by Susan | Apr 24, 2023 | Monuments
There are 7,000 concrete bunkers and fortifications on the beaches along the west coast of the Jutland Peninsula, an ugly reminder of the German occupation during World War II. In the 1990s, Denmark commissioned 24 international artists to commemorate the 50th...
by Susan | Dec 20, 2021 | Monuments
This statue made of scrap, is a riff on Rodin’s “The Thinker” and sits on a bench in the shape of a key. It is located on the waterfront, near the “Little Mermaid” statue. The artist, Kim Michael, has an odd affectation of replacing the...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2020 | Monuments
I Am Queen Mary is a 23-foot tall statue of St. Croix’s Queen Mary Thomas, who, alongside two other women, Queen Agnes and Queen Matilda, led a 19th century labor uprising in the former Danish colony. Freed from slavery in 1848, the Danish Virgin Island’s Black...
