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The market town of Randers has a fascinating history that dates back to the 13th century. Randers became famous after the Danish national hero, Niels Ebbesen, in 1241, killed count Gert of Holstein in Randers. For this reason to this day there is a statue of Niels Ebbesen in Randers.

In more recent times, since the later part of the 19th century, Randers has become known as a town of heavy industry including the building of trains and for its harbour with its practical position at the base of the fiord of Randers.

In fact Randers is one of very few Danish towns that has kept part of its industrial production at the town centre and its port is still primarily an industrial port like all ports were in Denmark in the early part of the 20th century. For this reason to see original industrial buildings in use in their original settings and environment you must come to Randers.

This historic walk will show you the old part of the town of Randers and I will tell you all about its fascinating history and show you the many well-preserved old houses from the past.

This Story Trail would demonstraste what street art can be and how it is used in Aalborg!

This StoryTrail is a fun group activity for anybody interested in exploring Aalborg on their own and learning about contemporary street art and youth culture in Aalborg.  Also suitable as a teambuilding exercise for adults or for schools from 7. grade.

In Aalborg there are more than 70 different examples of Street Art on walls and houses. Most of the paintings are in the city center so you can see most of them during a 2 hour walking tour.
This Story Trail starts with a presentation of Aalborg, beginning with a ½ hour walk near the harbor. The participants will then be divided into groups. Each group will get an assignment, their own map and a route to follow. The will go on and explore an area whith different examples of street art. For each route there will be different tasks, based on the pictures the participants will find while exploring their particular area.

After completing the tasks, we discuss the findings, the meaning and value of strret art and evaluate the experience of exploring it like this, in an unknown city.

Enjoy a guided tour in the tiny streets of Nordby on the island Fanø, second smallest community but one in Denmark.

Let us take a walk in the small streets and paths of Nordby on Fanø. The second smallest community in Denmark.

Fanø has a long and very interesting history. Once the island was the home of the second largest sailing fleet in Denmark. Now tourism is the most important source of income.

The old part of Nordby is charming with the small streets and the old thatched houses.

When we walk in the small streets and paths you get a feeling of life in the old days. It might look idyllic; life was, however, sometimes hard. The men were mostly at sea. A couple of years in a row. During that time the women were in charge of everything: house, children, farming, fishing, money.

Now Fanø is a modern society. Our history and traditions are, however, with us also in our daily life. We are very proud of our island.

In order to come to Fanø you have to take the ferry from Esbjerg. It takes about 12 minutes. The walk is approximately 3 km

A city walk in the centre of Aarhus, where I reveal links to the old settlement of the Vikings called Aros.

For 1200 years the centre of Aarhus has been situated at the exactly same place as of today but the street level has raised. The old Aros is therefore placed about three meters under the present street level.

There are places in the city centre where you easily can tell the old town rampart from the new and other sights have also left marks of the Vikings and their activities. Archaeological excavations tell the story of more than 1000 years of old living in Aarhus and the varios lifestyles.

Together we'll look for links to the very old settlement of the Vikings called Aros while we walk through the streets of Aarhus.

Aarhus might only be the second largest city in Denmark, and only a blip on the map of the world, but there are still a great many fascinating, surprising and fun stories to tell.

Did you know, that the cream puff was invented here? Or that the oldest church in Scandinavia is found here?

Learn more about this and a number of interesting stories about Aarhus being bigger, better or first about something while you are strolling leisurely on a guided tour through the wonderful city centre.

If you wish, we could add a detour through Den Gamle By, which is a major sight and the first open air museum of its kind in the world. You need to decide this in advance, because this will need an additional hour and there will also be an admission fee. Besides being a spectacular place in it's own right, Den Gamle By is also a nice place to taste some old school sweets and take refreshment, such as coffee and a piece of a tradtional Danish layer cake.

We visit the exciting old Royal Palace of Koldinghus. You will hear about the dramatic history of the palace as the centre of royal power in the renaissance.

Koldinghus was burned down in 1808, during the Napoleonic wars and restored to its present state in 1989.

Experience the old palace and hear the story of the rise and fall of King Christian IV, one of the most unique monarchs in his time.

We end the visit of Koldinghus with a stroll in the old part of Kolding.

Vejle has a large number of historic monuments commemorating all sorts of events and people from wellknown local personalities to national war memorials and memorials for disasters.

This city walk gives you an opportunity to see some of the most fascinating monuments in Vejle. Amongst them are monuments from the Danish-Austrian-Prussian wars of 1848-50 and 1864. Vejle was occupied by Austrian and Prussian forces in both wars and one Austrian soldier is buried at a cemetery in Vejle as Vejle held a military hospital during the wars.

