Denmark - Holstebro, June 06
A Danish flag on a jetty near Nyborg
I threw this photo in here because it is a good opener. The Danes are great people and very patriotic, one thing a visitor notices very quickly is the number of flags around the place. They are literally attached to everything, in fact if you stood still too long you may well find one attached to your head. Flags must out number the Danish population 60 to 1, a bit like sheep in New Zealand I guess..
Dinner with Mormor and Niels
I got one of those great cheap flights that Europe is famous for from Manchester to Copenhagen. On route to Holstebro I had a night in Odense with Mormor and Niels (my gran and brother), we had a great meal and then watched the world cup warm up game between France and Denmark. The score 2-0 so a good effort from the Danes. The next day I headed up to Holstebro to visit some good mates of mine Poul and Christina.
The main stage at the Skive Beach Party
Summer is the season for music festivals in Denmark and if you search the web you will see that there are festivals every weekend through the summer months. The most famous being Roskilde. These festivals are known for good times so when Poul and Christina suggested we go to the Beach Party at Skive I jumped at the chance. PS these photos are taken from the Beach Party website so I take no credit.
They started playing at lunch time..
The beach party was 4 days long, it started Thursday and finished Sunday. We camped in a paddock next to the venue which had been converted into a makeshift campground complete with a large marquee that served up breakfast in the morning and a disco at night. We camped with a couple of Poul and Christina's mates but met up with plenty of their other mates at the venue so it was all good fun.
..and played into the wee hours of the morning
My knowledge of Danish rock bands is pretty sketchy so most of the music was new to me, it sounded good though and the atmosphere primo! The weather was average the fist couple of days but awesome the last two and we all got nice and sunburned. I thought the week I had in Hawaii would have prepared me for it but I guess when the sun sets a 10:30pm you have a very long exposure.
Danish wind mills near Hassing
Flags and festivals are not the only thing the Danes do well, they are also passionate about their windmills. Its not often you can rotate 360 degrees and not see a windmill, they are everywhere. After the music festival we went for a champion meal at Poul's parents pig farm near Hassing. No suprises when we were served up all you can eat pork. Awesome!
Sunset on Denmark's wild west coast with Poul and Christina
After dinner we went out for an ice cream on the west coast near the farm. It was a magic spot and a great place to make the most of the long Danish twilights.
Gitte on the west coast near Ringkøbing
After my week in Holstebro I had a day in Ringkøbing with another mate Gitte.
Ringkøbing is a nice quiet Danish town, a great place to chill out after the beach party.
I threw this photo in here because it is a good opener. The Danes are great people and very patriotic, one thing a visitor notices very quickly is the number of flags around the place. They are literally attached to everything, in fact if you stood still too long you may well find one attached to your head. Flags must out number the Danish population 60 to 1, a bit like sheep in New Zealand I guess..
Dinner with Mormor and Niels
I got one of those great cheap flights that Europe is famous for from Manchester to Copenhagen. On route to Holstebro I had a night in Odense with Mormor and Niels (my gran and brother), we had a great meal and then watched the world cup warm up game between France and Denmark. The score 2-0 so a good effort from the Danes. The next day I headed up to Holstebro to visit some good mates of mine Poul and Christina.
The main stage at the Skive Beach Party
Summer is the season for music festivals in Denmark and if you search the web you will see that there are festivals every weekend through the summer months. The most famous being Roskilde. These festivals are known for good times so when Poul and Christina suggested we go to the Beach Party at Skive I jumped at the chance. PS these photos are taken from the Beach Party website so I take no credit.
They started playing at lunch time..
The beach party was 4 days long, it started Thursday and finished Sunday. We camped in a paddock next to the venue which had been converted into a makeshift campground complete with a large marquee that served up breakfast in the morning and a disco at night. We camped with a couple of Poul and Christina's mates but met up with plenty of their other mates at the venue so it was all good fun.
..and played into the wee hours of the morning
My knowledge of Danish rock bands is pretty sketchy so most of the music was new to me, it sounded good though and the atmosphere primo! The weather was average the fist couple of days but awesome the last two and we all got nice and sunburned. I thought the week I had in Hawaii would have prepared me for it but I guess when the sun sets a 10:30pm you have a very long exposure.
Danish wind mills near Hassing
Flags and festivals are not the only thing the Danes do well, they are also passionate about their windmills. Its not often you can rotate 360 degrees and not see a windmill, they are everywhere. After the music festival we went for a champion meal at Poul's parents pig farm near Hassing. No suprises when we were served up all you can eat pork. Awesome!
Sunset on Denmark's wild west coast with Poul and Christina
After dinner we went out for an ice cream on the west coast near the farm. It was a magic spot and a great place to make the most of the long Danish twilights.
Gitte on the west coast near Ringkøbing
After my week in Holstebro I had a day in Ringkøbing with another mate Gitte.
Ringkøbing is a nice quiet Danish town, a great place to chill out after the beach party.
posted by Peter Spencer at 4:00 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Pete.
I've just had time to view your blog from Denmard and France. You are doing a fantastic job with the choice of photos and comments, noting so many small, but great details. It is lovely to see all the people we know who you have managed to catch up with. The trip is really everything you always wanted. So go on, enjoy it and keep those blogs coming.
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