Aalborg – a puzzle of pictures
This thriving little town at the narrowest point of the Limfjord that cuts through Jutland, Denmark, is a real puzzle. It’s not easy to summarise this colourful city, as it seems to have been made out of three different puzzles with their pieces randomly fitted together to form just one picture. As the European Commission concluded that the citizens of Aalborg are the most satisfied people with their city in Europe, then this amalgam...
Fairy-tale Copenhagen
So much more than a mermaid! When Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg, commissioned the diminutive sculpture of Hans Christian Anderson’s Little Mermaid, its unlikely that he anticipated it becoming the definitive icon that identifies Copenhagen. As the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower and Tower Bridge are symbols of much greater entities, the Little Mermaid sits alone on a rock and gives little insight into the city she...
