Fish market in Copenhagen, 1959

Before it became a popular bar strip, Gammel Strand was the traditional fish market in Copenhagen. In 1940 the granite statue of 'The Last Fisherman's Wife' was erected in memory of the many women who have been coming here since the middle ages to sell seafood.
(Collection of Omer Grawet)

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Copenhagen, 1959

View from Christiansborg on the statue of king Frederick VII and the tower of the former St. Nicholas Church, now Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center. The square was still a car parking zone.
(Collection of Omer Grawet)

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Kronborg Castle, Helsingør, 1959

Looking for Hamlet's ghost in Elsinore (Helsingør).
(Collection of Omer Grawet)

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Fynske Landsby, Odense, 1959

Visit of the Funen village in Odense, the open-air museum recreating life from the time of Hans Christian Andersen.
(Collection of Omer Grawet)

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Ribe, 1959

Nicknamed "the Danish Bruges" by Omer Grawet, the historical town of Ribe, the oldest in Scandinavia, was worth a visit.
(Collection of Omer Grawet)

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