7 ReviewsDragør is a small village about 15 kilometers from Copenhagen, very near the airport.
It's a very idyllic place with old houses and a nice bach.
The harbour is the place to hang out in my opinion and...
16 Reviews I used to work in the northern part of Copenhagen, and on my way to and from work I passed through the beautiful Mølleådalen (translated: Valley of a small river with many watermills)... Mølleådalen...
12 ReviewsYears ago when WWII soldiers abandoned there "houses" near the river some hippies went to live there. And other hippies came and it is now a big hippy comuna just in the city. I have never seen...
10 ReviewsThis is a very nice day trip to take from Copenhagen. Helsingor can be easily reached by Train, and once there, there is plenty to see and do.
Probably, the main attraction is to visit "Hamlet's...
6 ReviewsAcross the sea from Copenhagen, in another country, lies one of the major cities in Europe. This was a city that once was visitable only by ferry, but since the great wonder of the Oresund bridge was...
8 ReviewsWe took the train from the airport to Roskilde, which was about a 30 minute ride. The train station in Roskilde is right by the center of town. And apparently it is one of the oldest continuing...
7 ReviewsMy friend lives in Charlottenlund which is fife minutes from the seahore and beach there. In winter it is nice to take a stroll while in summer it must be nice to take a bath in the sea watching the...
3 ReviewsA little way outside the city to the north is a suburb called Klampenborg, which can be reached S-train, or by a very pleasant 10-15km cycle up the coast. It is best known for being the main entrance...
19 Reviews The area around Brede in the northern part of Copenhagen is a quite interesting and beautiful place. First of all, the nature is very scenic with the small river, Mølleåen, and the many green areas....
17 ReviewsThis is the entrance to the old library building. It is still there, or so I am told, but they've added a new building to it since our last visit (1995) that I haven't seen yet. Seems to be a very...
10 Reviews Grundtvigs Kirke (Grundtvig’s Church) is located on the Bispebjerg Hill in the north-western part of Copenhagen. The church was built as a national monument for the priest, hymn writer and social...
9 ReviewsCountless tourists walk up and down Stroeget to shop and sure, if you've never experienced Scandinavia before, it can be fun with Illums Bolighus and all the rest, but the crowds depress me. If you...
5 ReviewsWe've examined Russian Orthodox church only from windows of our car. However we remembered its shape very well. In two weeks after returning home to Moscow we saw a television plot which saw many...
3 ReviewsJust a little train ride away from the city you find Dyrehavsbakken or just Bakken (The hill) as its normally called in Danish is situated in the southern part of the large forest Dyrehaven. Its the...
3 ReviewsNyboder was erected between 1631 and 1641, during the reign of King Christian IV, as quarters for the permanent personnel of the Navy.
These terrace houses have been rebuilt many times, but some of...
3 ReviewsFrederiksborg Castle is located in the middle of Hillerod and contains the national history museum. Lovely 1 day trip from Copenhagen. The history of Frederiksborg Castle starts ine the 16th century...
1 ReviewOn the other hand, the city seen from the top of the Round Tower looked so mellow in the pastel colours of a late afternoon. The lines of the city architecture became softer and the forged iron of the...
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Sand Buried Church
by lmkluque
In Skagen you'll find the largest migrating sand dune in Europe, 'Råbjerg Mile.' Though in other areas there have been active efforts to reduce the problems of such a moving mass. In this area the moving sand has been allowed to go on. It is a source of study, but also an attraction for tourists. "'Den Tilsandede Kirk," ( the church buried in the sand,) is also a popular sight near Skagen. The tower of this church, which only the top third can be seen, rises from the sand. The rest of the church had collapsed long ago and it is believed that very little of it has survived beneath the sand. Most of the bricks use for the church have been removed an used by the local population to build their own homes. These are two of the most famous natural sights in Danmark and are worth seeing.
Powerful Winds From The North Sea
by lmkluque
We went to the Nord See one afternoon to watch the sun set. It was a cold, windy November day. The wind was so strong that it blew a fan of water all the way up to the car which was at least ten meters away!I am used to living near the Pacific Ocean and seeing the power of a stormy sea. Even I've felt the strong winds that sometimes blow though,, but there was something quite different looking out at the North Sea. Maybe I preceived the difference because I had already been to Skagen and had seen the impressive paintings depicting the lives and deaths of fishermen living in this part of the world. Whatever the reason, I did feel a sense of history and a sense of power of this sea. Sorry I couldn't capture this in my photos.
