Blogs from Denmark, Europe - page 3

What is it about a bridge that makes you either love it or hate it ? Perhaps like us you have stood in front of a bridge or driven over it and thought to yourself what an achievement that bridge was and still is . Ironbridge - the first iron bridge in the world . Telfords Menai Suspension Bridge . The Millau bridge . The Forth Road Bridge . We continue to build them and they are often both functional and beautiful . Shame I can not say the same for the book I am currently reading . Hailed as a recent classic - The Twyford Code sounded interesting . In reality I have found it hard going . It is written as a series of tapes and is not the most riveting book I have ... read more

Woensdag en donderdag 14/9 en 15/9/2022 Mons Klint Gisteren, dinsdag verplaatsing (150km) van Kopenhagen zuidwaarts naar het eilandje 'Mon' (echt waar !) aan de Oost-Zee. Wegens de spierwitte hoge krijtrotsen door de trotse lokalen ook 'Cold Carribean' genoemd. Dat is dus niet overdreven, want warm kon je het gisteren niet noemen. Regenachtig, max 17° en een stevige wind. Vandaag meer zon, en dus trokken we er tegen de middag op uit naar 'de' lokale bezienswaardigheid, Mons Klint, en het nabijgelegen modern uitgerust Geocenter, een natuurhistorisch museum waar men visueel probeert uit te leggen hoe 70 miljoen jaren geleden na de laatste ijstijd deze krijtrotsen en de geografie van Denemarken in het algemeen werden gevormd. We moesten er wel een stevige wandeling voor over hebben. Volgens de boekjes 497 trappen, 150m naar beneden. Terug naar boven waren ... read more

Part 2 - the spiral staircase up to the fashion museum It is not often you find somewhere that has something for everyone . The garden lovers amongst us could wander through the stunning rooms of the castle gardens . After the sensual pleasure of a garden it was possible to walk over the moat into the gatehouse which housed a surprise . We climbed the black spiral staircase to the first floor where we found case after case of clothing reflecting the fashions of the well to do owners of Egeskov Slot . Most dressers were of what we would call the Victorian period . Comginations of earlier prettier clothing particularly colourful and later more restrained black outfits . The dresses were displayed in glass cabinets and we had the floor all to ourselves which ... read more

Gabby the motorhome is parked up on the green grass in front of the castle we are visiting today . Gammel Estrup in Mid Jutland. The car park is packed and it seems as if everyone is taking advantage of the sunny weather and visiting this lovely castle . A castle with a museum so two for the price of one . Or rather two attractions and two prices . The name Det Gronne Museum was a bit of a misnomer. It was not green in any way shape or form . I expected something to do with ecology but once inside we found something rather different . We paid our entrance fee which was double the normal 80krone and were told that we should perhaps visit the gardens first as rain was expected . There ... read more

A church, a pretty churchyard, two burial mounds and two Runic stones . That pretty much sums up Jelling. Gabby the motorhome was parked up between two massive burial mounds . Impressive they were too. Said to be the resting place of King Gorm of Denmark and his wife Thyra. They were the parents of King Harald of Denmark . The mounds were created as royal monuments in the 10th century . Once they may have held the bones of King Gorm in a deep underground chamber but nothing was found during earlier excavations . Bones were found somewhere else and reinterred in the small white church at Jelling. We climbed one of the mounds for a better view of the area. Thankfully steps had been placed there for ease of climbing and to prevent idiots ... read more