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| Copenhagen Parliament Buildings. |
This week saw the end of one of our modules ‘Visual Culture.’ This module was composed mostly of visits to areas of interest within Copenhagen and the surrounding suburbs. Having been here three weeks, I have been in Copenhagen quite frequently and already I love the city. We have visited the National Museum within this module where we viewed an exhibition called ‘Europe meets the World.’ The exhibition depicted how Europe was viewed by the rest of the world, especially in Denmark. We had to go through each of the areas and relate the displays to events in our own country’s history, as well as comparing this with other countries. I found it extremely interesting learning about other students cultural history and it made me realise how little I actually knew about my own country. I also began to find similarities with problems in the other countries that I could compare with the problems Northern Ireland has faced. We have spent a lot of time in class focusing on how our country relates to the EU and we have had to discuss this in groups to create a book cover telling one of our stories. We choose ‘The Celtic Tiger’ as our story as one of the students in my group comes from Ireland and I have noticed that a lot of Erasmus students and our tutors are very interested in the dramatic rise and fall of the country. Through the experience in the National Museum I realised that a lot of our countries have similar histories and ideas, and it has encouraged me to delve into the history of my own country, as this is something that has not really interested me previously.
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| Presenting our book cover. |
We have been on walking tours of the city with our teacher Frants which has been great as we have got to see parts of the city we probably would have never thought of ourselves. I thoroughly enjoyed this week’s walking tour as we got to visit Hans Christian Anderson’s grave, walk over a frozen lake and view the ‘People’s Park’ which is a playground for adults, with different countries symbolised as the area is very multicultural, e.g. the red square of Moscow is represented as a huge square painted red. It was extremely interesting to see and I can’t wait to come back when the weather is warmer and see what it is like with more people around.I haven’t been surprised by how much I enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city as coming from a small town in Northern Ireland you often find yourself wondering what there is to do. Copenhagen is a haven of activities and I feel that even with four months here we will not get the chance to see everything. The shopping street Strøget has been frequently visited although I am proud to say I have refrained from buying any clothes.
However, the highlight of my week was receiving a package from home on Valentine’s Day. I am missing the food, treats and home cooking that I can have whenever I want but here they are either unavailable or outside of my weekly budget. So I was very happy to receive a shoebox full of Galaxy chocolate, sweets, popcorn and crème eggs. The perfect end to a great week!
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| Treats from home. |
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