Tag: Boat

Thursday doors – 10 April 2025 – Copenhagen doors, Denmark

Doors 302 – Copenhagen, Denmark (part II), September 2024

My series of doors from Copenhagen is going to be fairly lengthy, and I might have to increase the number of doors in each post a little, to prevent fatigue. This week’s selection is mainly from the waterside area of one of the canals that runs through the capital, of which there are several.

I took advantage of my mother needing a rest after our morning exertions in the Tivoli Gardens and trotted off on my own on a ten-mile afternoon walk (the first of two in three days). I took in so many incredible sights including an open-water swim, with hundreds of competitors braving the freezing seawater, many without wetsuits. Finding and photographing doors, of course, played an important part in my enjoyment of the city. I hope you enjoy them:

Grey door and shuttered windows, Vester Voldgade, Copenhagen, September 2025
Door within a door? Bryghusgade, Copenhagen, September 2025
Doorway into Christian Iv’s Brewhouse, Copenhagen, September 2025
Five warehouse doors, orange brickwork and blue skies, Frederiksholms Kanal, Copenhagen, September 2025
Gangway and door to a lighthouse boat boathouse, Frederiksholms Kanal, Copenhagen, September 2025
Several boat doors and hatches, Havnegade, Copenhagen, September 2025
WC doors, Havnegade, Copenhagen, September 2025

So that’s it until next time from sunny Copenhagen, may I wish you a happy week in these troubling times.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

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3249. St Werburghs tunnel (199)

I can totally see that Morny’s murals might not be to everyone’s taste, they are just not as polished as some of the stuff you see in Bristol, but I absolutely love them. While the characters may have a soft edge, the messages don’t, and Morny is not one for holding back.

Morny, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2020
Morny, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2020

We have a great many global crises to contend with at the moment, but the dominance of the coronavirus pandemic may have masked other environmental and political issues such as climate change and migration. The Tories are not known for their compassionate approach to migration, preferring an Australian style hard line. This piece from Morny is calling them out.

I think that this might be the best piece I have seen from Morny, it has a lot of emotion and is a very powerful image. You don’t have to have sharp lines and solid fills with patterns to create a great piece. I love this.

1633. Belle Vue Road

This is the second of a pair of pieces by Dabuten Tronko in Easton which I came across recently. The wall had previously had a rather unattractive throw up on it and the improvement brought about by this work is immeasurable.

Dabuten Tronko, Belle Vue Road, Bristol, July 2018
Dabuten Tronko, Belle Vue Road, Bristol, July 2018

I am very fond of these deconstructed rowing boat pieces by Dabuten Tronko, and it is great that he has visited Bristol on a couple of occasions in the last year – I wonder if he has contacts here as it is quite unusual for visitors to paint in Easton, they tend to go to the more common spots at the M32 or Dean Lane. I hope he returns again before too long.

Harbour

 

The tidal rhythm

a familiar cycle

for old harbour boats.

 

by Scooj

 

1197. City Road (5)

It is always worth taking a look in places that you don’t go to too often, just to check if there is anything new. Well I hadn’t been to this spot for a long time, I know not since before the end of July, because this piece is by Dabuten Tronko, who visited Bristol for Upfest 2017.

Dabuten Tronko, City Road, Bristol, December 2017
Dabuten Tronko, City Road, Bristol, December 2017

It is an interesting piece and picks up the theme of his other boats that he sprayed where the A38 meets The Bearpit roundabout. This is a curious piece of writing set on a red and grey background and picking out a rowing boat within the letters. I am not sure what the word says, if it says anything at all. I like making discoveries like this.

1026. North Street (A38) (2)

I don’t know how many days these pieces had been up before I noticed them, but they are another gift to the city of Bristol from a visiting artist who was here for Upfest. Dabuten Tronko is from Tarragona in Spain, which I found out from his ‘couchsurfing’ profile. The Interweb is an incredible thing!

Dabuten Tronko, North Street (A38), Bristol, August 2017
Dabuten Tronko, North Street (A38), Bristol, August 2017

These pieces can be found either side of the main road on the vertical walls of the 5102 building overlooking The Bearpit. They are something of a before and after reflection and need to be seen in conjunction to hold any real meaning.

Dabuten Tronko, North Street (A38), Bristol, August 2017
Dabuten Tronko, North Street (A38), Bristol, August 2017

The boats on the left hand side of the road (heading North) are intact and jolly, while in stark contrast, those opposite are smashed up or deconstructed. I’m not sure what it all means, but I like the concept going on here.

Dabuten Tronko, North Street (A38), Bristol, August 2017
Dabuten Tronko, North Street (A38), Bristol, August 2017

The colour scheme is quite subtle and sort of blends in with the background blue. The boats somehow feel like they have always been there or were always meant to be there. I’ll bet I’m not the first person to have missed them first time round.

Festival weather

 

Harbour festival

threatened by leaden skies

a Summer dulled.

 

by Scooj

Mackerel feathering

 

The sun touched sea slaps

the boat and our lines tighten

and cut on the rise.

 

by Scooj

Boat

 

In the shadow of

Brunel’s finest, but worthy

of such company.

 

by Scooj