If you have a coach available we can also visit the war memorials and war graves of the Second World War 1939-45 at the Vejle Northern Cemetery, but it is too far away from the rest of the monuments to walk there. In case you have a particular interest in monuments from specific events or periods the tour will be accomodated to your wishes as far as possible.

A short introduction to a city on the water.

The tour will start outside CLAY Ceramics Museum, and we will follow the ceramic tiles around the city. During the guided walk we will make several stops at historical sites, enjoy the stunning views, and study some of the local efforts of adapting to the massive rainfalls that challenge the city with increasing climate change.

The tour will end at the entrance to CLAY Ceramics Museum.

A guided tour of the museum can be pre-booked or you can enjoy the lovely museum on your own.

Spring, summer and autumn the citizens of Aarhus will go for a picnic, relax or play in the beautiful park next to Marselisborg Palace, the summer residens of the Danish Queen Margrethe II.

Meet the Danes in the Memorial Park, Mindeparken, and enjoy the sight of the sea. In this peaceful park people run, do outdoor fitness and celebrating birthdays underneath the shadow of big trees.

When the royal family is in town people will gather at the entrance of the Marselisborg Palace to catch a glimpse of Queen Margrethe, Crownprince Frederik and his wife Mary and their charming family. Come join us!

The public have acces to the royal park with the beatiful roses and lots of sculptures when the royal family is out of town. Let us go for a walk in the park and imagine ourselves being royal…

Right next to the royal garden is another awesome place of interest – a botanical garden with trees from all over the world. Quiet, astonishing and beautiful.

Vejle is one of only 100 resilient cities in the world. What do words such as the new sluice, resilient-cooperation, cloud burst street, Resilient street and Resilient house, mean? Learn on this guided walk in Vejle where I'll show you how it all forms Vejle.

Some other Resilient cities are Rome, Los Angeles, Durban and Wellington. As you see, Vejle is part of a prestigious network. Vejle was carefully chosen by the Rockefeller Foundation for its innovative approach to solutions for climate change and global warming, an issue Vejle does a lot to prevent. This will be obvious on this city walk, where we'll pass places that are part of these prevention efforts.

Vestergade, West Street, is one of the oldest streets in the city of Aarhus. It dates back to the Viking Age around 900 AD.

The street was then outside of the city walls and the city within the walls was mainly a royal fortification, naval base and a port for shipping goods to far away ports. Presumably the oldest building in Aarhus, Vor Frue Kirke, The Church of Our Lady, with its crypt dates back to around 1,000 AD and it is located in Vestergade. During the middle ages it became part of a Dominican convent, or a Black Friar convent, as it was also called. It became the hospital for the leppers of the city in the middle ages.

Between the 16th and the 19th centuries Vestergade became the centre for trade in Aarhus with a total of 17 merchant houses in Vestergade alone, the highest concentration of merchant houses in any street in Aarhus at the time. Some of these half-timpered buildings are preserved to this day and on this walk we will go into their hidden and picturesque back yards, where you can still see traces of their original purposes and of the uses of later times, where there were artisan shops and factories in the back yards of the inner cities. 

The walk takes 1-2 hours according to your preferences and shorter tours of Vestergade is also available.

Book a guided tour of the palace gardens of her majesty Queen Margrethe's summer residence, which are open to the public, when the Royal family is not in residence.

The gardens were landscaped in English style while the palace was being built in 1902. A lot has happened since, and the gardens have been extended and modified several times.

Queen Alexandrine (1879-1952) contributed to designing the gardens, as botany and landscaping were her special interests. Her granddaughter, our queen Margrethe II, took over the palace in 1967 and has put her artistic touch to the gardens. For this reason the park today contains a large number of sculptures including some by HRH Prince Henrik, the prince consort.

Let me introduce you to the history, the garden and the residents of Marselisborg Palace over the years, and see the garden's many works of arts including some of the latest additions, like the sculpture "3 Lions And 9 Hearts", which was the 70th birthday present to HM the Queen by the city of Aarhus. I will also show you the Rose Garden, which holds a number of old Danish roses.

In Skagen, I can offer you an unforgettable walking tour by combining the town's history, culture, and unique nature.

At the Skagen Museum, the history centers on the many fascinating artists who lived in Skagen at the end of the 19th century, and naturally, we will also visit the painter Michael Anchers House during the tour.

