Stave Church and Bell Tower near Århus, Denmark “in” the Moesgård Museum

Today’s photo is a different angle on a place I visited in 2011.

Posted on January 13th, 2019 under Denmark. Tags: Moesgard Museum, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, stave church, vikings. Comments Off on Viking church

Moesgaard Museum’s Grauballe Man

One of the other notes at the museum said that when the body was first discovered the locals thought it was that of a drunkard named Red Kristian who disappeared one evening when taking a shortcut through the bog. Instead, Grauballe Man turned out to be from the late 3rd Century BC.

Grauballe Man description in Moesgaard Museum (Aarhus, Denmark)

Posted on January 12th, 2014 under Denmark. Tags: aarhus, Moesgard Museum, museums, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Grauballe Man

Moesgaard Museum – Stave Church – Århus, Denmark

One day, while sightseeing in Århus, Denmark, I rode the bus down to Højbjerg to check out the stave church. I knew what a stave church was supposed to look like from playing the “Age of Mythology” computer game so I was a bit disappointed to find this one which looked nothing like my expectations.

Stave church interior

None of the original Viking churches have survived in Denmark. This one is a reconstruction done in the 1990s. The bell tower next to the church was completed in 2004.

Posted on February 4th, 2013 under Denmark. Tags: aarhus, buildings, jutland, Moesgard Museum, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, stave church. Comments Off on Stave Church near Århus (Moesgård Museum)