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Favorite thing: Ven is a great place for seeing just how narrow the Öresund strait really is at the narrowest point. No matter how many times I've crossed the strait that way or looked at Kronborg Castle from the Swedish side, seeing it from Ven made it hit my brain somehow as you can see the distance :) Sweden and Denmark almost merged before my eyes. Imagine when it was all Danish - how easy to control all shipping! You need to click on this picture to get an idea...
Updated May 17, 2006
Favorite thing: It might be a bit morbid to recommend, but I just love the view from St Ibb cemetary. Imagine having this as your final resting place, high up on a cliff, overlooking the sea and Denmark...One of those favourite cemetaries of the world along with Pere Lachaise, odd as it may sound.
Written May 15, 2006
Ven a small Island between Sweden and Denmark
Thyco Brahe was a Astronomer of the 16:th century and there is a lot to tell about him so my advise is: Go to a library!
Ven is known to Swedes for an old poem and later song known as "Flicka från Backafall". It is about a sailor on a ship in the Caribbean and all he really wants is to be back on beautiful Ven. It's not...
Swedish since 1658 - Was a Danish Island
We passed Ven on the cruise ship on the way out of Copenhagen. I learned that the island was historically under Danish rule, but it became Swedish in 1658, confirmed in 1660 by the Treaty of...
Ven (or Hven in Danish and old Swedish) is a small island in the middle of the Öresund strait between Sweden (Skåne) and Denmark (Zealand). It is a charming, largely rural place with just 300 or so......
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