Travelling through Medieval Denmark
May 30, 2018. This was the day we had an extended encounter with the Medieval world in Denmark. We started in the 1300s in Vordingborg at the Medieval War Strategy […]
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The Ferry from Copenhagen to Helsingborg in Sweden
May 31st, 2018. Crossing over to Sweden from Denmark. The ferry from Copenhagen in Denmark to Helsingborg in Sweden was 400DKK ($80 Can) for a two people and a small […]
Thorvaldsen Museum of Sculptures in Copenhagen, Denmark
Thorvaldsen was a predominant Danish sculptor who worked in the neo-classical style popular in the 18th century. He lived for most of his life in Rome and was heavily influenced […]
Framing Images in Denmark
Windows were the number one item I used to frame images on our trip to Denmark. Window in Frederiks Church in Copenhagen looking out at another historic building. A window […]
The Patina of Copper in Denmark
There was so much verdigris in Denmark that I thought they must have had a ton of copper mines in the vicinity. But as I learned from the Bronze Age […]
Køge, a Medieval Town near Copenhagen in Denmark
After renting a car in Copenhagen we headed just south of there to Køge, described as a late medieval village. Our first stop was the church. The aisles ran down […]
Old Doors in Den Gamle By in Aarhus, Denmark
Den Gamle By in Aarhus is a museum that contains several of historical ‘villages’ reconstructed from different time periods in Denmark. There are many examples of different types of old […]
Colourful Buildings along the Canals of Nyhavn in Copenhagen
On our first day traipsing around Copenhagen we walked along the harbour front and then turned into the canal area of Nyhavn with its colourful buildings. Many of the buildings in […]
Old Buildings in Den Gamle By in Aarhus, Denmark
Den Gamle By in Aarhus is a museum that contains several of historical ‘villages’ reconstructed from different time periods in Denmark. Whenever old buildings are torn down somewhere in Denmark, the […]
A Large Wooden Warship, the Frigate Jylland in Ebeltoft, Denmark
My cousins listed a number of sights we had to see if we went to Aarhus and one of them was the Frigate Jylland in Ebeltoft. Built to fight maritime battles […]
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