Route description for Denmark

A visit to this museum gives you the impression that you have arrived in the time of HC Andersen. An environment has been created here with the typical Funen half-timbered houses, flowering gardens, village ponds and streets. The Funen open air museum has houses and farms from the period 1600-1800. For example, a forge, a watermill, windmill, rectory, school and poorhouse. Furthermore, agriculture is practiced according to old methods. In the summer, the museum comes alive, the farmers work in the fields, the houses are limewashed, the roofs thatched and the cook stirs the tiles of the rectory house, Tommerup præstegård. Take the picnic basket with you and enjoy the tranquility and wonderful atmosphere. There is a museum shop and a 'kro', a kind of inn on the site.

Den Fynske Landsby

Sejerskovvej 20

5260 Odense SA

Tlf: 65514601

museum.odense.dk/denfynskelandsby

Walk through Nyborg

Nyborg is a small town on the east coast of Funen. We visited this city because it was one of the most important fortified cities in Denmark in the 17th century, next to Copenhagen and Frederica, due to its interesting location on the Great Belt. As early as the 12th century there was a castle here, Nyborg Slot, which still stands today. The later King Christian II was born in this castle. Meetings of the Danish Parliament took place here until the early 15th century.

In later centuries Nyborg became a fortified city, however in the 19th century some of the fortress walls were torn down to allow urban expansion. Nearby is now the Great Belt Bridge that connects Funen to Sjæland. Nyborg Church dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries, and the crucifix is all that remains of that time.

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Roskilde Dom - Roskilde Cathedral (UNESCO World Heritage)

Domkirkepladsen 3, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark

Roskilde Cathedral is perhaps the most famous church in Denmark. The cathedral is located in the center of Roskilde (Sjælland) and has been the final resting place of the Danish royals for centuries. Roskilde Cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

From Viking kings like Harold Blauwtand (985 AD) and his son Sweyn Gaffelbaard (1014 AD) to 20th century King Christian X (1947 AD): they all have their own tomb in Roskilde Cathedral . A visit to the cathedral guarantees a special journey through the history of the Danish royal house.

It makes Roskilde Cathedral one of the highlights of a visit to the East Danish islands.

Location and opening hours Dom van Roskilde

Roskilde Cathedral is located in the center of the city, not far from the harbor and the Viking Ship Museum. The square next to the cathedral is a nice place for a summer terrace and overlooks the colorful shopping street of Roskilde.

source: Dansk.nl

The Viking ship museum in Roskilde

Around the year 1000, when five Viking ships were deliberately sunk at Skuldelev in Roskilde Fjord, life was difficult. The sunken ships blocked the main shipping channel and protected the capital of Denmark - then Roskilde - from attacks from the sea. The ships were uncovered in 1962. It turned out to be five different types of ships used by the Vikings as cargo or warships for their distant expeditions.

The Viking ships and the museum

The Viking ship museum overlooks the fjord and was built specifically for the five ships now on display in 1969. You can start with the introductory film "The Viking Ships". The different exhibitions tell the story of the ships, life at sea, the Vikings and the time in which they lived. In “The Viking Harbor” you can embark on warship and cargo ship imitations, giving you an excellent impression of life on board a Viking ship. The shop at the museum has an extensive range of books and counterfeit jewelery from the Viking times, etc.

The island and the harbor of the museum

After many years of planning, the Viking ship museum was expanded in 1997 with an island and harbor. The new island provides an interesting environment and the harbor is home to a unique collection of Nordic ships and simulated Viking ships. In the open space in front of the shipyard you can see how a traditional ship is built.

Be a Viking on board a Viking ship

The impressive collections of traditional Northern European ships in the Viking ship museum consist of successors to the Viking ships. Not only are they beautiful to look at - they are also great sailing ships. Sailing on an open, square rigged ship is a great experience, and you will get a sense of what it felt like to be a Viking on a Viking ship. During the summer holidays there are one-hour sailing trips every day. Special sailing trips for groups can be organized.

