Kronborg Castle, from inside its courtyard, with exterior walls of sandstone and a copper sheeting roof. May 16, 2018

Kronborg Castle, from inside its courtyard, with exterior walls of sandstone and a copper sheeting roof. May 16, 2018

Kronborg Castle has this church within its walls and the wood carvings on the pews are ornate and colorful. The chapel is located in the ground floor of the south wing and was inaugurated in 1582. May 16, 2018

A close-up of the ornately carved pews of the church within the walls of the Kronborg Castle. May 16, 2018

A close-up of an ornately carved pew of the church within the walls of the Kronborg Castle. May 16, 2018

The Great Ballroom of the Kronborg Castle was once the largest such hall in all of Northern Europe. Parties and banquets where guests came in their gold brocades and silk velvets filled the hall. May 16, 2018

Kronborg Castle, with banqueting hall and royal chambers, is said to be the model for Elsinore in William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet.” This plaque between the castle’s two archway entrances reads: “Legend tells of a king’s son, Amleth, who lived in Jutland during Viking times. Saxo wrote down his saga in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare rewrote Hamlet’s story in the Renaissance and associated it with this castle. He thereby secured the Danish prince’s reputation and spread Helsingør’s name across the world.” May 16, 2018

Tammy Wu took this photo of the Little Mermaid, a bronze sculpture displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark. There’s usually a crowd around her but Tammy was able to take the photo without the crowd being present. May 15, 2018

The streets and fountains of Copenhagen. May 17, 2018

More of the Nyhavn colorful brightly colored 17th and early 18th century houses and historical wooden ships at Nyhavn or New Harbour’s waterfront canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen. This area was once notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for some 18 years. May 17, 2018

My view of the pedestrian bridge, with the love locks, as we (Tammy, Alice and I) begin our Netto-Badene one hour open top sight seeing cruise around Copenhagen’s canals. May 17, 2018

The Inner Harbor Bridge, which connects the centre of Copenhagen with more residential neighborhoods such as Christianshavn and Holmen, had a series of setbacks, including engineering errors requiring deadlines to be repeatedly extended. For months, the incomplete sections of the bridge jutted out from opposite sides of the harbor, like lovers straining to smooch. That earned the bridge a cute nickname: the Kissing Bridge. May 17, 2018

The steel and concrete Torpedo Hall, constructed in 1954, which once served as a maintenance hall for torpedo boats was converted into 67 apartments designed by Tegnestuen Vandkunsten and are the first loft-style residences made available in Copenhagen. May 17, 2018