Standing guard

The street in this shot, Nørrebrogade, is one of the absolute busiest in all of Copenhagen. So busy, in fact, that it's main bus line transports a staggering 65.000 people around each day! The street is also the lifeline of the Nørrebro quarter, which is very multicultural and quite lively - sometimes a bit too lively. With so much going on, it's great to see these little fellows standing their ground, while bikes, cars and pedestrians are swooping by.

Actually these guys embody much of what I love about my neighbourhood: the mix of small, weird shops (to one of which these figures belong), the many cultures, scents and impressions all rolled into one central avenue.

And for my foreign visitors a little bonus info: The yellow wall in the background hides a large and very beautiful churchyard, where prominent Danes such as the fairytale father Hans Christian Andersen, the singer Natasja, the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and the scientist Niels Bohr are laid to rest.