Part 9

With a little help and a little luck we found our way to the next stop, the Rudolph Tegner Museum , further up the coast. Tegner started buying up land in an area called “Russia” and had a concrete building of his design erected in 1937 to house his sculptures. This was the first concrete structure in Denmark and it was placed in the middle of … nowhere, for lack of a better word. Field doesn’t say it; sometime referred to as a ‘heath.’  It's just south of Dronningmølle.

A long single-lane driveway takes you to the rolling setting. The great bronze sculptures were very evident, but then the hulking structure comes into view.  Rudolph Tegner (1873-1950) was a controversial figure.  Most often referred to as a Symbolist, he worked with Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland from 1890-93, before going to Paris to be influenced by both Rodin and the Art Nouveau style.

Inside, the scene takes your breath away with the rooms filled with monumental sculptures of fantastic subjects: Tegner is buried under the center of the big octagonal room. So this is a mausoleum as well as a museum.

Council of Love by Rudolph Telgren, 1928

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Then we drove to Klampenborg Galopbane to see some horse racing.

It was a Gentlemen’s Event so there were some people dressed up, but not everybody.

Range Rovers were on display for the discerning driver,

samples of gin were offered with a slice of cucumber,

a dj was on hand

as was a large crowd of young people enjoying themselves.

Klampenborg has been around since 1907 – the old pavilion was transported piece by piece from the Paris Exposition of 1900. It has, as they say, seen better days. I spoke to a couple of guys and both (young and old) said they were there because of the special event.

  And there was more to see on the way back to Copenhagen:

says "Norway thanks Denmark"

from the Copenhagen Sandsculpture Festival

That night we went to Tivoli Garden.  Opening in 1843, Tivoli is the 2nd oldest amusement park in the world after one near the racetrack at Klampenborg.  A fun place to just wander.

It seemed as if Marie checked out every ice cream vendor in Tivoli, until she came upon Vaffelbageriet. This more-than-a-century-old ice-cream vendor makes their own ice cream right there. I had a scoop of pistachio and one of nougat in a large waffle cone (designed to hold even more scoops and toppings). Marie asked for the licorice ice cream, which got her into a conversation with the server who offered a taste saying that it was not for everyone. She was genuinely proud of her product and very sweet. The server and the ice cream.

They were recently ranked No 8 by National Geographic in a list of the best world-wide. It was one ahead of Perche No! of Florence. The skies gradually dim, while the Tivoli lights gradually brightened