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Black Diamond Library and Royal Library Gardens (7/4/24)

Bob and I spent the US Independence Day and the UK Election Day exploring the Black Diamond Royal Public Library before taking an S train (as opposed to a regional train) about 30 minutes out to the town of Solrød for a walk through with our homeowners for our housesit that begins tomorrow.

The Royal Danish Library is located on Søren Kierkegaard Plaza and is located in 3 very different buildings. Facing the water is the Black Diamond, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects in 1999, in the center of which is Preben Hanson’s narrow extension built in 1968. At the back is H. J. Holm’s historical library building from 1906.

A view of the 3 facets of the Royal Library
as we walked across the water
A view out to the harbor from the 6th floor of the Black Diamond
A reading room and a lecture or event hall in the Black Diamond
A painted ceiling in the extension
A reading room in the old library building
A relief in the old library building over a woman’s restroom
The War Museum next to the Royal Library Garden
Looking across the Royal Library Garden
from the back of the old library building
The Danish Jewish Museum at the back of the old library building
A statue of Søren Kierkegaard
Looking back towards the old library building

From the library we walk to the Nørreport station to catch our train to Solrød, where we had a great walk through with our homeowners and their 6 year old daughter and German Shepherd. The husband will pick us up at 7 tomorrow at the hotel to bring us to the house.

When we got back to the hotel, we went up to the walkway between the two towers on the 23rd floor to see the views.

The walkway
The view from the 23rd floor

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