Jutland April 2017

I’ve spent quite a lot of time in Denmark over the years - but generally haven’t had the chance to explore very much.  This Easter gave us the chance to see rather more of Jutland than we’d seen before.

I’d rather thought of Jutland as the west coast of ‘mainland’ Denmark, in fact it really is pretty much all of mainland Denmark.  We were based near Herning, not too far from the North Sea coast in western Jutland, and also got to spend a couple of lovely days in Aarhus which fronts onto Aarhus Bay on the eastern edge of Jutland.


North Sea Coast at Søndervig Strand - complete with souvenir fortifications from the Second World War

North Sea Coastline
Beach Fortifications

Downtown Herning - and the lovely Danish Photomuseum

Downtown Herning 
Photo Museum, Herning

Mønsted limestone mine - complete with bats and cheese (yes, really a cheese mine)

Mønsted Kalkgruber
Mønsted Kalkgruber
Mønsted Kalkgruber

Trolley Bikes on the old Skjern to Videbaek railway line - Denmark had their equivalent to Dr Beeching who closed down rural railways, although I don’t think trolley bikes put in an appearance in the UK.

On the Rails
Biking Vikings


Aarhus University - the second oldest university in Denmark

Århus University

Aarhus Waterfront - gradually transitioning from working harbour into upmarket residential

Århus Waterfront - traditional
Århus Waterfront - modern
Iceberg - Århus Waterfront

ARoS - Aarhus Kunstmuseum - lovely big/modern art gallery - with a seriously cool rainbow panorama on the roof

ARoS Rainbow Panorama
ARoS Rainbow Panorama
ARoS

Aarhus Old Town Museum - buildings and streets from 1864, 1927 and 1974 - am struggling with 1974 being history, and there will soon be a 2014 street too!


Work Experience, 1864-version
Old Town (and New)

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