denmark for lovers – charlene winfred

Cloud

Daffodils gather elsewhere, but in Trend, the clouds wander, alone with the Milky Way. I’ve been making a lot of black and white pictures of late – a symmetry of mood and creative impulse perhaps. My eye appears to have traded its attraction to colour for tone. Then once in a while, I’m shocked by…More

Winter, Chapter 3: Of Frozen Lakes

Above: skaters on Peblinge Sø in Copenhagen last week. We made our trip to Copenhagen on another sub zero day. It was windy too, as it seems to always be in this city. Walking into the freezing wind from Nørreport station to where we were headed in Nørrebro, was… I don’t remember. I think my…More

Winter, Chapter 2: A few of my favourite things

I was going to write about a spectacular Copenhagen winter scene that I came across the other day, but it’ll have to wait. Namely because three of my favourite things converged this morning: 1. Castle 2. Snow 3. Fog I want to say it doesn’t get any better than this, but it hasn’t even been…More

Winter, Chapter 1

Hillerød, Denmark Yesterday, I woke to a perfect winter morning. Clear skies, sunlight pouring down, the air crackling crisp. So as you do(n’t), I stuck my head out of the window to take a deep breath. A hearty gust of wind swung by. All of the air in my lungs froze solid. It was -9…More

Danish Winter: an introduction

Hillerød, Denmark Danish winters: Grey. Drear. Heavy skies and unending gloom in the deep chill. If i was lucky, snow. And it did, on the very first night. Snow is a continuing novelty for this tropical tourist. As is fog. We’re presently staying in a town north of Copenhagen called Hillerød, where the graceful spires…More