Havhingsten fra Glendalough - A Viking warship

Between 2000 and 2004, the Viking Museum shipyard built a reconstruction of Skuldelev 2, a 30-meter-long Viking ship. The ship has a crew of 60-70 men. The ship is currently being tested.

Viking ship museum

Vindeboder 12 4000 Roskilde Denmark Tel. +45 46 300 200 Fax +45 46 300 201 E-mail: museum (at) vikingeskibsmuseet.dk www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk For more information, visit our English or Danish language website. Click here to watch a movie about the Viking Ship Museum.

source: vikingeskibetmuseet roskilde

Jewish Museum
Lunch

Christianshavn

Assistens cemetery

Tivoli

Tivoli is an amusement park in the center of Copenhagen and is located next to Københavns Hovedbanegård (Central Station) and close to Rådhuspladsen (City Hall Square). The park is well known outside of Denmark.

The attractions Vertigo and Dæmonen.

The Ferris wheel, one of the park's oldest attractions.

It was founded by Georg Carstensen in 1843, making it one of the oldest theme parks in the world ( Dyrehavsbakken Park , also in Copenhagen, is even older). The park was founded as a company, the shares of which were held by those involved in the construction.

On August 15, 1943, Tivoli celebrated its centenary and on that day with 112,802 visitors set a record for most visitors in a single day. In 1993, the one hundred and fifty-year anniversary was celebrated just as exuberantly.

Walt Disney visited this park in the 1950s to gain inspiration for the construction of the first Disney Park.

In 2000, the park won a Thea Award.

In the evening, Tivoli is lit with 115,000 energy-saving lamps. The park got its first bumper cars in 1926. And the park has a wooden roller coaster built in 1914, making it one of the oldest wooden roller coasters still in operation in the world.

Tivoli is the most visited theme park in Denmark: 4,640,000 people visited the park in 2016. [1]

A ticket must be purchased before entering the park. Separate tickets or day tickets must be purchased for entrance to attractions. In the latter case, the visitor is given a paper bracelet.

In addition to attractions, there are several dining options, playgrounds, lawns and live entertainment. In the summer months there is a stage in the park where concerts are given.

source: wikipedia

Christiansborg in 1794

Christiansborg (Danish: Christiansborg Slot) is a palace on the island of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen.

The building houses the Danish Parliament (Folketing), the Danish Supreme Court (Højesteret) and the office of the Prime Minister of Denmark (Statsministeriet). Various parts of the palace, including the Royal Reception Hall, the Palace Chapel and the Royal Stables, are also used by the Danish Royal Family.

Christiansborg is on the spot where Bishop Absalon built a castle in 1167. The ruins of this castle can still be visited in the basement of Christiansborg. After the castle of Absalon was destroyed by the Hanseatic League in 1369, a new castle was built on the site. The Blue Tower of this castle was used as a prison.

This castle was finally demolished around 1730 by King Christian VI. He then had the first Christiansborg built by the architect Elias David Häusser, which he used as his royal palace. In 1794 this Christiansborg went up in flames, after which the second Christiansborg was built, which was designed by architect Christian Frederik Hansen and was finished in 1828. However, court life had already moved to Amalienborg at the time and made no sense to move back. The lock was still owned by the king.

In 1848, Christiansborg was the scene of the protests that resulted in Denmark's first democratic constitution. The king then gave up several rooms to the parliament, which was then still called Rigsdagen (until 1953).

The second Christiansborg also burned down in 1884, after which the rebuilding of a third Christiansborg Castle in the style of the neo-baroque started in 1906. After a competition between architects, the commission was given to Thorvald Jørgensen.

source: wikipedia

Anneleen wrote in 2019:

