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Copenhagen, the home of Sweyn Forkbeard, fabled storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, current ruler Queen Margrethe II and triathlon heroes Torbjorn Sindballe (retired) and Rasmus Henning (Ironman Hawaii contender), is one of Europe's most historic, charming and vibrantly modern cities. Sunday it will be the site of Challenge Copenhagen, one of the rarest of Ironman-distance venues, a triathlon racing past royal palaces, ancient cathedrals, and great examples of daring modern architecture, weaving past one of Europe's most fascinating mix of canals, cafes and elegant parks.

Once his plane landed, Slowtwitch correspondent Timothy Carlson hit the streets with his cameras and 24 hours later produced this photo gallery. The shame, he says, was the limit of 20 pictures. So what about the street artists, the children balancing on wooden wheels in the Tivoli, the pan flute player in the city square, the stirring Museum of the Danish World War 2 resistance, the ancient Portal of Helligansdskirken, the 5-foot-tall woman posing next to the 8-and-a-half foot tall statue of the world's tallest man outside the Guinness Museum? Not to forget the famous Little Mermaid statue currently on loan to a world exposition in China?

You'll have to travel to magical Copenhagen yourself one day.

All images © Timothy Carlson