Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/695

Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, this was Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and it encouraged the spread of this style throughout northern Europe. It has been the mausoleum of the Danish royal family since the 15th century. Porches and side chapels were added up to the end of the 19th century. Thus it provides a clear overview of the development of European religious architecture.

Sender: RM1010, Sent on: 22 Feb, 2014, Received on: 27 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 5 days

Wadden Sea, Denmark (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1314

This is an extension of the Dutch and German Wadden Sea site, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2009. The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. The complete extension now covers most of the Danish Wadden Sea maritime conservation area, as well as a maritime extension of the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area and the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.

Postcard 1: Danish Wadden Sea Nature and Wildlife Reserve, part II, Esbjerg

Sender: operagirl, Sent on: 27 Oct, 2014, Received on: 4 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 69 days

Kronborg Castle, Denmark (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/696

Located on a strategically important site commanding the Sund, the stretch of water between Denmark and Sweden, the Royal castle of Kronborg at Helsingør (Elsinore) is of immense symbolic value to the Danish people and played a key role in the history of northern Europe in the 16th-18th centuries. Work began on the construction of this outstanding Renaissance castle in 1574, and its defences were reinforced according to the canons of the period's military architecture in the late 17th century. It has remained intact to the present day. It is world-renowned as Elsinore, the setting of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Sender: RM1010, Sent on: 05 Nov, 2013, Received on: 14 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 9 days

Flag of Denmark

Red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side; the banner is referred to as the Dannebrog (Danish flag) and is one of the oldest national flags in the world; traditions as to the origin of the flag design vary, but the best known is a legend that the banner fell from the sky during an early-13th century battle; caught up by the Danish king before it ever touched the earth, this heavenly talisman inspired the royal army to victory; in actuality, the flag may derive from a crusade banner or ensign.

 

 

Sender: Chris, Sent on: 1 Aug, 2013, Received on: 15 Aug, 2013, Travel time: 14 days 

 

Sender: Ertan, Sent on: 28 Apr, 2014, Received on: 6 May, 2014, Travel time: 8 days