Like many other big cities around the world, Copenhagen also has a triumphal arch.
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.
I like receiving postcards, and I would very much like you to mail me one from your vacation.