Picture post the second

[oneiriad]

More pictures from Esbjerg, and this time the whole post is an answer to luna_argentea's looong list of requests.

The local train station - like so much else in Esbjerg it's red brick.


The local town hall - sorry, but it's kind of boring looking.


And then a statue - how about a cute one...


...or perhaps something more modern?...


...or maybe something a little more traditional? This guy, Martin Spangsberg, was born in the late 17th century in one of the local villages. He spent most of his life in the service of the tsar and discovered the north passage to Japan - at least, so I've read.


A poster for an upcoming event at a local theatre - it's for a musical, "Meet me on Cassiopeia", about a muse sent to Earth to inspire a maker of musicals, who finds the time to have a romance with a pilot on the side, much to her father Zeus' consternation. I've seen the movie. It's fun.


A hotel - Cabinn - it's a supposedly cheap chain. I have a vague desire to spend the night at one of them some day, for no better reason than that one of their room types are called Commodore...


A postbox - as red as a postbox should be.


A flower display or two - not particularly impressive, but then, it's the wrong season for that.



And then she asked for a building with interesting brickwork - not quite sure what that means - I mean, most houses in this town is standard red brick. Anyway, a couple of buildings with something other than srb will have to do.



Then there's supposed to be a pond or lake, but I couldn't really find one in the immediate area - so how about a creek instead?


Then a street sign - unfortunately, the local ones are pretty much standard. Nothing special.



A street lamp - well, two.



And then a building with tower or turrets - how about a tower with turrets? The old water tower, to be precise.


And finally a boat or ship - unfortunately, most ships around here are industrial vessels - in other words, not very pretty. This one's an old lighthouse ship - it's a museum now, but unfortunately only open during the summer. I just missed it :-(


Personally, I think this ship is much prettier

Comments

[luna-argentea.livejournal.com]

I love the photos! I didn't think you would take pictures of everything I suggested. I'm impressed! I don't find the town hall boring - it's interesting to see different kinds of architecture in the same town. I enjoyed seeing the photos of the statues and poster for the musical and I like the train station and hotel. I didn't realise you have red postboxes in Denmark too (like we do in the UK). I forgot it might be a bit late in the year for flower displays - you did well to find some, and also to find the interesting brickwork and creek. :) The street signs are more interesting than you might think because I haven't been to Denmark. We also use those colours in UK road signs, although street name signs are white with black lettering. I like the different lamps and the tower with turrets and the ship on the stone is lovely. :)

Did it take you long to take the photos? Did you do it all in one day?

[oneiriad.livejournal.com]

I didn't realise you have red postboxes in Denmark too (like we do in the UK).
Are you kidding? There's a reason that shade of red is called postkasserød, you know... :-)

As for the street signs, then there isn't any actual rules about the colour of street name signs, though the road signs are standard.

And it wasn't a one-day thing, no, but I had the list of stuff I needed pictures of and my camera with me while I was exploring the downtown area for the first few days in town, so it was mostly a matter of taking pictures as I spotted stuff.

[luna-argentea.livejournal.com]

I like the word 'postkasserød'. How do you say it? Is the 's' in 'post' pronounced 'sh' like in German? How do you say the 'ø'?

As for the street signs, then there isn't any actual rules about the colour of street name signs, though the road signs are standard.

I meant to mention that it's interesting to me to see the street sign for Kongensgade because in the British city of York there are street names that end in -gate, a legacy of the Viking settlers.

[oneiriad.livejournal.com]

Ah, postkasserød. Not sure how exactly you pronounce sh in German, I'm afraid. The ø is pronounced similarly to ö in German, though. However, rød is more of a challenge than just the ø - the r needs to start all the way down in your throat, not just in the back of it, and the d is soft, so it's pronounced like th, like in heath or mouth. At the end of this word, your tongue should be sticking to the roof of your mouth.

Anyway, I'm crap at fonetics. Post-kas-se-rød. The e actually sounds kind of like an ø, too. Oh, and for that genuine Danish feel you need to swallow half the word as you say it - or possibly put a potato in your mouth as you say it, or so I've heard people say (mostly Norwegians, mind you).

Now, if you want a real challenge, say: rødgrød med fløde.

[luna-argentea.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I tried saying the words. My efforts would probably have sounded quite funny if you'd heard them. :D

for that genuine Danish feel you need to swallow half the word as you say it - or possibly put a potato in your mouth as you say it, or so I've heard people say (mostly Norwegians, mind you).

LOL! I watched some episodes of Wallander (the Krister Henriksson version) on TV recently in the original Swedish with English subtitles and the way they said words sounded rather like that.