Copenhagen - Kastellet

After two nights at Sonderborg the next stop was Copenhagen. After crossing the Alssund on the motorway bridge seen in the previous post and driving the few miles across the island of Als, we made the rather choppy ferry crossing of the Little Belt from Fynshav to Bodjen on the island of Funen. After driving across Funen, the next major water crossing was the spectacular Great Belt Bridge to - all 11 miles of it!  We were staying at the northern end of Copenhagen - more about that site in a future post.  On our first full day there we got the train (well, two trains) into the city and visited the Kastellet.

This well-preserved star-shaped fortress dates from the 17th century and is still in use by the Danish military.

The fort is home to a monument to Denmark's international activities after 1948.   The inscription reads "a time a place a person".

The other side of the wall names the fallen.

In one of the fort buildings is a museum commemorating Denmark's international involvement.  Cyprus features quite prominently.

There are considerable numbers of field and fortress cannon in the fort and on the ramparts.