Copenhagen. Botanical Garden
Botanical Garden Copenhagen is located in the heart of the Danish capital. It was founded in 1600 by the decree of King Christian IV, but was located a little to the north, and was moved to modern place in 1870. The Botanical Garden is part of the Danish Museum natural history, which uses it not only as a place of rest, but also as a research site.
The Royal Botanic Garden was established to preserve the collection of Danish medicinal plants that were in danger of destruction after the closure of most of the monasteries and their gardens during the Reformation. The park was looked after by a professor at the University of Copenhagen, who lived in a small house in the park. The expansion of the park was taken up by Ole Worm, who ordered rare Danish plants from all over the country. Foreign colleagues sent rare species from abroad. Greenhouses and a complex of greenhouses with an area of more than 200 square meters were laid out in the western part of the garden. One of the greenhouses was built on the model of the Crystal Palace with world exhibition 1851 in London.
In total, there are more than 13 thousand plant species in the botanical garden. All of them are divided into several zones: Danish plants, perennial and annual plants and plants from mountainous areas Central and Southern Europe. The oldest tree in the garden is the taxodium, which was planted in 1806.
The botanical garden is across the street from Rosenborg Castle. From railway station you can also walk to this area on foot through the University of Copenhagen, we got on the 6th bus, in fact, we got into the first one that came in about that direction. In any case, you will be approaching Rosenborg Castle. Geolocation has been enabled on the iPhone and google maps showed that we are going in the right direction. We made a scan on the bus and loaded the program from bus routes Copenhagen. And it became completely clear.
Our Copenhagen card ended at 13 o'clock, we decided to first take a walk in the Botanical Garden, and then go to the castle. The card was valid until 13-00 and it was important to enter the castle before 13, but you could stay in it as long as your heart desires.
There was some kind of warning sign at the entrance to the garden, but the employee allowed us to enter. We were not asked for a ticket. Probably March is not yet a paid season, and perhaps paid admission is only to greenhouses where tropical plants are presented. I can’t say that we were not interested in tropical plants at all, but due to limited time, we did not plan to examine them.
It was much more interesting to enjoy the plants that winter in the northern country, and that which blooms very first. The Alpine hill at our dacha is at the project stage, and a gardener friend gave certain parting words in this direction.
Rhododendrons at the end of March were already fragrant in all their glory. There are several types of rhododendrons, worker bees darted between us and flowering plants, we even managed to take one photo-mrdel. In my youth when I rode North Caucasus and Ossetia saw a lot of rhododendrons, but they did not bloom, I just imagined how beautiful it is there at the time of flowering. And the blooming rhododendrons were another pleasant surprise on this trip.
I captured the Alpine hills from all sides, except for the beautiful flowers, the nameplates also got into the frame, and this is exactly what pleased my husband, the pebbles have been waiting for a long time to go into action. Unexpectedly for me, my son also took a series of his pictures. I remember in Barcelona with him it was in gothic quarter in the Cathedral. While I was looking at the iconostasis, I took the iPhone for a few minutes, and in the evening I discovered a collection of excellent photos.
In the garden, I saw flowering trees, the existence of which in nature I did not even suspect, although the biology teacher gave me to the mathematics teacher for the Olympiads with great difficulty, the Olympiads in these subjects were held on the same day.
The son asked what it was and plants and had to come closer and read with a smart look. What an amazing and beautiful life! So much more room for improvement.
I think that in April the botanical garden in Copenhagen is especially good when most of the trees and bushes bloom.
In the city park next to the botanical garden, we found such an unusual tree.
Children part with their sweets at his place. In Legoland, I saw a chest with a pirate. In which the baby puts her pacifiers, saying goodbye to them. So I imagine the picture - where is the wasteland? Uncle Pirate took! I think there is some legend about the tree. If anyone knows, write in the comments!
Autumn, November, dark gray day...
Rosenborg Castle closed its doors to visitors at exactly two o'clock. And in two hours it should have been completely dark.
