Egeskov Classics Museum
Near Odense, Denmark (July 2021)
What do you do with your spare time when you own a castle? Collect classics of course. And because you charge admission, you get to write your collecting hobby off as a business expense.
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Hirtshals Kirke
Hirtshals, Denmark
University of Copenhagen Dungeon
Københavns Universitet carceret
Until 1770, the University of Copenhagen had its own laws and the option of throwing students into its own dungeon in the Consistory Building (Konsistoriehuset). Prison sentences began from 1539, and the last official sentence of imprisonment was in 1712. However, unofficial sentences happened for decades after that.
Students were locked up for days or weeks, living on nothing but bread and water. Peasants who lived on the university’s land holdings also fell under the jurisdiction of the University of Copenhagen and could also be tossed into the dungeon. You would be sent to the dungeon for disorderly conduct in a state of drunkenness or disobedience to a professor. (Why doesn’t my university have this???) The same thing could happen if you complained about the food at the community dining facility.
On the old bricks in the dungeon, there are many names and dates scratched in. You can’t enter these more than 500 year old premises on your own anymore, but if you happen to know someone who works in the building, maybe they will take you on a private tour.
Metal Monday
Shaam Larein of Scimitar @ 2024 Metal Magic
Denmark’s Scimitar has a new album as of about a month ago.
The Water Tower at Prince George’s Bastion
Det Hvide Vandtårn (Fredericia, Denmark – July 2024)
Fredericia, Denmark is probably not on the radar of most tourists, but it’s a pretty cool place with a rich history.
Rampart sign
Rainy days
Danish kids in the rain
During the summer of 2018, my place in Copenhagen looked out over a playground. I found it to be an interesting cultural difference that when it began to rain in Denmark, instead of the kids going inside to escape the rain, the kids came outside to experience it.