Blogs from Kværndrup, Region Syddanmark, Denmark, Europe
May 21st 2011
Hi all. It's Dan once again writing this blog. We are enjoying the Danish warm weather at the moment. Most days have been sunny and warm with temperatures around 20C. As Jes mentioned in the last blog, I started work at Interacoustics almost 2 months ago and I'm very happy with the way things are going. Because of this, I now attend evening language classes in the city of Middelfart (don't laugh), about 45min drive from Assens. Jes has recently been on a work trip to the Middle East and she will be writing a blog about that soon. We are finally starting to book weekends away starting with Oslo in 3 weeks. Looking forward to that! Yesterday we spent the day at Egeskov Slot (Egeskov Castle) which is located in Kværndrup, approximately one hour East ... read more
Kvaerndrup Egeskov Slot
Published: October 11th 2006Europe » Denmark » Region Syddanmark » Kværndrup
September 13th 2006
We arrived in Kvaerndrup by train from Nyborg, via Odense. We had stayed in Nyborg due to Odense not having any available rooms. Nyborg is a sea side village that seemed quaint. Upon arrival to the train station, more of just a platform, the only information was a map of direction to the castle. We took a picture just in case we needed to reference it and started on our walk. It was only 2.5 km. The existing castle was built in 1554 during a time that peasants were attacking large manors, so it was built to be impenetrable with a moat, guardhouse, ramparts and firing slits. In 1883 it was remodeled to raise the towers to what we saw today. The Count and his recent ancestors were collectors. They have made the old barns into ... read more