Skagen Church is the replacement for the sand-buried church and dates from 1841. The church was closely connected to life in Skagen and served as a natural gathering place for fishermen, residents, and artists alike. I will, of course, share that history with you. Afterwards, we will see the town hall, with its beautiful architectural details in the building that has held the soul of the town from when Skagen was a small fishing village to its current status as a cultural town with an international reputation.

We'll continue to the fishing harbour and the marina, where I'll talk about Skagen as Denmark's largest fishing port in the past and its role today. We'll pass several notable buildings in Skagen, such as the Skagen Fish Restaurant and Brøndums Hotel, before the tour concludes in Østerby, where the fishermen lived, and we'll look out towards the Vippefyret, the lighthouse.

Enjoy a hike on the trails of Nationalpark Mols Bjerge.

Mols Bjerge is a fantastic area created during the latest Ice Age. On this guided hike you will learn how the ice has affected the landscape. We will visit a great vantage point from where there is a unique view of the wonderful landscape of Mols. In clear weather it is possible to see the city of Aarhus in the distance. The hike lasts two to three hours.

It is possible to combine this trip with a guided city walk in Ebeltoft, which is the "capital" of the Mols Bjerge National Park.

Explore Christmas in Aarhus in the good old days – enjoy a horseride, find the beatifully decorated Christmas trees and listen to bands playing Christmas carols.

At the bakery you'll find all kinds of traditional Christmas cakes and the store is selling old fashion Christmas cards.

The Danes are very fond of Christmas and like spending time with friends and family in the Old Town, Den Gamle By, in December. Every year the Christmas exhibition changes so do come back year after year – it is always enjoyable. Visit Aarhus and enjoy a guided tour of the museum Den Gamle by, the Old Town and enjoy all the Christmas decorations. Do remember to dress warmly – its cold outside…

Let me plan your Christmas visit at The old town. I will guide you through the "must sees" and ensure you'll explore the Danish Christmas traditions. You will have plenty of time to explore the museum on your own – whether you fancy shopping, tasting the local food or want simply to meet the Danes. In the evening the narrow streets will be lit by oldfashioned oil or gaslamps which enhances the pleasure of walking the streets.

The best combination between great nature and a easy mountainbike ride is found at Løverodde, south of Kolding.

We bike on small trails right next to the beach, and follow the coastline of the Little Belt strait. On top of the big cliff, we simply have a great view over the sea and the island of Funen, and I'll tell you a bit about the landscape and the area.

We continue the bike ride through the woods on good wide trails. The trails are especially suitable for those who have limited experience with mountain biking.

We end the tour by biking around the Paradise Bay, and it is certainly not an exaggeration that the bay has this name.

The price is DKK 500 per person – min. 4 people.

Charming Aalborg is a beautiful and exciting blend of old and new.

From the Vikings through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the new and innovative city it is today, we will explore Aalborg's rich history.

We will see Jens Bangs Stenhus, the largest and best-preserved Renaissance building in Scandinavia, a five-story stone house that is one of Aalborg's most photographed historical sites.

During World War II, the real resistance in Denmark began with a group of young people from Aalborg called Churchill Gruppen, the Churchill Club. They inspired others and even became cartoon heroes in the USA.

Aalborg is also a modern city where architecture and design go hand in hand, even at the local university. Aalborg University offers several studies that include design, architecture, and sustainability.

The cultural aspect of Aalborg is represented by visits to Musikkens Hus (House of Music) and Nordkraft. 

We finish our tour in the old part of town, perhaps with a perfect "Kodak Moment".

The city that prospers because of the blue gold

Esbjerg is the youngest city in Denmark and from its position it gives us a fascinating story about defeat, wars, sailing, fishing and shipping. It tells us about the aftermath of the war in 1864 and how Esbjerg became one of the largest ports in Denmark but employs the fewest people.

On a guided tour of Esbjerg includes the story of the port and its significance for the city. From the central Esbjerg Water Tower you have a magnificent view of Denmark's largest port and the offshore activities.

We walk the central streets of Esbjerg while I reveal Esbjergs historical secrets.

We can include a tour in the city's big garden, the famous Vognsbøl Park where you can enjoy bird watching and deers as well as incorporate a visit to the city's signature: The statue of the 4 White Men by Sven Wiig Hansen and pay a visit to the Fisheries and Maritime Museum.

If you want to visit the city centre, Vognsbøl Parken, the 4 White Men and the Fisheries and Maritimes Museum, you will need either a car, bike or public transport and plan for 4 hours.

A walking tour in the city centre lasts 1 hour.