To visit the beach of Møns Klint you can park at the Geocenter (35 DKK). In the geocenter you can take part in an exhibition about the origins of Denmark, admire the first dinosaurs that were found there and watch a 3D film. But be especially surprised by the cliffs and the beach that await you.
You reach the beach via a wooden staircase. There are many steps and the stairs are sometimes very steep. But the beach is well worth the effort. The beach is full of stones large and small, and everyone searches for fossils in the pinstripes. Fun for the kids! But don't forget to look up every now and then for a breathtaking view of the limestone cliffs of Møns Klint! Occasionally rest a bit on washed-up driftwood and walk on to the next set of stairs.
You choose how long you want to take the walk, and can climb up again when you reach the next staircase on the beach. A decent climb awaits you, but the effort at the top is well worth the effort. You walk back along the edge of the cliffs in the direction of the Geocenter. From above you can enjoy a beautiful view of the beach, the azure blue sea and the white cliffs.
Come especially in the morning, when the sun makes the cliffs beautifully white and there are fewer visitors. Be sure to put on walking shoes and bring drinks and a bag for the fossils found.
The Geocenter also has a café and toilets, but you can also have a picnic. You can also take a height trail, horseback riding, mountain biking, forest walking and more.

source: tripadvisor anneleen

Den Gamle By (literally: The Old Town ) is an open-air museum in Aarhus. It is located amid the Aarhus Botanical Gardens and includes 75 historic buildings from 20 municipalities across the country.

Street in Den Gamle By

The museum opened in 1914, making it the first open-air museum of its kind in the world. There were already open-air museums that represent rural culture. The initiative was taken by Peter Holm. This was prompted by the intended demolition of the Mayor's House ( Borgmestergård ) in Aarhus, which had fallen into disuse in 1908, which was built in Renaissance style (1597). It was not destroyed at Holm's initiative, but disassembled and stored for later use. In 1909, it was rebuilt on the site of the then Danish National Exhibition, where it was used for historical exhibitions. There was also a pavilion at that exhibition, which moved to the museum in 2009. It was rebuilt in another place in 1914 and has since been the main building of the museum, which opened in the same year under the name: Den gamle Borgmestergård (the old mayor's house). Since then, the museum has gradually expanded. In 1923 a complex of eight merchant houses from Aalborg (1723) threatened to be demolished. These houses were also transferred to the museum, after which the museum acquired its current name. In the following years, the museum acquired various buildings threatened with demolition from twenty municipalities spread across Denmark.

The Danish initiative was followed in several other countries.

Present day:

Style room in the Burgemeestershuis

At the moment (2015) Den Gamle By has 75 buildings, while three more buildings are stored awaiting rebuilding. The oldest is a warehouse from Aalborg from about 1550, and the youngest is the already mentioned pavilion from 1909. There are some large buildings, including the Muntmeesterhuis from Copenhagen (1683), the already mentioned Mayor's house and the merchant houses. In addition, there are numerous smaller houses, most of which are designed as half-timbered houses. In addition, there are some commercial buildings such as a small shipyard, a tobacco shed, shops and the like. Some wind and water mills are also present. Various old crafts are practiced here and there.

There are also five permanent exhibitions: The Toy Museum, the Watch Museum, the Textile Museum, and permanent exhibitions of silverware and pottery, respectively.

There are five gardens, which are reconstructions for gardens in the mid-17th to early 20th century. It concerns a Renaissance garden (1647), a garden from 1864 which served a wealthy family as a vegetable garden and relaxation, a garden from 1910, a garden with medicinal plants from about 1750, and a commercial garden in which the flowers are grown elsewhere in the museum are for sale.

A post office, a bookstore, a bakery and a few cafes and restaurants complete the whole, creating the illusion of being a real town.

source: wikipedia

In the afternoon we drive to Store Sjorup

Three meters below Aalborg's busiest shopping street, the Algade, you will find the underground Gråbrødrekloster Museum. Get to know the history of the Franciscan monastery and learn more about the market square and the unknown churches and houses that had to be demolished in order to build the monastic monastery.
See the impressive ruin of the monastery, the skeletons of the cemetery, where the deceased were buried in layers, and the beautiful finds from medieval Aalborg and Viking times.