Hellum Country Church and Cemetery
by lmkluque
A simple offering to sight seers, is representative of the calming atmosphere found in the countryside. Hellum is such a small village that the residents must use the post office in the next town, Jerslev. Most travelers miss such a tiny place because the big cities tend to offer more. In a small town or village it is easier to grasp an over view of the country and it's culture. Stopping at the old country church was really interesting and brought home the point that this was really a very real part of the history of Danmark.The people are kind and friendly, the houses are mostly of brick, red or yellow with white trim. The red tile roofs are trimmed in white also. The power posts are tall, narrow, buildings like structures similar to the bell tower of a small church. Throughout the country there are small 'summer houses' with little gardens which provide a relaxing escape from the...
Skagen: Brondums Hotel
by lmkluque
In 1859, Anna Ancher's father was a grocer and owned the Hotel Brondum. At that time it was a small inn and grocery, today it is a fashionable hotel. There is a story that Hans Christian Anderson was on holiday in Skagen in 1859 and went to the Hotel Brondum for dinner. Anna's mother was cooking and ran out of fish for his meal. She sent a boy to the next village for more fish and HC Anderson was so angry at the delay that he shouted at Anna's mother. When the meal finally arrived it was so delicious that he later wrote about it, in one of his stories, saying that even a king would call it a magnificent dinner. It is said that his shouting upset Anna's mother so badly that she went into labor and gave birth to Anna that same night. I had a fish dinner at Hotel Brondum, I didn't have to wait so long but the fish was good enough for a Queen!
Nordjylland--North Jutland
by lmkluque
Northern Jutland is the north part of the biggest Island of Danmark. (Excluding Greenland) Aalborg, Brønderslev, Skagen and Hellum are the towns I visited. I don't know if this is the easiest way of getting to North Jutland from Copenhagen or not, but it is the way I was taken there by my friends. From the docks north of Kobenhavn we traveled twenty minutes by ferry to Sweden. From Sweden we traveled four hours to North Jutland. On the West side of Jutland is the North Sea on the East coast is the Kattegat. Fishing played a big part in the life of the people in Danmark and nothing expresses the effect of this occupation more than some of the art displayed at the Skagens Museum.
an interesting castle outside of the village
by globetrott
A bit outside of the village I saw this castle from a wider distance and only a private road going there, this is why I decided not to get any further, but it was great to see such a romantic building, while driving through the landscape.Another interesting side-road was decorated with wooden sculptures, cut out from trees that once stood at this place, that is a kind of art that I saw at many places in Danmark: When a tree is has died, they simply cut off the branches and leaves and the trunk gets decorated and carved, a great idea !
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Hjerl hede
by elsebeth
The museum shows the development of the Danish village from the year 1500 up to about 1900 with among other things a forge, an inn, mills, a school, a vicarage, a dairy, a grocer's shop and farms.Every afternoon from the end of June to the beginning of August the museum is vitalized by more than 100 people, dressed in old costumes. Also arrangements untill the end of August.You can go shopping in the old grocer's shop, in the clog maker's workshop and in the cooper's workshop or at the printing houseI used to work there when i was a kid .It was kinda funny .I was working in the school and sometimes if i was being naughty the teacher hit me with a cane..oopsss:-)it's me on the picture, don't you just love my outfit?
walk the world in 5 minutes
by elsebeth
the world mapis located in Klejtrup near Hobro in jutland.its an island shaped as the world in the right measures... The World Map was created 1944-1969 by the Danish American, Søren Poulsen• The Map measures 45 metres by 90 (49 yards by 98). • One 111-kilometer (69 miles) latitude corresponds to 27 centimetres (11 inches) on the map. • Owing to the difficulties of spreading out our planet‘s globular shape, the Northern Hemisphere is marked in two places, thus ensuring a better impression of the correct distances between the countries. • Red poles mark the Equator.
Fredrikshavn
by lbhspatriot
Frederikshavn is a Danish small city northern Jutland. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbour" and it is one of Denamrk's strategic harbour.Fredrikshavn is not really a tourist attraction it's just a useful ferry port and you might pass by it if you travel from Denmark to Sweden or Norway or just from/to Skagen. You can look around the old tower where you can find interesting exhibitions on maps and military artifacts.Once in Frederikshavn you must visit their palm beach with 100 palm trees planted by the local municipality, the Bangsbo Museum and my favourite the Frederikshavn Art Museum. Also you on a walk through the shipyard and eat in one of the sea food restaurants (fresh and delicsious fish, straight from the North Sea!).
Fjerritslev
by lbhspatriot
Fjerritslev is a town in Jammerbugt Municipality in Nordjylland. It is a lovely town, not quite a tourist attraction but a good place to drop in for a lunch or a stride along the street. The thing I like most about Fjerritslev was their well preserved Brewery. More a historic musuem of the area then a brewery. A well preserved museum in a brewery that was opened in 1887, different types of local beers were brewed there, and also Carslberg was bottled. The museum showes how different types of progres was made for the bear - the road system, schooling, tool makink etc. The visitor can easily trace how everything changed throughout the centuries.
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