DenGamleBy is the old Arhus city in Denmark. I found it as a great attraction, spent some good 2 and half hours but I think one can easily spend more time. Its not a traditional museum but a whole city being preserved as a museum. You can go into the houses and take some pictures although you'd find the bedrooms,dinings and kitchens protected by glass walls. You can buy some cookies from a shopkeeper dressed in traditional clothes. Horse cartridge would take you around the town , although I preferred to be on my foot. Once in a while you'll find a guy pulling a cart through the streets of city with its wooden wheels making rolling noise over the stony surface, and it was just exciting to get a glimpse of old way of living. There was an office of a postman,residential houses, amusement park for children ,merchant office and a city square where I think people used to just sit around. Once you get out of the old town and enter into the modern city you feel as if you have time travelled and you remain submerged into thoughts until the new town engulfs you!
Sunday, July 06, 2008
DenGamleBy
DenGamleBy is the old Arhus city in Denmark. I found it as a great attraction, spent some good 2 and half hours but I think one can easily spend more time. Its not a traditional museum but a whole city being preserved as a museum. You can go into the houses and take some pictures although you'd find the bedrooms,dinings and kitchens protected by glass walls. You can buy some cookies from a shopkeeper dressed in traditional clothes. Horse cartridge would take you around the town , although I preferred to be on my foot. Once in a while you'll find a guy pulling a cart through the streets of city with its wooden wheels making rolling noise over the stony surface, and it was just exciting to get a glimpse of old way of living. There was an office of a postman,residential houses, amusement park for children ,merchant office and a city square where I think people used to just sit around. Once you get out of the old town and enter into the modern city you feel as if you have time travelled and you remain submerged into thoughts until the new town engulfs you!
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Denmark: The flattest land of Europe
So I have arrived in denmark. Flattest land of Europe where vikings ruled. Although its a bit late for me to be blogging since I landed here some 20 days ago but then one takes a bit of time to settle down especially if its his first trip abroad and that too a business trip! Now that I am getting the hold of things and starting to understand the culture I hope I'll be blogging more frequently.
Denmark is a small country as compared to its neighbours: Norway and Sweden. It is a composition of many islands and I am in the largest peninsula of Denmark ,Jutland. Keep an eye on my blog if you want to look around Denmark as I look it!
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