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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: A side trip in Denmark
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Date: Mon, 2-Apr-84 17:27:59 EST
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Don't forget Roskilde, which contains the cathedral where Danish royalty
from back to the 12th (?) century have been buried, as well as the Viking
ship museum.  Roskilde is about 30 minutes from Copenhagen by train, at
the end of a long, shallow inlet.  About 1000 years ago, the Vikings
sank several ships to block the passage against marauders.  These were
recently rediscovered and the timbers carefully recovered.  In the last
few years, the ships have been painstakingly rebuilt, piece by piece.
I saw them in 1969(?) and a few other times, most recently about 3 years
ago.  They grow more complete very slowly!

Near Roskilde there is a reproduction of a prehistoric village, but I
forget the name.  There is another "historic walk" just south of Aarhus,
but this takes you through the centuries from prehistoric times until
quite recent times.

If you are going to the Kronborg (Elsinore), don't miss the Louisiana
Museum in the little town of Humlebaek, a few miles south.  It's worth
an afternoon trip on its own, both because of the setting and because
of the usual quality of the exhibits (it's a sculpture and art gallery
that rambles through a garden overlooking the sea).

What else?  Oh, yes -- if you go to a pub, don't sit at an empty table.
Try for one that is half-full (often there will be 12-person tables with
2 or three couples or threesomes there).  You may well strike up a
rewarding conversation and perhaps make a permanent friend.

If it still exists, have a smoit'srebrod (not a smorgasbord) at
Oscar Peterson's (Pedersen??), on one of the causeways that separate
the lakes that surround the downtown area of Copenhagen.

Most of all -- make friends ...
-- 

Martin Taylor
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