life in Copenhagen
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7am yesterday
normally the quay would be crowded with people heading into the centre to work
7pm yesterday evening
normally the quay would be crowded with people heading home from work, and with people heading into the city for the evening or with tourists and citizens either just walking and taking advantage of the pleasant Spring evening or heading for one of the restaurants on Nyhavn
The city is in lockdown and everything has changed so much and so quickly.
The restaurants of Nyhavn have shut and outside them the chairs and tables are under tarpaulins or packed away. Looking out from my window this morning there was a cormorant diving and hunting for food - undisturbed and unperturbed.
With the publication of the World Happiness Report a few days ago, there is an awful irony about the timing when most people in most countries in the World now face a crisis as we are confronted by the impact of a viral epidemic that has changed the way we live and, inevitably, will challenge what we see as the real priorities for our lives in the future.
