Copenhagen day tour, visiting the botanical gardens, the Rosenborg Slot, the Ny Havn and the relaxing downtown. Pictures of Copenhagen.

Weekend to Copenhagen and pictures of Copenhagen
Copenhagen day tour
11-13 April 2007

Tour of Copenhagen with a visit to the picturesque Nyhavn, the botanical gardens which contains hundreds of rare plants from around the world, the summer residence of King Christian IV and the adjacent interesting museum.

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Copenhagen botanical garden. My visit to Copenhagen starts from the beautiful and comperhensive botanical garden.


	Stone gardens with many labelled plants.


The huge greenhouses. People having special interests in visiting the greenhouses, must know that most of them are open only for a few hours per day and only on few days of the week. This is a pity, considering the many rare species that are contained inside.


	A greenhouse with succulent plants. Here, various species belonging to the families of Crassulaceae, Mesembryanthemaceae and Liliaceae. In particular, some Conophytum, Lithops, Hawortia and Crassula.


	A greenhouse containing cacti, a collection of caudiciforms (above picture: a caudiciform accumulates water at the base of the trunk, which becomes huge if compared to the overall plant's size) and many Euphorbia (on the left, an Euphorbia obesa v. monstruosa). Most of these plants are rare and several are endangered in nature.

An Euphorbia affected by Viscum minimum. The Viscum minimum is a parassite growing inside the host, presenting small red fruits (as visible in the middle of the picture).