Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Solvang is a city in California. The population was 5,245 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated as a city in 1985.
Solvang was founded in 1911 by a group of Danes who traveled west to establish a Danish community. The city is home to a number of bakeries, restaurants, and merchants offering a taste of Denmark in California. The architecture of many of the façades and buildings reflects traditional Danish style. There is a copy of the famous Little Mermaid statue from Copenhagen, as well as one featuring the bust of famed Danish fable writer Hans Christian Andersen. A replica of Copenhagen's Round Tower or Rundetårn in the scale 1:3 was finished in 1991 and can be seen in the town center.
(From Wikipedia)
Rec on: 8 Jan 2019
Solvang is a city in California. The population was 5,245 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated as a city in 1985.
Solvang was founded in 1911 by a group of Danes who traveled west to establish a Danish community. The city is home to a number of bakeries, restaurants, and merchants offering a taste of Denmark in California. The architecture of many of the façades and buildings reflects traditional Danish style. There is a copy of the famous Little Mermaid statue from Copenhagen, as well as one featuring the bust of famed Danish fable writer Hans Christian Andersen. A replica of Copenhagen's Round Tower or Rundetårn in the scale 1:3 was finished in 1991 and can be seen in the town center.
(From Wikipedia)
Rec on: 8 Jan 2019