Gråbrødrekloster Museet

Algade 19

9000 Aalborg

source: Gråbrødrekloster Museet

Exterior view of Jens Bang's House

Jens Bang's House (Danish: Jens Bangs Stenhus ; translated: "Jens Bang's Stone House") is a landmark in Aalborg, Denmark. Located on the Østerågade in Nytorv Square, it was built in 1624 by Jens Bang in Dutch Renaissance style. Known for its facades and carved auricular window decoration, it is said to be the finest privately owned Renaissance building in the country. It also features gargoyles and a sculpture of Bang's face, sticking out tongue. [1] The five-story building has been home to the city's oldest pharmacy for over 300 years. [2] It is privately owned. [3]

Jens Bang, remembered as one of the richest citizens of Denmark, was born in Horsens. Sidsel Jørgensdatter's son at her second marriage to Oluf Bang, he was therefore the half-brother of Aalborg Mayor Jørgen Olufsen, who had already built a mansion higher up Østerå Street. After arriving in Aalborg in 1600, Bang joined the city's merchant guild, Guds Legems Lav . Five years later, he obtained the status of recognized trader. Over the next 20 years, he was so lucky and successful in his business that he became one of the most important traders in the country and certainly the most prosperous trader in Aalborg. Surprisingly, Bang did not take any responsibility in the city council, possibly because he didn't like that, but the more likely aggressive attitude prevented him from doing so. He was an unparalleled facilitator, hating his contemporaries to the point of being involved in physical combat. On the plus side, he founded a branch in 1637 with his wife, offering accommodation for 26 paupers. In 1623, Bang Københavns inherited gård , a large old estate in Aalborg, on the corner of Østerå and Adelsgade. After demolishing most of the old buildings, he built a huge residence and completed it the following year. [4]

Architecture

The house is said to be the finest independent Renaissance mansion in Denmark, comparable only to the home of Mattias Hansen on the Amagertorv in Copenhagen. The latter has only three floors and two facades, while Jens Bang's House has four main floors and three facades, also with floor space and rooms. The house is decorated with sculpted masonry of the same high quality as Christian IV's buildings. As a result of Bang's excellent relationship with the king, he was undoubtedly able to appeal to the best designers and craftsmen of the time, possibly employing Hans van Steenwinckel de Jonge as his architect. Jørgen Olufsen's house on the same street is hardly comparable. [4]

The house originally had five round arched doors, likely topped by some of the carved figures and gargoyles now crowning the windows. The ground floor was used for trading stands and warehousing. In addition to the living rooms on the first floor, there were also warehouses in the building. Bang's private rooms on the first floor were lit by a row of huge sandstone-framed windows, some single, others double without any regularity. Their round arches are decorated with angels and gargoyles in the auricular baroque style. [4]

The protruding bay in the center of the facade was certainly once the main entrance, located on the first floor with stairs from the street. With its intricately carved figures and decorations, the portal is a true masterpiece. It clearly shows the year 1623, but the plaque at the top, where the original owner once had his name, now bears the mirrored monograms of the pharmacist CL Rübner and his wife. Christian VI's monogrammed weapon, flanked by swans, must have once displayed that of Christian IV. On the third floor, where there was also living space, the windows are smaller and simpler. The fourth floor has double, round curved window frames, surmounted by a cornice with decorative strips and spiers. In the center is a large hatch, probably added later. Together with the loft, the floor was formerly used as a warehouse. The three high gables are decorated with the most beautiful baroque ornaments from that period and reflect the very best examples of Dutch design. [4]

Additions and changes

The half-timbered bay with its fine pebble spire and the figure of Fortuna dates from around 1700. Around 1712 there were a number of other changes: in addition to modifications to the main entrance and adjacent windows, finely plastered baroque ceilings were added to two of the rooms on the first floor , probably at the initiative of Johannes-Friedenreich. The top of the south facade was replaced for some time by a hip roof, but was rebuilt in 1916 during extensive restoration work under Harald Lønborg-Jensen. In 1897, a stair tower was built at the back of the house to replace an internal staircase. Among the additional buildings of the property on Adelgade and Cortesgyde, one of the south wing rooms has a late Gothic vaulted ceiling preserved from Københavns gård . [4]

Property

A 1890 street scene of the facade and adjacent buildings.

