Sure, it was a little kitsch, and given how many signs were written in Japanese before English and Spanish, we should perhaps judge it as a tourist destination first and foremost. The sails on this windmill don't look big enough ever to have done any serious work.
By the way, the "storks" nesting on the roofs are fake.
Nevertheless, the Danish pastries and coffees in Birkholm's Cafe (now run by the third generation of the same family) were definitely the real thing.
I also loved the timeline of Danish monarchs painted on the side of the cafe. This is the beginning and end.
Walking around a quieter corner, we found this elaborate doorway on a building that was being renovated.
I'm not a fan of all-year-round Christmas shops, but this one was beautiful. Sadly, I didn't have the money for this amazing Advent set of drawers.
While I had no need for the watch-maker, I did rather like the sign in his shop-window.
And finally, it wouldn't have been a slice of Denmark without a Little Mermaid statue. She looked rather in need of a clean-up, and possibly felt a bit out of place besides the home-ware store.
And so we travelled, on to Los Angeles ...
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