Roadtrip to Copenhagen-Denmark and Kalmar-Sweden...photostory ;)

[Sheiky]

Hey there!


With a good friend of mine I went to Kalmar-Sweden to pick up his sister who had been studying there for half a year and had too much stuff to take with a plane...girls...[:P]We made a 3 day trip, first we went to Copenhagen-Denmark, the second day we went to Kalmar-Sweden and the 3rd day was the way back. I finally had some time to look into my photos and here's a little story, with some of them [] (All photos are shot with a 5D2 and 24-105 f4L)


Alright...friday june 4th we drove away towards Copenhagen. First we had to take the boat from Germany to Denmark:





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Around 15ooh we arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark. After a quick sign-in at our hostel we took our gear and walked towards the towncentre. On our way we saw typical Danish buildings:


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My buddie really wanted to see the little mermaid statue, which is famous around the world. A lot of tourists there. While walking there we went trough this park called Kastellet which was actually an old military fortress. From satellite view it looks like a star. There was a very typical mill in there:





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So then we arrived at the statue of the little mermaid...at least that's what we though...actually it was moved to Shanghai for the world world expo haha[:P]


So we decided to walk to the town-centre and on our way there we walked trough a park. Amazing, everywhere were groups of people hanging out barbecuing and drinking beer in the park. Very funny sight, those Danes are very relaxt! There was also another Slot called: Rosenburg Slot:





f5.6 ISO-200 1/640th 1-shot converted to a 3-exposure HDR


It was funny to see how clean it all was. People barbecuing and drinking, but when they left they cleaned after themselves. Dutch people could learn from it!


So we arrived at the centre of the capital and as real tourists [:P]we enjoyed the local indians playing their music:





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All in front of this amazing building(I believe it was the city townhall):





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People were sitting everywhere, there were some skaters doing some tricks, but mostly people were just enjoying the start of the weekend by drinking beer together, really they all bring their own beer. Probably because it's very expensive due to high taxes on alcohol in cafe's and bars. So as we kept on walking sun began to set:





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So we decided we were going to keep shooting for a moment for the sunset, go eat something and return for some nightphotography:





f5.6 ISO-200 30sec exposure (around 2245h)





f5.6 ISO-200 3-exposure HDR (shot at 2250h)


We kept on doing this until 0030h then we went back to our hostel and went to sleep. The funny thing is that I've never felt so comfortable among drinking people at night...those Danes are really relaxed! I know for sure I won't be feeling like that anywhere in Amsterdam at night [A]


The next day we went off to Kalmar, Sweden. My friends sister had been studying there. We needed to travel across a bridge from Denmark to Sweden:





f5.6 ISO-200 1/5000th putting my arm and camera outside a driving car []


Oh I also want to share some typical scenery shots from Denmark and Sweden:





f5.6 ISO-200 1/2000 again while driving.





f5.6 ISO-200 1/1600th same story...these fields seemed endless, really really cool!


Unfortunately we haven't had time to really enjoy scenery because we needed to drive a lot [] One day I'll go back and focus on more nature shots, those landscapes are awesome!


Ok that afternoon we arrived in Kalmar, Sweden. It's originally a harbour-city which fills up with student during the year untill the summer when students make place for tourists [:P]


When we picked up my friends sister we went downtown Kalmar to do a photoshoot with her as a memory. Hihi 1 girl and 2 photographers makes quite a scene. I can't post photos of it though. First off we went to the Castle of Kalmar:





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And some other sights:





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A good example of the contrast: old classical castle vs new harbor on the right:





f5 ISO-100 3-exposure HDR


It became a little windy and we were done shooting the girl, so we went back to our temporary dormrooms to pick up some clothes and on the way there we walked into a very typical Swedish alley:





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A typical Swedish house:





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All houses have these pretty colors and it looks so much better than the brick buildings back in the Netherlands [:P] That night we went out to a bar so I didn't take my camera.


The next day we went back, last view from the boat on Denmark:





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And one happy (and still energetic at that moment)guy:





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I was really happy when we were back home, it was an exhausting, but great weekend!


