Journey: Aarhus – Jelling – Legoland – lay-by near Gravens
We were warned that Denmark would be quite expensive but as with most things it depends what you choose to do. Looking back over the last few days so many of our activities have been free as there is such stunning scenery to explore. It’s likely our biggest expensive is coffee and cake. That said we do mostly cook for ourselves and can’t do as many museums as some people may choose to, but we have certainly done all we wanted to and are loving Denmark. I’m just about getting my head around their money system 700 krona of fuel in the van…AHH what?! Oh wait that’s about £100 and normal. Even coffee and cake is 100 krona…I feel my heart stop and gasp before my brain clicks in and say it’s ok it’s krona not pounds and pay the bill 😂
24hours had past and so the pups were back on the beach ready to cover the van in sand once again. I feel like the beach is my souls happy place…I’m with Mabel in this, it’s adorable how quickly she rolls around in complete happiness. We had a wonderful walk, soaking in the view before heading back into the city.
Today’s focus was food. Our first stop was Godsbanen which is a cultural centre which has creative studios, workshops and hosts events. I’d expected to see people at work in the studios but instead it was largely empty. Still it’s likely better on a set market day as there is certainly evidence that’s it’s got lots going on there. For lunch we visited both the Central Food Market and Street Food Market…the latter was in our opinion much better with more choice and a better vibe. We each had an amazing Ugandan veggie wrap that was delicious and filled us up nicely for the waddle back to the van
Aarhus O is a new house development area with some striking architecture and a trendy harbour strip where you can try water skiing on a zip line or just laze on the decking by the pool. It would be interesting to go back in a year or two to see it completed.
From ultra modern flats to Viking kings… We drove to an amazing free museum in Jelling to see the burial mounds, runes and history. Again it was a hugely interactive museum, and the surrounding white sculptures outlined where the huge stockade would have been and where a ship was buried with the king.
Next was a must do – Legoland!! Mark had been years before and was’nt bothered but I’ve never been plus I’d read on a forum that it was free, half an hour before attractions close. This meant we had a couple of hours with the park relatively quiet just looking at the Lego miniworld and characters. Without the park rides we we done in just over an hour and I’m glad we went.
We have now completed the main island and will be heading to Fyn tomorrow. We are snuggled down in a lay-by, Mark is watching the football on the laptop and I’m writing.
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