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Discover the delight that is Denmark
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Lego House, Billund -
Lego House is the birthplace of the iconic Lego brick. The Lego Group was founded in 1932 and today is one of the largest toy companies in the world. The building is filled with 25 million Lego bricks, and visitors can physically and digitally build anything they want using them.
Kronborg Castle, Helsingør -
Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet,' Kronborg Slot (Kronborg Castle) dates back to the mid-15th century. In 1964, a television play, 'Hamlet at Elsinore,' was filmed in the castle—the only version (with sound) of 'Hamlet' to have actually been shot within its walls. It stars Christopher Plummer in the title role and features Robert Shaw as Claudius, Donald Sutherland as Fortinbras, and Michael Caine as Horatio. The castle is a cherished UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde -
Denmark's Vikingeskibsmuseet affords visitors an opportunity not only to admire a number of vessels once used by the seafaring Scandinavians, but also a chance to witness firsthand how the Vikings constructed their longboats and how modern shipbuilders are restoring and repairing the vessels that have been unearthed.
Den Gamle By, Aarhus -
Den Gamle By is another important open-air museum facility. Effectively a living history museum, the Old Town consists of 75 historical buildings collected from 20 townships in all parts of the country representing the mid-16th century up to the mid-19th century.
Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød -
To tour palatial Frederiksborg Castle, built as a royal residence for King Christian IV in the early 17th century, is to explore the ornate rooms that once hosted royalty and nobles. The castle's interior also serves as an engaging Museum of National History.
Wadden Sea National Park -
The Danish Wadden Sea islands of Rømø, Mandø, and Fanø form part of a national park, which is also the world's largest continuous system of m&d flats and intertidal sand. Possessed of unique nature and culture, the park is particularly renowned for its horses and as home to the country's largest population of spotted seals.
Jelling stones, Jelling -
Denmark's ancient Jelling stones are massive carved runestones from the 10th century, the larger of which features an inscription dedicated to the parents of the 10th-century Danish King Harald Bluetooth. Today's Bluetooth technology is named after the Nordic monarch. The stones are protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Roskilde Cathedral, Zealand -
Roskilde Cathedral is the most important church in Denmark, the official royal burial church of the Danish monarchs, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of the earliest examples in Scandinavia of a Gothic cathedral built in brick, the cathedral stands tall and impressive on the island of Zealand.
Tollund Man -
Silkeborg Museum is the final resting place of Tollund Man, an individual who lived in the 5th century BCE, during the period characterized in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. His naturally mummified corpse lay preserved in a peat bog for over 2,300 years. Denmark preserves the mummified bodies of two other ancient beings—Haraldskær Woman, whose similarly aged form is on display at the Cultural Museum in Vejle, and Grauballe Man, a peat bog body dated back to the late 3rd century BCE, during the early Germanic Iron Age.
