July 5, 2007
fun museum but too many tourists!
I was really exited about Den Gamle By when i read about it, but as soon as we had to find a place to park our car and drove past loads of people at the entrance, tour busses and loads more cars...i began to have second thoughts :P
When we finally got a place to park the car, we had a good 10 min walk to the entrance. The waiting time at the cash desk wasn't as long as i expected and the girl behind the counter spoke English. I even got a student discount which was 50% off :) I only needed to show my college card and that was it.
At Den Gamle By (the old town) you can see lots of historical buidings. You can enter them all and see what it was used for. At many buildings dressed up people from the museum play a character and tell you about the building. The buildings come from all over Denmark and they were torn down from their original place and build up again at Den Gamle By (in Arhus).
It's a nice spot to go to once, but i'll never go again. Too many people! So many tourists that it just didn't seem special anymore.
But a good place to go when you wanna see al the architectural (and in-home) styles from the viking age untill even the 1920's in Denmark.
When we finally got a place to park the car, we had a good 10 min walk to the entrance. The waiting time at the cash desk wasn't as long as i expected and the girl behind the counter spoke English. I even got a student discount which was 50% off :) I only needed to show my college card and that was it.
At Den Gamle By (the old town) you can see lots of historical buidings. You can enter them all and see what it was used for. At many buildings dressed up people from the museum play a character and tell you about the building. The buildings come from all over Denmark and they were torn down from their original place and build up again at Den Gamle By (in Arhus).
It's a nice spot to go to once, but i'll never go again. Too many people! So many tourists that it just didn't seem special anymore.
But a good place to go when you wanna see al the architectural (and in-home) styles from the viking age untill even the 1920's in Denmark.
