Our Trips (2023 - on)

Denmark is the smallest of the Scandinavian countries. For a comparison, it is about half the size of the state of Indiana. It is composed of many islands and a peninsula that juts up from northern Germany. The two main islands are Zeland, where Copenhagen is located, and Funen, known as the home of H.C. Anderson. Windmills are ubiquotis. Wind power accounts for almost half of the energy used today. By 2030 their goal is to be completely free of fossil fuel for electricity generation. Most of our time in Denmark was in their main city of Copenhagen and on the island of Aero.

Copenhagen is a quite manageable city to stroll in. A famous attraction in Copenhagen is Tivoli gardens. It was established in 1843 and is Europe’s first great public amusement park. It is a great place to stroll, see plays, go on rides, eat and people watch.

We made a day trip to the town of Roskilde, about 18 miles west of Copenhagen. The primary attractions here are the Cathedral and Viking Ship museum. The Cathedral houses the tombs of nearly all of the Danish kings and queens. The Viking ship museum is not only a museum but where they have constructed a replica, the Sea Stallion, and are starting to construct another, the Skuldelev 5. On our previous trip to Denmark we saw the Sea Stallion being built. That ship was then rowed, by a crew of 65, to Dublin in 2007 and back to Roskilde in 2008.

Aero is a small island (22 by 6 miles). It has about 7,000 residents but 500,000 visitors and 80,000 boaters annually. We stayed in the town of Aeroskobing. Recognizing the tourism value of Aeroskobing, modern building is prohibited anywhere in the center of town. The lodging facilities here are smalll enough that our group had to split to two places for our overnights.

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