We could see this unique building from our room. I call it the Swiss cheese building because I don’t know what it really is.

This is the famous Little Mermaid in Copenhagen’s Harbor . The Mermaid has been vandalized off and on over the years and just recently was painted. But when we saw her she had been all cleaned up.

This is a local nearby restaurateur’s version of the little mermaid. Local officials have encouraged him to remove it but he’s decided not to. Certainly his customers like it and it’s great advertising.

This is a huge trash to energy plant. After it was built, they discovered it was much bigger than necessary. So they fired the government official responsible and then solicited trash from other areas in order to use the facility to capacity. In the wintertime, the rooftop is used as a practice slope for beginner skiers (it must be true, our guide said so).

This impressive sculpture and fountains show a fabled woman who was promised all the land she could plow in a day so she turned her 4 sons into these 4 oxen so she would be able to plow more land.

Next to the statues and fountains is a beautiful Anglican church.

I saw this beautiful water bird in the marshes out behind the Anglican church. We’re calling it a Danish Crane.

In the same marshy area, we saw this mother swan with her 4 babies. Swans are the national bird of Sweden.

I think this is a church but I don’t remember which one. But I do recall the guide saying the stairs on the outside are usable and people are allowed to climb up them.

The opera house.

Guess what this is. Wrong. It’s a 3-story underground/underwater parking lot.

This is the royal palace. There are actually 4 large palaces like this in a circle. The queen and her husband live in one of the 4 and their son and his family live in another. Our guide gave it to us on good authority that the queen (77) and her husband (82) are on the outs right now. I hope they can work things out.

All guards at the Royal Palace are the same height. And in order to make that happen, the height of the fur on their hats is adjusted.

This unusual church is no wider than the dome seen here. There are no side wings or buildings. This is all there is.

This is one of the fun, busy canals lined with colorful buildings fronted by shops, restaurants and boats.

Another interesting streetlight.

Now this is strange. I noticed this building on a side street as the bus went through the intersection. What is all that orange stuff? I’ve enlarged it and I still have no idea.

This is a multi-screened movie theater. It’s painted in many colors and as a result, it has no graffiti on it. Our guide says that all movies are shown in their original language with subtitles in Danish, which means that most movies are in English.

These are rental bikes waiting for new temporary owners. They can be rented through an app on your smart phone. You too can experience the exhilaration of running over unsuspecting tourists at high speeds.

There are 6 million bikes in Copenhagen and every year 75,000 of them get stolen. Everybody rides bikes, even business people. This gal is riding her bike wearing a very nice suit.