Viborg, Dollerup Bakker & Arhus, then Hobro 26 June We woke up to yet another beautiful day in Denmark. The sky was brilliant blue and the temperature was not hot. We have started to notice the days are a little shorter as we have moved south. The sun is now setting at 10.45pm. Viborg's history is centred in being a religious centre because in 1060 it became Denmark's 8th Bishoprics and grew into a major religious centre. Prior to the Reformation (when the country converted from Catholicism to Lutheranism), Viborg had 25 churches and abbeys. It's now a town that is focused on primary production, tourism and therefore has restored its cobbled-stoned old town and the buildings that now remain. Today, we saw the Viborg Domkirke which is Scandinavia's largest granite church. The 1st church on
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