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‘Twas the Monday before Christmas. Glædelig mandag. Here's a Christmas card from #Aarhus to wish you a good day and a good week and a glædelig jul.

Taken in a snowstorm last December, a view of a snow-covered pier at the harbour, mid-city, Aarhus, Denmark. Falling snowflakes blur in streaks from a grey, snow-filled sky. In front of us, an expanse of grey-white snow with just a few footprints in it. To the right, a snowy slope with straggly tall grasses poking up through the snow. Rising beyond in the distance, barely visible through the fog of snow, the shapes of an oblong and a triangular building, misty and grey, like ghost buildings. To the left, a clump of bushy evergreen trees. Their branches are trimmed in snow, as if they’re auditioning for a part in a Christmas card. Everything is muted, almost monochrome. Except, in the middle, we see the city’s name spelled out in separate, giant, vivid red block letters, each about 3 metres high. A A R H U S. This is the Aarhus city sign that greets visitors arriving by sea. Not to be outdone by mere trees, each letter is Christmasly edged in snow too.

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