During the Thirty Years' War, the house was occupied by the Germans from 1627 to 1629, while Jens Bang fled to Marstrand awaiting their departure. Bang died in 1644 during the Torstenson War when Aalborg was re-occupied. This time, the troops left his home in a bad state. Since Bang had no direct descendants, ownership of the house was shared among a number of heirs until in 1671 the pharmacist Johannes Friederich bought the buildings and opened his Swaneapotek (Swan Pharmacy) there. The pharmacy has been around ever since and the building has been passed down from generation to generation, the Strøybergs inherited it in 1829. [4]

The building is owned by the fund "Apoteker SC Strøybergs Fond til Bevarelse af Jens Bangs Stenhus". [5]

Apotekersamlingen

The Svaneapotek (Swan Pharmacy) collection is now housed in one of the upper rooms, as a small pharmacy museum known as Apotekersamlingen. In buildings open to visitors, the shelves feature beautiful old containers and equipment, including a container used to mix 70 ingredients to make the sauce , which would have been effective in fortifying the weak. Jars with herbs and medicines and tools for the production of pills can be seen, which proves the history of the pharmacy in the past 300 years. Initially, the pharmacy was also a grocery store licensed to sell spirits, wine, chocolate and liquorice, which was also used for medicinal purposes. [6]

Apotekersamlingen is managed by the Historical Museum of North Jutland, but is owned by the same fund that owns the building. [5]

source: Wikipedia

The Hjerl Hede open-air museum literally brings the history of the Danish countryside to life. Walk into the local bakery for a historic piece of bread, ask the chemist for a cone of candies or admire the traditional mill. The rural school and numerous workshops also have a place at Hjerl Hede. This gives a nice picture of Denmark from about 200 years ago.

source: hjerl Hede museet

VIKINGS IN BORK VIKINGEHAVN

Bork Vikingehavn is an open-air museum that is all about the Vikings. Actually, a Viking village from about 1000 years ago has been reconstructed here, including long houses with thatched roofs, a harbor for Viking ships and a church to show the rise of Christianity.

In the various buildings of Bork Vikingehavn you will find 'Vikings' who do what they did at the time: baking bread, for example, or making tools. In and around the houses you will also find beautiful examples of wood carvings and other handicrafts, made by the 'Vikings' who work here.

But you can not only watch what the Vikings do - there is also plenty of opportunity to do things yourself. This way you can dress up as a Viking and play all kinds of games - outside and inside happy, because when we were there it was quite rainy weather. There are also some activities that you have to pay for separately, such as baking sandwiches over a campfire or archery. If you want to continue playing at home, you can buy all kinds of Viking-like items in the large shop at the entrance, such as jewelry, mead or a bow and arrow.

We first did the rune treasure hunt - a fun way to get to all corners of the Viking village, from the harbor to the sacrificial site and from the boathouse to the stave church. After we had found all the runes, we still had to solve the puzzle and convert the runes into language that we understand. You can then hand in that solution in a wooden box in the building at the entrance.

Viking lunch

Then it was time for lunch. We ordered two Viking burgers and three pancakes with jam and hot chocolate, because it was so cold that day! The restaurant was outside, but luckily it was clearly indicated that you could also sit in the room with games and fancy dress clothes. There was also a film that gave more information about the life of the Vikings - also in Dutch.

More Vikings? Also read my blog posts about the Vikings in Ribe (also in Denmark), Viking village Foteviken in Sweden and the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. I also encountered Vikings in Latvia.

Don't forget Fahl Kro:

Tired of Bork Vikingehavn? Do not immediately get back in the car or on the bike! Fahl Kro is still on the other side of the parking lot and you can enter it with your ticket for Bork Vikingehavn for free. We had a weekly ticket from the Ringkøbing-Skjern Museum that allowed us to enter these and even more sights in the region.

