The Historical Wooden Ships Days in Helsingør

The Historical Wooden Ships Days in Helsingør this weekend is a wonderful gathering of 120 big and small wooden boats. Below is a collection of my pictures from the event:

Three pictures from From Helsingør

Today I visited the historic town of Helsingør, on the opposite side of Öresund: 

Kronborg castle

Red moon over Denmark

The moon over Hellebæk on the Danish side of Öresund was nice reddish at 2 AM last night. 

Evening view

The other night two small vessels were working on a new cable in Öresund.
The northern parts of Danish Helsingør in the background. 

The view over to Hamlet´s Kronborg castle

Hamlet´s Kronborg castle is always an imposing sight on the opposite side of Öresund:

The sky over Helsingør

The sky over Helsingør, on the other side of Öresund, looked nice a few days ago:

Moon over Denmark

Last week the moon over the northern parts of Helsingør looked quite nice, so I decided to take picture standing on my balcony, on the Swedish side of Öresund ... :-)

Clouds over Kronborg

Clouds over Kronborg castle:

Russian cargo ship Georgiy Ushanov passing Helsingør

Russian cargo ship Georgiy Ushanov passing Helsingør tonight on its way to Alexandria:

MSC Orchestra and Hamlet´s Kronborg castle

Hopefully the passengers of MSC Orchestra enjoyed the view of Hamlet´s Kronborg castle!

The classic Swedish clipper Atene in Öresund

This afternoon the classic Swedish clipper ship Atene was on its way southward in Öresund. I shot these two pictures of Atene, with Hamlet´s Kronborg castle and Helsingør in the background:

Atene, which was built in Denmark in 1909, has had many owners. The ship is now owned and beautifully restored by an association in Swedish Skärhamn. You can read more about the ship here:
http://www.msatene.com/
(The info is for the time being only in Swedish, but I´m certain that the people in charge will be more than happy to reply to your inquiries also in English)

The official opening of the Royal "cruising season" in Denmark

The Danish Royal Family is in possession of Dannebrog, the world´s most beautiful royal yacht. Queen Margrethe and the other members of the Royal Family use the yacht for both domestic and foreign visits.

The official opening of the royal "cruising season" always takes place in the end of April, with a short trip from Copenhagen to Helsingør. Yesterday it was again time for the traditional opening ceremony in Helsingør. However, the Dannebrog was not able to make port due to the strong wind. With the Queen onboard, the ship had to return to Copenhagen.

The Royal Yacht Dannebrog trying to make port at Helsingør yesterday.

The official car of Her Majesty the Queen returned empty to Copenhagen.

The famous Helsingør Girls Marching Band braved the bad weather.

A member of the Helsingør Girls Marching Band.

Another member of the Marching Band.

The Danish Royal Yacht leaves Helsingør with the Queen onboard.