The botanical garden is located next to the castle, across the road. And what a good fellow I am that I decided to look there!
First, I managed to get into the greenhouse, which closes at three o'clock.
And secondly, the place turned out to be surprisingly picturesque and quiet. After a rich tour of the castle, nature miraculously contributed to the restoration of strength.
I divided the photos taken in the botanical garden into two parts:
Part 1. Greenhouse
This post is about the greenhouse.
The general view was taken when the greenhouse was closed and artificial light turned on for tropical plants.
And at first, when I got there, the lighting was natural, but not enough for good photos.
The greenhouse was built in 1874 in the style of the Crystal Palace in London.
The Crystal Palace has long been gone, and the greenhouse of the Copenhagen Botanical Garden has been fully preserved to this day, it feels great and is used for its intended purpose.
On the plan of the Botanical Garden in 1874, it is easy to find.
It can be seen that this is a whole complex of greenhouses with a central volume covered by a large glass dome. 
The whole complex is clearly visible on an old postcard.
Now there is no such type. All close tall trees. 
And so, I come to the main entrance.
I go up the wide stairs and try to take pictures, without people (there are a lot of them, that's why such angles))) 
Central light: 
I enter.
There is a lot of humidity inside. So big that the lens fogged up. 
Did you notice that the old postcard says Palmehuset (palm house)?
Now there are not only palm trees.
Ficus, bamboo and many different tropical plants form dense thickets.
It would look like a jungle, if not for neat paths, signs, artificial streams and small sculptures. 
It is especially interesting to look at all this riot from above.
For this, a circular metal bridge was made at the base of the central dome, to which two spiral staircases lead. 
Going up one ladder... 
They go down the other way.
This is important because the overhead view bridge is very narrow and movement in different directions is difficult. 
From this bridge, you can see in detail the structures of the dome.
Visible curtains, which are provided to protect plants from too bright light, and a service ladder. 
The service ladder is needed not only for "pulling" the curtains.
Glass structures require regular revision and repair. 
You see, some kind of sensor hangs down. Only from this special ladder can you reach it. 
I found an interesting photo on the Internet.
During the repair, scaffolding was put up and a platform was made under the very dome.
For plants that have left special holes above this site. 
And at the level of the bridge, the plants come very close and sometimes braid it. 
To get through, you have to lift branches or such huge leaves. 
The leaves are the size of a double blanket. 
The central dome is supported by cast-iron columns with graceful capitals. 
As soon as I got down, they turned on the artificial light. 
The photographs took on a warm tone. 
All this meant that evening twilight was approaching and the conservatory would close soon. 
I hurried to inspect the side sections. Here the plants are lower and much lighter. 
The outermost section contains aquatic plants. 
Fish and tadpoles swim in artificial reservoirs and streams, but they are not visible in the photographs. 
Autumn even in the greenhouse is autumn. 
Flowering is rather an accident, a mistake of nature. 
The Copenhagen Botanical Garden is one of the few free places to visit in this very expensive city. Let's use this.
I probably repeat in every report that this is a very expensive city and perhaps regular readers are already tired of it. But I will continue to publish reports about the "free" places in Copenhagen. I think it will be useful for those who, like me, live on the salary of a teacher.
How to get there: The Copenhagen Botanical Garden itself is located almost in its very center. There are several entrances to the garden from various streets, and the main one is located near the Nørreport metro station. For those who need an address - Entrance via Øster Farimagsgade 2B.
Botanical Garden Copenhagen
Story: The Botanical Garden of Copenhagen is over 400 years old, and the existing garden is the fourth in its history. The very first one was founded at the beginning of the 17th century and was called Hortus Medicus. All previous gardens were in different time in different places, and only in the XIX century the garden received a permanent place, where it is now.
The garden is very large and occupies 10 hectares, in order to estimate the scale I will give a map from the official site. The most interesting thing in the garden is the greenhouse at number 6 and the buildings next to it.
Attention you should not pay attention to building No. 14 if your plans do not include parting with 40DKK (Danish kroner), since this is no longer the garden itself, but the building of the Geological Museum where the entrance is paid.
