Museums, Manor Houses, Castles or Churches

A fascinating necropolis from the Iron Age and Viking Age, with 700 graves spread on its original site on a hill overlooking Aalborg and the Limfjord.

Hear about life in the area in those times (c. 400 – 1000 AD), and about the Vikings' and their ancestors' changing myths, rituals and beliefs concerning afterlife – and how these explain the striking variety we see in the form of these burials as we walk among them: mounds, stone circles, boat-shaped stone-settings…

Guided by a Viking scholar passionate and knowledgeable about Iron Age and Viking Age culture and myths.

Excavated in the 1950s from the sand which had perfectly preserved the site, Lindholm Høje – Lindholm Hills or Mounds, one of the most famous and most important burial grounds in Iron and Viking Age Scandinavia, always makes a formidable impression.

The oldest graves are at the top of the hill, later ones on the slopes and at the foot.

There is free access to the site, and we walk up and across the hill among the monuments, while I explain their shape and structure. Sometimes we can even tell from their appearance whether the deceased was a man or a woman.

Among other things I tell you about these people’s culture and rituals relating to death. We know more and more about it from archaeology, while some intriguing light is also cast by Viking poetry and later sagas.

Of particular interest are the boat-shaped Viking cremation graves, outlined with stones so as to suggest the form of a ship.

From the top of the hill we also enjoy a great view over the Limfjord, the long and intricate waterway which has been of major significance for the region since prehistory.

Many of the finds are displayed in the Lindholm Høje Museum at the foot of the hill, which we also visit. Here you see exciting presentations of the historical context and the conditions of life for the local community before and during the Viking Age.

A village also existed nearby as long as the burial site was in use, and there are traces of houses close to the graves. But why did they keep moving their dwellings up and down the hill?

Find out about the captivating history of Lindholm Høje during this eye-opening and thought-provoking tour.

This tour can be combined with a visit to the Fyrkat Viking ring fortress.

Roskilde Cathedral was originally built of wood by Harald Bluetooth around 980. The current building is from the 13th century. The church is the funeral church of the Danish kings and queens, although the tradition was only seriously cemented with Queen Margaret I, who died in 1412.

Probably right where the towers stand today, Harold Bluetooth's grandson, Canute the Great of England, Denmark and Norway, sat playing the fatal game of chess with Wolf Earl. According to legend, Wolf was killed in front of the alter the next day.

Around 1450 Christian I built the Chapel of the Holy Three Kings and in 1620 Christian IV completed his chapel on the north side. Frederik V's chapel was built in the late 18th century, and the Glückborg Chapel in the 1920s.

The guided tour is a time travel that begins with Harald Bluetooth's life and ends with today's Queen Margaret II, a fascinating marathon through the history of the church, the kings and queens, and to a certain extent Denmark. There is so much breath of history that the experience will follow you for some time after.

Experience one of the most beautiful buildings in Odense from the inside, which means the City Hall of Odense, situated beautifully opposite the cathedral. During the tour I will introduce you to rooms which are usually not open to the public.

When you experience the building from the inside you will see impressive architechture from the past as well as today and a perfect match of colours. You will see a magnificent painting Fynsk Forår, Spring of Funen, by Yann Kai Nielsen, the wedding room and the memory wall with good stories from the past and the present. The city counsel room and an anteroom with portraits of previous mayors by some of the best painters in Denmark are also on our list.

In the grand hall we find impressive frescoes by the Funen painter Johannes Larsen and I will explain about Hans Christian Andersen who was appointed honorary citizen of Odense exactly here in 1869 – in the old city hall used before the present one was built! As a must the tour also allows you a view of the Queen's State Rooms for when she visits Odense – only when the Queen is not present of course.

The City Hall is an old building with stairs but also lifts. We do guided tours during normal working hours of City Hall only. If you want an exclusive tour outside normal working hours there will be an extra fee for security.

Visit the oldest building in Aarhus dating back to 1200 AD. Hear why such a large cathedral was built in the middle ages in a small town of only around 1500 inhabitants.

Aarhus Cathedral is the biggest church in Denmark and also the one with the most frescoes that each and every one tells an interesting story.   

Brick was a new material at that time and the 11 million bricks used in building the cathedral in Aarhus were handmade and produced just around the corner.

The Cathedral holds many interesting tales about people, memorial plaques, frescoes and other features. I shall also tell you about the guard in the cathedral tower, who keept watch in case of fire in the small town. Further more the church was a favorite place for burials, and approximately 2,000 souls are buried here.

There is a rather interesting story about the Bishop Jens Iversen Lange, who made sure you will remember him, by putting his personal seal on everything inside the church, including the church tower itself. I'll show you.

Hear about the baptisms in the early days of the church, how the priest sometimes had to brake down the ice to immerse the babies or why a model of a war ship intended for the Russian Zar ended up in a church in Aarhus.       

We guide when there are no church services and only during the church's opening hours – usually at 9:30-16. On Tuesdays, however, only from 10:30.