17 August 2011

Nyboder





























I spent some hours on a cruise ship on Saturday doing a story for work. It was rainy and grey (surprise...), but when I drove back to Vesterbro I came by the old, yellow houses known as Nyboder. They were originally built by Christian IV in the 1640s for the people in the navy, and I've always been fascinated by these small, coloured buildings. They were originally painted patriotically red and white, and I don't know when or why they got their characteristic yellow dress. When they were built, they were placed outside the city limits, whereas today they could hardly be more centered, placed right between Kastellet and Østre Anlæg. Still, they seemed sort of abandoned and outside somehow. Like they were just standing there to be photographed by tourists and not much else. But pretty they were...

2 comments:

Marian N. Larsen said...

Nyboder er så charmerende.... men jeg mener, at det er soldater, der bor i dem. Min svoger har boet der da han læste til Løjtnant (eller kaptain, jeg husker ikke rækkefølgen) og kender også en anden soldatergut, der pt. bor der. Lejlighederne er vist helt bittesmå indeni, men der har også en charme...

karen sofie said...

Ja, det er soldater. Før var det kun marinefolk, der måtte bo der, men nu må alle indenfor forsvaret (undtagen hjemmeværnet)... Ifølge wikipedia, i hvert fald.
Gad virkelig godt se dem indvendigt!