I definitely want to go back there sometime and take more time to enjoy nature. This was more of a city-trip, but I still enjoyed it very much. I can recommend anyone around here to go there if you have the chance, nature is great and still available in great proportions. Culture is also very well reserved. Scandinavia is a place where everyone should have been once in their lives []


Oh and about the myth...it's true!! Scandinavian girls are really and I mean really attractive []


I apologize for the length of my post if it was too much [] Thanks for reading/watching!


Jan

[mikehillman89]

Dude. Awesome. Fantastic.





This story is a perfect example of why I love Europe. Its so much better than North America... You can't get that kind of scenery, landscape and architecture here... It's just so pretty!


Love the pics.


Mike

[ddt0725]

Wow, Jan! Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us! Both my daughter & I enjoyed the photos and the story very much!! Except now you have her back on the kick about wanting to tour Europe .....errr!! [:P]

Denise

[mikehillman89]

Now you're really going to have to postpone your 300mm f/2.8 [:P]

[neuroanatomist]

Amazing, Jan. Just amazing! Thanks for sharing!!

[DBECK]

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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"]<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"]<span style="font-size: small;"]<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"]Have lived in Copenhagen and just south of the capital all my life and never taken a picture off that mill, Rosenburg or the little mermaid. By the way the little mermaid is very SMALL.<o></o>
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[Sheiky]

Dude. Awesome. Fantastic.


This story is a perfect example of why I love Europe. Its so much better than North America... You can't get that kind of scenery, landscape and architecture here... It's just so pretty!

Thanks Mike! Well I guess the Netherlands are much different than Scandinavia...much denser build etc so it's hard to get these scenery pictures here as well, but yes the scenery was marvelous around there... And yes I guess there's more old architecture and old forts etc around here, I'm kind of used to it all...thanks again and come visit some time [H]

Wow, Jan! Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us! Both my daughter &amp; I enjoyed the photos and the story very much!! Except now you have her back on the kick about wanting to tour Europe .....errr!![img]/emoticons/emotion-4.gif[/img]

Thanks Denise and daughter []


Yea you should really visit Europe some day... I want to visit America as well for probably the same reasons [:P]


I didn't know if my story wasn't too big, too much photos etc etc, but I'm glad you liked it!

Amazing, Jan. Just amazing! Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks John, since I don't have my own website yet to show you guys the story...I did it this way []

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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"]<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;"]<span style="font-size:small;"]<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"]Interesting to see what tourist take picture off.
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Hey man!! Thanks!


Haha yes I totally understand what you're saying. To be honest I was the ultratourist [] I only had like 7 hours in Copenhagen and we did quite a lot in that time. I've never felt so much of a tourist.

Have lived in Copenhagen and just south of the capital all my life and never taken a picture off that mill, Rosenburg or the little mermaid. By the way the little mermaid is very SMALL.

Haha I personally had no interest in the little mermaid, but my friend missed a fieldtrip to Copenhagen earlier this year and all of his classmates were photographed with it...so that's why we HAD to see it haha and it wasn't even there!


Well the same counts for me here, we've got great architecture and a great looking mill in my own village, but I never even took the effort to shoot it. I guess I'm used to it and it isn't special anymore. Plus it's very hard to get a nice and original photo of it to show to your family etc. The Rosenburg slot was something we walked by in the park. And to be honest I'd rather shot the park-scene, but I'm not comfortable enough to do that kind of street-photography [] Really I like the way everyones hangs in the parks. Is that normal by the way? Or did we just pick a beautiful fridayafternoon?

<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"]<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;"]<span style="font-size:small;"]<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"]Very nice pictures.
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"]<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;"]<span style="font-size:small;"]<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"]Maybe I should pay a little more attention to the attractions nearby.

Thanks and yea you might want to check it out. I think culture is very well kept in both Denmark and Sweden. And I can imagine very nice classical shots...I guess I'm gonna try some "home"photography myself as well.


Thanks guys!


Jan

[mikehillman89]

I will come and visit! And you too! Let me know if you ever come to Canada!

[TucsonTRD]

Amazing pictures...well done!!

[Sheiky]

Thanks guys and yeah Mike I'll let you know []


First there are some other countries on my list to go to, so it might take a while []