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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.

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Tycho Brahe Planetarium is an exciting building in the center of Copenhagen.

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.

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