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I saw a woman standing on top of the hill at Lindholm Høje, a timeless figure; she could be a Viking woman looking for her husband's gra...

Childrens' Rattles or Musical Instruments? Some strange prehistoric clay-things, named rattles, have emerged from the earth and from ...

The Restaurant Skovmøllen is a small, cosy restaurant in Moesgård Forest. The old water mill ,which today is both a restaurant and a workin...

The large lake Mossø is still covered in ice with a powder of snow. It's a long winter this year. We have had so many mild winters that ...

Welcome to a new edition of my blog: A Taste of Denmark. Kind regards Grethe Bachmann

Leucojum vernum The woods rejoic'd the day Thro gentle showers, the laughing flowers In double pride were gay. Robert Burns The snowflak...

Frédéric François Chopin was born 200 years ago on 1 March 1810 and died 17 October 1849. He was a Polish composer and pianist and one of ...

Fastelavn/ Carnival In February when it's Fastelavn it is still common to beat the cat out of the barrel, in the old days it was a ...

Cichorium intybus Common chicory ( Cichorium intybus ) is a bushperennial plant with blue, lavender, or occasionally white flowers.It grows...

"This drink is a happy and lovely drink for old people - especially in winter. It warms the cold stomach and is good for all cold disea...

Aeschna cyanea The Southern Hakwer/Blå Mosaikguldsmed is one of Denmark's largest and most elegant colourful insects with huge compound ...

Eryngium maritimum Sea Holly is a native to most of Europe's coastline where it is seen in dunes and upon tidal meadows together with s...

Anglo-Saxons Before they converted to Christianity and adopted the Roman calendar, the early English (‘Anglo-Saxons’) used a calendar b...

When looking for amber at the beach you might be lucky to find a lump with insect fossiles. Amber is fossilized tree resin from a died ou...

Milvus milvus Red kite photo: stig bachmann nielsen 2009 naturplan foto The red kite is a strikingly beautiful bird of prey with its lon...