Here, according to Wikipedia, there are more than 13,000 species of various plants, and there are only 600 local Danish among them. I will only share what impressed me.
Landscapes after the main entrance are quite boring and the hand did not even rise to take a couple of photos, but I was very impressed with the place at number 3 on the map. This is a small hill with paths and waterfalls dotted with various plants. Everything is done very harmoniously and most likely talented designers have worked here, because walking along the elevation changes on this hill you get the feeling that you are in a prehistoric era.
Next interesting place there will be a central greenhouse at number 6. The official website says that there are 27 greenhouses in the garden, most likely they counted all the internal rooms in this large greenhouse.
The building itself may seem small, but once inside you can climb several floors up a spiral staircase. Inside the palm tree is in full growth and this department is called accordingly - palm.
ATTENTION: I do not recommend climbing stairs for everyone. The higher you get, the more tropical the climate becomes during the rainy season and it becomes very difficult to breathe. But that's not all - the air is very humid, and the optics on the camera begin to sweat a lot and it becomes almost impossible to photograph something. Not only optics sweat, but you yourself. For 5 minutes at the top, you will definitely sweat from the humidity, and since there will be pavilions with a cool climate, then there is a chance of getting sick.
Going down, you feel great relief and rejoice at the fact that you live in a temperate climate.
The neighboring pavilion turned out to be very cool after the tropical one. Because of the large plant similar to water lilies, it seemed to me that I was in my own climate, but I had to run away quickly so as not to catch a cold.
But the sculpture of Caesar or some other ancient figure was a little embarrassing, somehow unexpected for this place.
There are a large number of greenhouses inside, as it was written above, and after 3 or 4 they all merge into one big pile from which it is difficult to single out something, except that the department with plants is closer to African desert. But I could be wrong, because I didn't read the labels.
Leaving the building of the greenhouse, you can still take a walk around the Botanical Garden itself. The park area is very picturesque and it turned out that in addition to plants, you can also find living creatures in the form of squirrels. If it’s difficult to surprise me and the inhabitants of Belarus with a squirrel, since we have them in almost every park, then tourists from other countries would be very amused and interested.
Those who are not in a hurry and are slowly studying Copenhagen can visit what surrounds the garden, and this is the Geological Museum, located in the garden itself and 3 more museums nearby - the Workers Museum, the Royal Guard Museum and State Museum arts. But all this will already be for the money.
Next to the Rosenborg park complex, there is another amazing garden - the Copenhagen Botanical Garden.
The only thing that distinguishes it from other gardens familiar to our eyes is that most of it is under the vaults of huge greenhouses, which is quite natural in the harsh local climate.
Of course, there are greenhouses in almost any botanical garden, but here their area is simply huge (more than 3000 sq. M). But the Danes have the opportunity to feel spring or summer all year round in this ever-blooming oasis.
The diversity of plant species may well be the envy of any tropical garden, there are palm trees and capricious orchids, rhododendrons and cacti here.
The Botanical Garden of the Danish capital, among other things, is also the largest laboratory in which it is possible to preserve unique, rare plants. In confirmation of this, a huge collection of seedlings, seeds, a unique herbarium.
The building of the greenhouse itself is also unique. They say that the architects took the prototype of the Crystal Palace in London as the basis for the idea of its creation. The greenhouse has a domed structure in the middle and large horizontal spans, quite high (I remind you that some types of palm trees grow there). The height of the greenhouse can be judged by the stairs leading to the main entrance.
In addition to the greenhouse itself, the rest of the park is quite normal, there is a pond, alleys with benches for relaxation.
And one more important thing, the garden is open only until 16.00 in winter, and until 18.00 in summer. The palm greenhouse is open from 10.00 to 15.00, but you can get into the cactus greenhouse only three days a week, on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, for only an hour from 13.00 to 14.00.
But the entrance to all the premises of the garden is completely free for everyone. Surprising for one of the most expensive countries in Europe.