On my current trip through Denmark I visited Odense – Denmark`s third largest city and also the birth town of Hans Christian Andersen. Or H.C. Andersen, as he is known as in Denmark. You may not immediately know who Hans Christian Andersen is, but I`m sure it`ll ring a few bells if I mention The …
I`m spending parts of Easter in the second largest town in Denmark, Århus. Århus had her city rights in 1441 but one can trace back the city to the 8th century. Århus, or Aros, as they believe the city was called back then, is celebrating her Viking history my inviting all visitors to their Viking …
I`m angry. And I`m disappointed. IKEA, a Swedish furniture company which has done so much good for minorities, at least here, has decided to delete women from their catalog. Not world-wide, of course, but from their Saudi-Arabian catalog. IKEA stands for family values but has decided women are not a part of those values. They`ve …
In 1903 a farmer close to the Norwegian city of Tønsberg – a large city in the Viking age – stumbled over part of a Viking ship from around 834. The ship was used in a burial and was almost in one piece when it was found. Two women were buried there and speculations have …
Yes, yes, I`m married and not looking for anything on the side but you watch this and tell me that the Viking throwing axes here isn`t making your heart beat an extra beat: Now you`re probably wondering what this silliness is – why are all these Americans going to Norway? This is a Norwegian feel-good …
A little while back Vanity Fair had an article about Scandinavia that left me both laughing and feeling insulted. Those are the best articles, aren`t they, the ones that inspire a multitude of emotions? Apparently A.A.Gill was annoyed with the “Scandinavian wave” sweeping over the world lately (I didn`t know there was one but then …
I`m still on vacation and just came back to Denmark from a nice trip to Poland where we visited Poznan (don`t go there) and Gdansk (a very beautiful city). But what do you know – Mama Lovis sent me a picture of a Viking festival taking place very close to our cabin. Of course, I …
My laptop screen looks like an etch-a-sketch right now – a gray mass with little lines and that`s about it. This means no writing about Sookie the Shieldmaiden since what I had written was on that laptop. If I bat my eyes at my husband I can borrow his laptop but Shieldmaiden is on Summer …
I`m getting ready for my vacation now and if you want to know more about where I`m going, I can recommend my fanfic Dead in Denmark (posted on this site and on Fanfiction.net: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5045916/1/Dead_in_Denmark We have half a cabin there and here are a few pictures of the beach which is a five minute walk away …
Sooooo in 15 minutes the game between Denmark and Germany will start (yes, we`re talking about football) – a game that will determine if Denmark will advance in the Euro cup, currently being played in Poland and Ukraine. Sweden is already out of the cup so Denmark is the last Nordic country left. I`m biting …