Ribe 

 

In Ribe it is still possible to see a  medieval town centre with half-timbered houses and cobblestone streets.

 

 

 

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Esbjerg

 

The men of the sea.

 

 

 

 

 

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Silkeborg Tollund Man

Viggo and Emil Hoejgaard from the village of Tollund found this remarkably well preserved body in 1950. Carbon dating has determined that Tollund Man lived in 400BC. 

As there is a leather noose around his neck, it is probable that he was hanged. Analysis of his stomach contents showed that his last meal was gruel.  He had been buried naked except for a pointed skin cap and a hide belt.

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Luxembourg 

Mullerthal Forest

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is an independent sovereign state between Belgium, France and Germany. The country is 84 km  long and 52 km wide, encompassing an area of 2586 square kilometres with a population of approximately 450,000. Mullerthal (Valley of the Millers) is a very beautiful part of the Duchy.

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Moselle River

The Moselle rises in France, near Epinal, flows northwards and forms the Luxembourg - German border for 45 kilometers in the southeast, before heading off northeast into the German interior.

The Moselle River Valley in Luxembourg is a state subsidized wine-making region.

 

 

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Denmark 

The Great Belt Bridge

This bridge spans the sea  between the islands of  Zealand, on which Copenhagen is located, and Funen.

It is the World's second longest suspension bridge, with a span of 1,624 meters - only exceeded by a bridge in Japan.

 

 

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Copenhagen The Little Mermaid

The Sculpture of The Little Mermaid at Langelinie quay, was donated by the Brewer Carl Jacobsen.  It was sculpted by Edvard Eriksen as a monument to the Danish Corps de Ballet.


Jacobsen commissioned the sculpture after seeing the ballet "The Little Mermaid" at the Royal Theatre.  It is not clear if the female solo dancer, Ellen Price, modelled for the sculpture.


The Little Mermaid sculpture is only 1.25 metres high. It was erected at Langelinie on August 23, 1913.

The statue has been vandalised seven times.  On three occasions it has been painted.  The head has been cut off twice and almost severed once. An arm has been amputated.

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Copenhagen Port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Copenhagen Tivoli Gardens

Georg Carstensen called his amusement park Tivoli & Vauxhall when it opened in 1843. Both names were commonly used for similar parks in other major European cities. The Vauxhall name came from the park in London and Tivoli was the name of an amusement park that Carstensen had visited in Paris. In fact, Tivoli is the name of an Italian village near Rome where Emperor Hadrian had a summer villa with exquisite gardens and a waterfall. In the summer Tivoli is decorated with 115,000 coloured lights. There are more than 30 restaurants, cafés and other eateries to choose from.

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