An eye-opening and thought-provoking visit to Jelling, the greatest Viking Age royal monument in the North and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Poised between two kings, two world views, the old faith and the new, between prehistory and history… The royal burial place and grand memorial at Jelling, with its manifold symbolism and iconic significance, is a spectacular monument of Viking Age Denmark. In our visit you will hear about the legends and troubled history of the beginnings of the Danish kingdom and its conversion to Christianity, wonder at some of the most fantastic examples of Viking runestone art, and experience this monument as a huge landmark in both history and landscape.

Two huge mounds dominate the royal complex. In between stands a medieval stone church, next to which two great stones stand precisely in the centre between the mounds: one raised by Gorm for his queen Thyra, the other by Harald in memory of his parents. The latter is an enormous runestone which boasts two of the most renowned and amazing carvings of the Viking Age: a beast fighting a coiling snake, and Christ in the shape of a cross bound by coiling ribbons. But it is also famous for the king's historically all-important claim, engraved in runes, of having "won" Denmark – and Norway – for himself and having made the Danes Christian.

The site is further complicated by traces of a gigantic ship setting marked in stones, and a huge palisade around the grounds.

As we explore the site and discover its tantalising symmetries and symbolism, I explain the complex and fascinating transition from Nordic heathendom to Christianity, of which the Jelling monuments give the most impressive illustration.

I also tell you about the most recent archaeological discoveries here: our understanding of Jelling constantly changes and improves, though it is a place that still holds many secrets from us.

Our visit ends with a tour of the Royal Jelling Exhibition Centre, a clever, informative and spectacular little museum offering a rich experience for the mind and the senses.

Optionally we can also visit the Viking-themed café Sejd in the village (3 min. walk), which tempts with great coffee, tasty Viking-inspired food and bits of Viking myths.

If your are visiting as part of a bus trip, the tour could also be combined with a visit to the Viking Age bridge at Ravninge Enge, another of Harald’s impressive construction works.

The guide is a historian and has worked in communications since 2008.

On a guided walk in Fredericia, you will experience the city's history. Hear the story of Fredericia's remarkable military and religious history from its founding as a fortified city in 1650 to the present day.

We meet at Fredericia's train or bus station, alternatively at Landsoldaten or the harbour, if you prefer.

These are the main highlights of our guided tour. The order depends on where we start.

From the Prince's Gate, the city's old main gate, we walk the grassy fortress ramparts from one bastion to another, while I give you the history of the ramparts and their significance from the 17th to the 21st century. I also talk about the Swedish invasion in the 1650s and the victory against the our German neighbour in 1849.

We stop at the iconic statue of the Brave Soldier, the first monument in the world erected in honor of the Private. Close by we find the White Water Tower, the city's beautiful characteristic water tower. If you want to go to the top of the tower we need an extra hour. From the top you'll find the most beautiful view over the old town and its special layout. Definitely worth a visit.

From the ramparts we visit the charming streets and cozy houses in the old town centre, where you will hear the story of the founding of Fredericia in 1650 during the reign og King Frederik III, which includes how it was laid out according to a strict city plan, which is still visible today. We pass many remarkable buildings such as the town hall and several churches.

Among the sights are especially Trinitatis Church and St. Michaelis Church, which used to be a garrison church in the 18th century. Along the way, I recount the city's religious privileges, where freedom for all Christian denominations and Jews were the guidelines and the special reasons behind them. From there we continue towards the Jewish cemetery.

In addition to the White Water Tower, the guided tour can also be extended with a visit to Fredericia City Museum, which exhibits Fredericia's urban history, and where you can experience typical original homes from the 17th and 18th centuries.

In 2021, it's 300 years ago that a Danish-Norwegian king managed to incorporate large parts of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein controlled by the House of Gottorf. Before this eventual annexation, the city of Aabenraa was forcefully occupied by Danish forces. 

This city walk starts its historical narrative on 27 April 1661, when duke Christian Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf lets himself be crowned at Brundlund castle by the mayor, city counsel, priesthood and notables in the duchy's northernmost town, Aabenraa. We'll follow the most prominent families such as the von Saldern's and Günderoth's, who have left us a slew of beautiful buildings that recount the story of the Danish Kingdom's eventual domination of the Gottorf-state.

The story doesn't end in 1721, since the Gottorf family assumes power in Russia as czars, and attempts to regain its lost territories through war. It was only in 1773 that Aabenraa-born Caspar von Saldern as mediator managed to cause a change of power in Russia, thus ousting the Gottorf family and creating a unified German-Danish-Norwegian state.