‘Accumulation’ is a sculpture by the late French artist Armand Pierre Fernandez, known as Arman. It’s placed outside the east entrance of Gare Saint-Lazare on the corner of Rue Saint-Lazare and Rue d’Amsterdam. A tall stack of disused clocks towers several feet up in the air.

Arman’s long list of works includes many sculptures similar to the clocks. Apparently he piled anything from scorpions, tools, music instruments and weapons.

However, the clock sculpture fits perfectly on the plaza in front of the busy Gare Saint-Lazare railroad and subway station. None of the hands show the same hour, like none of the trains arrive or departure at the same time.

If you’re in a hurry to catch a train, don’t look at the sculpture. Time stands still. Use your wrist watch instead, though there is another full functioning clock at Place du Havre.

Take a closer at the first picture of the scupture, and you know what time of day I was there.

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It was erected on Champs de Mars beside the Seine River between 1887 and 1889, designed by architect Gustave Eiffel. In the summer 2008, the Eiffel Tower became adorned with a symbol of the European Union, EU.

After France took over the presidency of EU in the second half of 2008, twelve yellow stars - as in the EU flag - were mounted on the north-west side of the tower between the first and the second level.

Typical for the French, some might say, but it’s hard to deny that the 1,063 ft (324 meter) iron structure is indeed the most famous landmark in Europe.

Perhaps one day the Eiffel Towel will be the symbol of Europe equal to what the Statue of Liberty is to USA. You gotta admit, it does fit the tower beautifully.

Most people don’t realize that stars have always been a part of the Eiffel Tower since the very beginning.

The tower was built to be resistant to wind and is constructed with triangles similar to many bridges. The triangles are placed against each other and form stars with eight points.

Because of the wind resistance, the tower sways only 3.5 inches (9 cm) and mostly caused by the heat that expands the metal.

Zoom in a little and the stars become visible. Click on the image above to the right to see one of the stars in large format.

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Every day, one third of the 1.7m citizens in Copenhagen ride 715,000 miles (1.15m km) on the 242 miles (389 km) bikeways, lanes and the so-called green routes.

Riding a bike is a necessity in Copenhagen. During the rush hour the traffic is so dense that you easily overtake cars and buses. You get around much faster on two wheels than behind one.

Copenhageners have their own bikes. Tourists can either rent one or use one of the 2,000 free city bikes for a deposit of DKK 20.

The city is literally filled with bikes. Especially around the train stations bicycles fill the racks, and when the city runs out of racks, the bikes take up walls and sidewalks.

It may look chaotic to foreigners, but miraculously everyone find their separate bike on their way home from work. Once the night falls, the city is swept for bikes.

Depending on how you choose to look at it, the numerous bikes in Copenhagen seem either surreal or rather abstract:

The arch is placed on Halmtorvet in the Vesterbro quarter.

Take a closer look at the photo. It’s really a gable painting from 1991 called ‘The Triumphal Arch’ by Danish artist Peter Abelin, painted with the so-called trompe l’oeil technique.

The painting is very naturalistic and from a distance, it looks like a real structure.

The building once housed a healthcare wholesaler, and when it was renovated and turned into an apartment building in 1991, Peter Abelin was hired to create the extraordinary gable painting.

Today, the painting symbolizes the significant lift the entire Halmtorvet gained during the 1990’s. The area was once the red light district in Copenhagen with prostitutes and junkies on every corner. Now it’s home to restaurants, playgrounds and pétanque players.

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First of all, it’s a small open area fenced in by Bow Bridge, a diversity of apartment buildings on Central Park West, the skyscrapers to the south and the open shoreline on the east side.

Then of course there are plenty of leafy trees and dense vegetation.

The San Remo Apartments is the most exciting of the buildings visible across the Lake, located on 145-146 Central Park West. The art deco style limestone building is drawn by architect Emery Roth and stood finished in 1930.

Another art deco building, Century Apartments, and the much lower Gothic style building, Dakota Apartments, can also be seen from the shoreline.

Bow Bridge stretches sixty feet across the narrowest point of the Lake, connecting The Ramble and Cherry Hill.

Unlike the many other bridges in Central Park, Bow Bridge is made of cast iron instead of stone. The floor is made of hardwood.

The bridge was completed in 1862 by architects Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould.

The Greek and Gothic style structure is one of the most photographed places in Central Park and is often featured on the big screen.

Also lovers and newly weds use the bridge to share a romantic moment.

From Bow Bridge there is a spectacular view to skyline of skyscrapers on 59th St. and to the shoreline.

In the fall, the trees stand in a palette of bright colors, and during the summer you can watch row boats sail across the Lake.

The Lake itself is created out of a large swamp as part of the so-called ‘Greensward Plan’ from 1857.

Today the crystal clear water is home to a variety of wildlife and tree sorts such as oaks, magnolia and cherry.

If you pass through Central Park, give yourself a relaxing and quiet moment at the south end of the Lake.

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Despite its name, it’s not a real planetarium. It’s a public center for astronomy and natural science and an IMAX theater, named after the great Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).

The exhibition inside the planetarium features models of the solar system and the planets orbiting the sun. The IMAX theater mostly shows films about nature, and after each viewing the current night sky is explained to the audience.

The building also houses a gift shop which sells a variety of gadgets, posters and magazines about astronomy.

Next to the planetarium you find the café and restaurant, Cassiopeia.

The planetarium stood finished in 1989 and is drawn by architect Knud Munk.

It’s elegantly located in the Vesterbro quarter with Gl. Kongevej on one side and the lake of Sct. Jørgen on the other side.

In the summertime, the local citizens uses the layered base of the building on the lake side to relax.

The lake itself has a plentiful life of birds; ducks, pigeons, gulls, coots, swans, and it’s not unusual to have a close encounter with a heron.

Three beautifully arranged fountains stand in this end of the lake.

This green spot is also popular among joggers and people walking their dog, enjoying their lunch or strolling with their children.

The lake separates Copenhagen from the city of Frederiksberg, with the the planetarium on the Copenhagen side.

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