COPENHAGEN: Day Trips

Day trips from Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN: Mirror House

Mirror House at Copenhagen Central Park by MLRP

CITY: Copenhagen

Aarhus ARoS Art Museum: Your Rainbow Panorama – Olafur Eliasson

W H A T :    OLAFUR ELIASSON : YOUR RAINBOW PANORAMA
W H E N :    June 18th – December 2011
W H E R E : ARoS Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark

M O R E : ARoS Junior
ARoS IS OPEN 10am – 10pm FROM TUESDAY – SUNDAY IN JUNE

DENMARK: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

W H A T :    David Hockney: Me Draw On iPad
W H E N :    8 April – 28 August 2011
W H E R E : Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Visit Louisiana

M O R E : Children’s Wing

• Collection
• Exhibitions
• TheCityHour
• The Shop

V I D E O : David Hockney’s iPad Art

ASTRONOMY ITINERARIES: Aurorae

SDO IS GO: CME hits Earth and causes a moderate geomagnetic storm

The coronal mass ejection from August 1 hit the Earth at 1740 UT on August 3. It caused a moderate geomagnetic storm resulting in beautiful auroral displays. This photo was taken by Jesper Grønne of Denmark. A second eruption may hit Earth in the next two days, perhaps causing more geomagnetic activity.

NASA News:

• Activity from Aug. 1 CME Subsides
• Spacecraft Observes Coronal Mass Ejection

Aurora Update

Solar Activity

Solar Storm Update: Best Times for Viewing Aurorae
Aurora Alert! Solar Storm Reaches Earth

DISCOVER: Bad Astronomy: The Sun rises again

KTVU: Intense Period Of Solar Activity Could Affect Earthbound Communications

“Spacequakes” Discovered in Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
Aurora “Power Surges” Triggered by Magnetic Explosions

1001 S T O R I T I N E R A R I E S: Denmark

Danish cultural heritage: 1001 stories about Denmark

B I K E I T I N E R A R I E S

• Europe’s best bets for city cycling tours
• B E R L I N : Berlin on Bike, Call A Bike, BBBike
• V I E N N A : Pedal Power, Citybike
• A M S T E R D A M : I amsterdam, Mike’s Bike Tours Amsterdam, BIKE CITY
• P A R I S : Velib, Fat Tire Bike Tours(an American company operating in Paris, Barcelona, London and Berlin)
• Take the teens to Europe

Family cycling journey rich in life lessons

• BARCELONA has even a BIKE WEEK in June!

Barcelona Bike Tours, Barcelona CicloTour

• Copenhagen the ultimate bike-friendly city
• BIKE NEW YORK
• Biking a great way to explore the five boroughs
• New York City’s Five Boro Bike Tour Map

D I T I N E R A R I E S: Little Denmark

SOLVANG ATTRACTIONS, PLACES, MAP and WALKING MAP:

• Hans Christian Andersen museum
• The Book Loft Building
• ELVERHØJ MUSEUM OF HISTORY & ART
• Danish Days in Solvang
• Hans Christian Andersen Park
• Sunny Fields Park
• O S T R I C H L A N D
• Root 246 Restaurant

Now we are ready for a real trip to Denmark

• Meet the Kids!
• DENMARK FOR KIDS
• EXPLORE DENMARK!
• Visit Denmark: Great things to do with children in Denmark
• National Geographic Traveler : 48 HOURS IN COPENHAGEN
• dwell : DETOUR : Copenhagen, Denmark

D I T I N E R A R I E S

D stands for a combination of Danish and Disney itineraries, a birthday trip that we are planning to Disneyland with a Danish stop in Solvang, maybe a brick-or-treat too and other SOCAL gems.

First destination is S O L V A N G. This is the Danish Capital of US, set your GPS to Solvang, CA 93463, 1683 Copenhagen Drive. I always liked this place, and every visit to the little Hans Christian Andersen museum tucked upstairs in The Book Loft Building is enchanting. Somehow I always find something exciting here, refreshing for an almost 100 year old place. We never stayed overnight in Solvang though, and one time when later hours got us still there I remember that the town went silently to sleep. So I was looking for things to do in the late afternoon and stumbled upon an event that will make our young jewellery designer so happy: Meet John Kennedy and create a custom jewel

MORE SOLVANG ATTRACTIONS, PLACES, MAP and WALKING MAP:

• ELVERHØJ MUSEUM OF HISTORY & ART
• Danish Days in Solvang
• Hans Christian Andersen Park
• Sunny Fields Park
• O S T R I C H L A N D

DENMARK FOR KIDS:

• Meet the Kids!
• DENMARK FOR KIDS
• EXPLORE DENMARK!
• Visit Denmark: Great things to do with children in Denmark
• National Geographic Traveler : 48 HOURS IN COPENHAGEN
• dwell : DETOUR : Copenhagen, Denmark

Next destination, LOS ANGELES WITH KIDS!
With only little time it will be tough to choose, but here is a beginning of LA ITINERARIES and a shorter wishlist for this trip:

• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
• A short time visit
• E. Hadley Stuart, Jr. Hall of Gems and Minerals
• Rancho La Brea Tar Pits, map
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• The Getty

We knew that LEGO history began in 1932 in Denmark and the name LEGO itself is a fusion of the Danish words “LEg” and “GOdt” (“play well”), but the Danes claim the inspiration for Disneyland comes from Tivoli Gardens too, so here’s another Danish destination in our itinerary