Short version: a snowy pier. Fuller description. A pier at Aarhus harbour, Denmark, a few years ago. A blanket of snow on grass, some bare winter trees and bushes sticking up. Snow falling. The sea is grey-black. The sky is a blob of grey nothingness. Docklands buildings under construction and warehouses and cranes in the distance are barely-there grey, like ghost skylines. One splash of colour in the middle: the city sign that welcomes visitors arriving by sea. Spelled out in separate bright red letters about 2 metres high: A A R H U S. White snow edges the letters.