A Mermaid and Black Diamonds

The sun came out and it felt much warmer. We took the harbour ferry a few stops to see the little mermaid. She was smaller than I expected and closer to the shore.

Pictures from the ferry, which we then took south to Slotsholmen, an area of Copenhagen surrounded by canals on all sides. It contains the Kongelige Bibliotek (royal library). The old brick building is joined by a glass bridge across the road to two new “black diamonds” which seem to lean over the canal. It’s free to enter and inside the old and new architecture was stunning. Just don’t ask me what all the large pairs of pants are waving in the wind in the square outside. They were T shirts in different colours but I couldn’t find out what they represented.

And this is the back of the library with its beautiful garden