Monthly Archives: April 2020

Copenhagen, Denmark Day 1

Aboard Oceania’s Marina Cruise Ship sailing from Copenhagen, Denmark, September 3, 2019, to Amsterdam, Netherlands September 17, 2019. Traveling with us are Dave and Cathy L.

AS FAMOUS CLOCKS GO, JENS Olsen’s World Clock is a sight to behold. Sitting pretty in a tower at Copenhagen’s City Hall, this gilded horological masterwork is geared to calculate global times and dates, and planetary positions with remarkable precision. And, as long as it continues to be wound once every week, it will continue to display this information for the next 2,500 years.

One of the most precise mechanical clocks in the world, Jens Olsen’s World Clock displays not just the local time, but also solar time, the exact time at locations around the globe, the relative positions of the stars and planets, sunrises and sunsets, the Gregorian calendar, the future dates of changing holidays, and more. 

Back of World Clock
Front of World Clock
Copenhagen City Hall

Helsinki, Finland Day 2

The Helsinki Cathedral overlooks the Senate Square; it is the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; the statue is Martin Luther which stands in the Cathedral.

Bill at Viking Museum, Copenhagen