and Langeland Municipality, and is awarded every year on August 14 at HC Ørsteds birthday. Hans Christian Ørsted is the most famous son of Langeland Hans Christian Ørsted (14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851) was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism. H. C. Ørsted grew up in Rudkøbing on Langeland, where his father was a pharmacist. He shaped post-Kantian philosophy and advances in science throughout the late 19th century. In 1824, Ørsted founded Selskabet for Naturlærens Udbredelse, a society to disseminate knowledge of the natural sciences. He was also the founder of predecessor organizations which eventually became the Danish Meteorological Institute, the Danish Technical University and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office. As one of the leaders of the so-called Danish Golden Age, Ørsted was a close friend of Hans Christian Andersen and the brother of politician and jurist Anders Sandøe Ørsted, who eventually served as Danish prime minister. Klaus Høeck got the Ørsted Prize 2015. He is an experimental poet, and Klaus Høeck was awarded the Hans Christian Oersted Prize for his poetry where the spirit of nature appears in descriptions of phenomena, wording and thinking.

The theater room of the H. C. Ørsted Pavilion. The pupils from the 10th grade was ”invited” to the award

Klaus Høeck reads some of his poems. Klaus Høeck was awarded the Ørsted Prize 2015.

Not all the 10th grade pupils payed attention to the poems – maybe there were too advanced for them to understand – personnaly I had some problems in my understanding.

A coffee break before the next point on the agenda

The mayor introduces the agenda

The artist Sabine Majus Hansen, Langeland. The price is 10.000, - kr., and a statuette named "Butterfly" and a corresponding diploma by Sabine Majus Hansen.

The head of H. C. Ørsted association informs about its activities and plans.

Professor Claus Michelsen, the H. C. Ørsted association presents the Prize to Klaus Høeck

Lindelse Nor, Langeland, Denmark, 19th of July 2015

Lindelse Nor is three kilometers long and three kilometers wide fjord in the western coast of Langeland just south of the main town of the island: Rudkøbing. It has an area of 10 km² and its waters are shallow with depths up to 5 m.

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator). Toppet skallesluger

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator). Toppet skallesluger

Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), strandskade

Mute swan (Cygnus olor), Knopsvane

The location of Lindelse Nor on the map of Denmark

Lindelse Nor Lindelse Nor is in the lower center of the aireal photo while Rudkøbing is in just north of the Nor.

A magical summer evening at Ristinge, Langeland, 30th of June 2015

Ristinge Klint has, with a height of 30 m above sea level, stunning views over the sea and grasslands. It hosts a unique nature. Here are several rare plants, lichens and insects, which specializes in particularly hot and dry climate there is at the south-facing slope of Ristinge Klint.

With support from EU LIFE the nutrient poor diverse grassland vegetation at Ristinge Klint has been recreated.

Field cow-wheat (Melampyrum arvense) – ager kohvede - is a rare plant in Denmark but very common at Ristinge Klint

Field cow-wheat (Melampyrum arvense) – ager kohvede

The Yellowhammer (Emberiza citronella) –¬ Gulspurv – is common¬ at Ristinge Klint

Male Common eider (Somateria mollissima) - Edderfuglehan

In the background the southernmost city/village of Langeland: Bagenkop

View towards the bridge connecting Langeland with Funen.

One more Yellowhammer

Old and new Copenhagen, 27th of June 2015

On bike from the North-Western part of Copenhagen, through the old town, to the new housing and business areas in the old commercial harbor – a new suburban area.

A mural on my way to Nørrebro – the most multiethnic pat of Copenhagen.

The old Nørrebro Train Station marks the entrance to Nørrebro

A small marked opposite the Train Station – we could be in the Middle East

Nørrebrogade a quit Saturday morning – usually it is crowded with people, bicycles and cars.

Nørrebrogade is one of Denmark’s most famous streets and runs through the whole of Nørrebro.

My family has been living on Nørrebro for many year, but moved away when my father was young. Working class families lived here with 10 children in small lousy apartments. We have also been living for a couple of years in a new housing area just next to where this picture was taken.

Nørreport station – Denmark’s busiest train station – marks the easternmost border of Nørrebro

Rosenborg Castle – once the kings weekend house outside the city walls.

The high school students has just finished their exams – and where visible everywhere in the city cheering and shouting.

Nyhavn (the new harbor) was once one of the Red Light Districts of Copenhagen.

Today Nyhavn is crowded with tourists.

When I was student in Copenhagen generations ago, there were still some of the old taverns in Nyhavn, few people, and Nyhavn was not a posh touristic place.

The Royal Playhouse (http://kglteater.dk/whats-on/performances/rundvisninger/sommerrundvisning-skuespilhuset) – and in the background the Royal Opera are newcomers in Copenhagen

View from the Royal Playhouse

The Royal Opera

The Mast crane from 1749 is situated at the Marine Station at the entrance to the harbor

In this building just next to the ferry to Oslo, the Greater Copenhagen County Council had its offices in its heydays. I was working here as planner on water quality issues for a couple of years

The “Christiansborg” (christians Castle) home of the Danish parliament.

High school student in front of the Børsen. Børsen is a building on Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built by Christian IV in 1619–1640 and is the oldest stock exchange in Denmark.

Frederiksholm Kanal in the centre of the old Copenhagen

The former industrial port in the Copenhagen South Port has become one of Copenhagen's largest development areas. The development of the northern part of the area, including Sluseholmen Havneholmen and Teglholmen is already in full swing. Already 2,491 homes with 5,115 residents has been build, and eventually should the Copenhagen South Port accommodate a total of 9,000 homes, 16,000 residents and 22,500 jobs. The district will be developed with a mix of commercial, residential and a study - a combination that today characterize these developments. In the center of the picture a new bridge for cyclists and pedestrians only

The new bridge for cyclists and pedestrians only