Month: November 2015
Den Blå Planet, Danemark – part 2
Continuing with Den Blå Planet (the blue planet) in Copenhagen … See earlier post here … a few more photos of the building’s architecture. Futuristic without feeling cold, I may even say it looks organic, possibly because there were no right angles or sharp corners in sight. They have very few mammals but this pair…
Den Blå Planet, Danemark – part 1
Den Blå Planet (the blue planet) is the National Aquarium of Denmark (Danmarks Akvarium), located on Amager in Copenhagen. The building’s architecture was inspired by the circulating currents of the whirlpool. . From the entrance, the visitor steps into the vortex of the whirlpool – the round lobby – and is drawn inside the spiral…
Relæ, København, Danemark
In 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014, Noma in Copenhagen, founded by René Redzepi, was named as the best restaurant in the world by a British magazine. Opened in 2003, Noma is known for its reinvention and interpretation of the Nordic cuisine. By the way, this post mentions rankings of restaurants which can sound a bit much … so if…
Alberto Giacometti’s skinny people @ Louisiana, Denmark
Still about Denmark … The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark has a stunning collection of Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures. This is the third of a series of posts on this wonderful museum, click on the link to see part 1 and part 2. Alberto Giacometti is a Swiss, Paris-based artist, with sculpting being one…