above - the view across the harbour to the Opera House. I know hygge is about candles and food and and wine and warm comfortable interiors on a cold grey Winter evening but is it a step too far to see this - a quiet comfortable and safe urban area - as hygge scaled up?

right - the tower and the spire Christians Kirke

below right - the portico of the Danske Bank building at Kongens Nytorv

below - Islands Brygge walking along the old cobbled wharf towards Bryggerbroen and looking towards Fisketorvet on the other side of the harbour

Copenhagen is amazing during the day but is also a magical place to explore at night.

Obviously there are the bright lights of Tivoli and all the neon signs around Vesterbrogade and the large square in front of the city hall and Strøget - the Walking Street - is a good place for an evening promenade all the way from the city hall to Højbro Plads and on to Kongens Nytorv - but the quieter streets and squares and the quayside of the harbour have lower and much more subtle levels of lighting and important public buildings are well lit rather than spot lit.

Bridges and steps have thin lighting on or under the handrails and, in some of the pedestrian streets and squares, lights are set into the pavement to mark pathways.