Copenhagen
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Tableau by Studio David Thulstrup
Credit: Irina Boersma
COPENHAGEN OPERA HOUSE
With a price tag of more than $ 500 million, the Copenhagen Opera House is one of the most expensive in the world. And it shows in the design. Opened in 2005, the limestone-clad theater at the water’ s edge is topped one of the largest canopy roofs structures in the world, as large as three soccer fields. The interior is even more remarkable, featuring Sicilian Perlatino marble and suspended balconies and staircases in the foyer, maple wood and a 24-carat gold leaf in the main auditorium, and artwork by Danish artists throughout, including four bronze reliefs by Per Kirkeby and three light sculptures by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson.
Ekvipagemestervej 10, kglteater. dk, www. visitcopenhagen. com
Stuffed Queen clams from Noma
Credit: Jason Loucas
LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
RADISSON COLLECTION HOTEL
Locals still have mixed feelings about this 1960 hotel built by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen for SAS airlines. Considered by many the world’ s first design hotel, it manifested Jacobsen’ s vision in every detail, from the furniture— including his signature egg, swan, and drop chairs— to the suspended spiral staircase, to the cutlery in the restaurant( used in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey). A full two-year renovation, completed in April 2018, has refreshed the scene, both modernizing and preserving the now iconic mid-century modernist style. Spaces have been opened, furniture reupholstered, timber screens added, and tall bronze-framed pivoting wall mirrors installed in the rooms to reflect the cityscape into the interior.
Twenty miles north of Copenhagen is one of the foremost contemporary art museums in the world. Opened in 1958, The Louisiana( named after the three wives— all named Louise— of the original land owner) has served as the country’ s main repository and supporter of contemporary art since. Exhibitions and collections are presented according to founder Knud W. Jensen’ s“ sauna principle,” which alternated“ hot” and“ cold” exhibitions— the first being established familiar artists and the latter unknowns and up-and-comers. The philosophy continues today, with six to eight major exhibitions. Although most of the work is international, the presentation and architecture is distinctly Danish and melds into the landscaped gardens.
Gl Strandvej 13, Humlebæk; en. louisiana. dk
Hammerichsgade 1, www. radissoncollection. com
GETTING THERE:
SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES( SAS) OFFERS DAILY NONSTOP FLIGHTS
FROM DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT( IAD) TO COPENHAGEN
AIRPORT( CPH).
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