Fahl Kro is originally an inn (just think of the Dutch word pub) and you can still eat and drink there. But there is also a small museum, which is partly about Vikings and partly about more recent history of this place. Not very big, but nice enough to step inside.

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Ribe Cathedral ( Vor Frue Kirke Maria = Domkerk Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe ) is located in the Danish town of Ribe in the south-western part of Jutland.

The Roman Catholic Diocese (Danish: Stift ) of Ribe was founded in 948 AD. The cathedral was built in stone between 1110 and 1134 by Bishop Thure. A wooden church may have been founded by Ansgarius from 860. The last Catholic bishop of Ribe from 1499 was Iver Munk, who died in 1539 and is buried in the Dom.

Since the Reformation in 1536, the Dom is Evangelical Lutheran and belongs to the Folkekirke (the Danish Folk Church). Hans Tausen (foreman of the Danish Reformation) was the bishop of Ribe from 1542 until his death.

Statues in front of the Dom are by Ansgarius (801-864), Hans Tausen (1494-1561) and the poet and bishop Hans Adolph Brorson (1694-1764). The latter two have a grave in the church building, as do the kings Erik II the Unforgettable (died in 1137) and Christopher I (died in 1259).

The current church is largely Romanesque and is considered the best-preserved Romanesque Dom church in Denmark. It is the only church in Denmark to have five naves. The church is 63 meters long and 36 meters wide and today has three towers. The Mariatoren , the Rytterspiret above the Choir [1] and Borgertårnet [2] Borgertårnet dates from 1333 and is 52 meters high and contains 248 steps to the top. The tower was initially 65 meters high and contained a spire, but it collapsed in 1534. In 1595, the tower was renovated, but there was no money for the spire, so that the tower had a flat roof, and was significantly less high.

From 1939 until his death in 1952, Rued Langgaard was the regular player of the organ of the Ribe Cathedral. This instrument was built by the organ builder Frederik Nielsen from Aarhus in 1843 in the still existing, richly decorated greenhouse from 1635, but the entire pipework was renewed in 1973 by Frobenius from Birkerød. Since a later renovation in 1994, the organ has 50 registers.

source: wikipedia

How the Other Half Lives - Jacob A. Riis Museum is a new permanent museum that will be built in the original home where Jacob A. Riis grew up in Ribe, Denmark.

Jacob A. Riis (1849–1914) is perhaps the most influential Danish expatriate in history. In the center of Jacob A. Riis's hometown, Ribe - the oldest town in Scandinavia - Southwest Jutland Museum (Sydvestjyske Museer) has a block of Renaissance and 19th-century buildings. These buildings are being developed into a museum complex. Between the buildings we find the house where Jacob A. Riis grew up.

In this house, the museum will create an internationally oriented museum, which will show the commitment and importance of the museum on the one hand.The work of Jacob A. Riis and on the other hand will focus on and place the themes in which Riis was so strongly involved. to improve in perspective.

Furthermore, based in one of Riis' other famous books, The Making of an American , the museum will focus on what made Riis the person he was and what is more generally part of shaping one's identity and nationality.

How the other half lives

Jacob A. Riis created social change in his new homeland - the US, and was a famous person and a close personal friend of President Theodore Roosevelt at the time. As a journalist, he is seen as the maker of documentary photography. Through his photos, he showed the misery of which he wrote more vividly than his words could express. He collected his experiences in the book How the Other Half Lives (1890). This book had a major impact on the public understanding of the miserable condition that immigrants in New York especially lived in.

Jacob A. Riis is relevant and relevant today: The Jacob A. Riis settlement plays an important role in Queens. The Museum of the City of New York, which owns Jacob A. Riis' vast collection of glass negatives, showed the exhibition Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York's Other Half in Fall 2015; Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York's Other Half (Yale University Press, 2015) is published by Riis expert Bonnie Yochelson; the new Jacob A. Riis exhibition, which opened at the Library of Congress in Washington in April 2016, all testifies to its enduring relevance.

source: jacob a riis museet