Denmark (monuments, cities, people)

On the town hall square, always solemn

it is located on the Jutland Peninsula and island of archipelagoIt is an island state - there are only forty small Islands, of which only forty are inhabited. Here, the original harmony of nature, a lot of virgin forests, greenery and flowers is especially evident.

Because of its beautiful ecological environment, Denmark is often called the green pearl of Scandinavia.

And yet, the oldest Kingdom of Denmark in Europe, where for more than a thousand years reigned kings and Queens, but the modern parliamentary Republic of Denmark, developed the European state.

When you travel through the Danish Kingdom, you experience the feeling of good old history. Everywhere you can find windmills, medieval castles described in the fairy tales of the famous Danish storyteller Andersen. In towns and small villages, the streets are particularly clean. Narrow, clean streets, cobblestones, small and compact houses are distinguished by their unique architecture. And penetrating vegetation, artistically carved trees and shrubs, picturesque landscapes. Visit attractions of the Danish Kingdom, which annually attracts more than four million tourists from around the world.

The main attraction of the country is the people, a smiling, calm and good-natured Dane with a tenor of kindness, hospitality, humor and, romantic and majestic.

The entire city is steeped in politeness, a boat ride along the canal allows you to see all the sights of the capital, which is more romantic with water than land. Usually tourists start their tour with the little Mermaid, a fabulous sculptural heroine from the fairy tales of Andersen, who is forever doomed to sit on the wet and cold stone of the Harbor. Next to the fountain"Rusalochka", bears the name of a Norse goddess. There is a belief - if you throw a coin into it, the wish will be fulfilled. A few more steps and we are a Palace built on the square of the same name, with a module. The result is a palatial ensemble in which four equally elegant little palaces face each other. This is a Royal residence. The guard changes at noon it takes place under the supervision of a ritual. To the delight of the audience, the soldiers are dressed in red uniforms and high fur hats in a thirty-minute walk along the square, but two areas that are close to the Parliament and the Royal Palace, and in the immediate vicinity is the third historical town hall square. There are many museums in Copenhagen, where unique works of art are collected.

Among them are the national art Museum (statues), where collections from Rome, Greece and Egypt are displayed, the national gallery, which presents works by Rembrandt, Rubens, Hogarth, the national Museum illustrating the history of Denmark in the stone age, the Guinness Book of records with an exhibition of fifty of the most famous world records, the birthplace of the famous toy"Logo".