Many rows of windmills used for power at the entrance to royal Kobenhavn

Viewed the new Opera House on our Scenic Canal Cruise on a hazy day

Colorful promenade of homes line King's New Square of  modern Danish capital

Cobbled squares and copper along new harbor area known as the Nyhavn

Known as the Black Diamond Building near Christiansborg Palace

Gates to the Rosenborg Castle and National Museum of Fine Arts

"Cold and damp" at Gafion Fountain city known as "merchant's harbor"

Church in city famous for Hans Christian Anderson's fairy-tale world

Great marble dome of Marmorkirken -  monument honoring King Frederik V

Broad, paved octagonal plaza contains four nearly identical palaces

Colorful "Changing of the Guard" ceremony takes place daily at noon

The Changing ceremony is scheduled only when the Queen is in residence

Standing guards at the Amalienborg Palace

Royal Life Guards flank palace of Queen Margrethe II, queen at age 32

Amalienborg Plads has been home of royal families since 1794

Queen's residence where Danish royal family spends most of fall and winter

Entrance to Tivoli Gardens, 21-acre park of gardens, lakes, theater, rides

"The Little Mermaid," designed in 1913, sits on rock on the waterfront

Statue is popular expression of Hans Christian Andersen's works

Vandals have damaged Mermaid, but original bronze molds exist to replace icon

Power plants across from Langelinie Pier

More windmills as we say, "Farvel," to city with rich history and ancient streets