Sunday, 15 February 2009


Hello again. I had a little problem with my computer but now I'm back. So many things happen during this 2 weeks that I don't know what to start from?!Maby in the beginnig I will tell about trips which we had this week. On monday we went To Arhus. We had to wake up very early because this trip took us long time. It was still dark outside but we were to excited to think about it and bad weather outside. We went to the bus station in Haderslev and went to Kolding. Than we took train to Arhus. I was really suprised when I saw Danish train. It was different than in Poland, quiet, fast and very clean. When we arrived at the place our adventure has started :) Day before trip we divide on 3 groups. My group prepared trip to Old Town in Arhus which is called DEN GAMLE BY. When we were there each of us said few words about history, exhibitions, collections ect. After that everyone got free time to se everything in that place.
I would like to write a few interesting facts about Den Gamale By.
The Old Town is a 5-star world-class experience, and is under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen. 75 historical houses, gardens, exhibitions, houses, shops, and wo
rkshops. The museum is a living and breathing experience of what it was like to live and work in a Danish market town, as it was in the old days. Here it is possible to experience a market town at the time of Hans Christian Andersen, where fairytale awaits just around the corner.

The Old Town is 75 historical houses from all over Denmark , 27 living rooms, chambers and kitchens, 34 workshops,10 trade stalls, shops and merchant's houses 5 historical gardens, Post office, custom house, school and theatr. Exhibitions are raelly amazing: The Danish Museum of Clocks and Watches. The largest museum of toys in Denmark Shipping, customs, textiles, furniture.

The Old Town is a state certified national museum of cultural history, organised as a private foundation.
The museum opened to the public in 1914. At that time the museum's name was The Old Mayor's House and besides this unique renaissance house the museum also consisted of a small garden pavilion and a seven-stock renaissance house, all from Aarhus, as well as a loghouse from the Kolding area.

It is the purpose of the museum to document and show the history of Danish market towns with specific reference to ways of life, trade and building culture. The museum covers the period from the rise of the market town in the early middle ages to the nineteen hundreds when the market towns were gradually replaced by industrial urban communities. The main part of the collections, however, is concentrated on the period from the fifteen hundreds to the early nineteen hundreds.
The Old Town's collections include about 1 million exhibits. Geographically, the collections cover all of Denmark with a majority of the exhibits coming from eastern Jutland.

After Old Town we went to the Cathedral. It was amazing and beautiful.We had a short walk around the cathedral and small street which are marvellous! After that we went to the Museum of art...
I have to show you this because it's difficult to explain ! Just have a look...

It was a very good day!

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