As I travel the world I take many photos that pique my interest. During the year April 2025 to March 2026 our travels included visits to many islands large and small. My theme for 2026 Island Hopping will give precedence to Islands visited in the past year but for those difficult letters like X and Z I will dig into my photo archives for content.
"Zealand (
Danish: Sjælland
[ˈɕeˌlænˀ]) is the largest and most populous
island in
Denmark proper (thus excluding
Greenland and
Disko Island, which are larger in size) at 7,031 km2 (2715 sq. mi.). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020, comprising 40% of the country's population."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand
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| Nyhavn is on Zealand |
In August we spent two wonderful days in
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, which is located mostly on the eastern shore of Zealand. The remainder of Copenhagen is located on
Amager Island.
We made the most of the glorious weather in Copenhagen and participated in both indoor and outdoor activities.
As we toured the waterways we noticed many locals out enjoying the weather and water.
It must have been school holiday time as at the Tivoli, a fun park which we had visited on previous trips, there were plenty of young thrill seekers enjoying the rides.
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| Entrance to the Tivoli |
As per usual there were many Danes out and about on their bicycles. I presume that wearing of helmets is not mandatory.
Our second day on Zealand took us to a new-to-us site, The Glyptotek, which was rather stunning internally.
"The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ("ny" means "new" in Danish; "Glyptotek" comes from the Greek root glyphein, to carve, and theke, storing place), commonly known simply as Glyptoteket, is an
art museum in
Copenhagen, Denmark. The collection represents the private art collection of
Carl Jacobsen (1842–1914), the son of the founder of the
Carlsberg Breweries."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek
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| Outside the Glyptotek |
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Once inside we found a decent collection of artworks by Cezanne, Degas, Gaugin, Matisse, Monet, Pisarro and Van Gogh. As we didn't know what the collection held this was a super surprise. Sadly our tour didn't give us enough time to savour all the works. There will be a next time.
I highly recommend this site for a visit.
Other Z islands we have visited include Zayatsky, Zanzibar and Zakinthos.
