Megalithic Denmark

On Mon we visited three sites, two tumuli with passage graves and one long barrow. All are about 4,000 years old. These sites are pretty much out in fields by themselves, with markers, but otherwise open and unbothered. I crawled inside the Kong site, which had a large inner chamber. Never done that before, without a guide, etc. A bit of a thrill, actually. The first tumulus had an interesting double aisle structure. Both were very low. The barrow was similar to the West Kennet Long Barrow in Salisbury.

The Klekkendehoj tumulus; the trail through the wheat fields takes you
to a double-aisled structure

Inside the Kong Asgers Hoj tumulus

Me emerging from the Kong tumulus

The Kong tumulus

The Gronsalen long barrow

Island-hopping

The big new bridge that connects the middle island to the Big Island

From the Big Island, we drove down to the island of Mon (more bridges) to see the white cliffs and also some megalithic sites

Our campsite that evening

The next morning

Han Christian Anderson Center

The Hans Christian Anderson center Birth house, adjoins the center; he was born into abject poverty Displays like this cover every year of his life The collection of editions and translations The rotunda in the center of the complex has six or eight murals, numerous statues, etc. Friday we drove to the middle island (Denmark is part mainland Europe, part a bunch of islands) and to Odense to visit the Hans Christian Anderson Center, one of the largest and best writer centers I have ever seen. He is, of course, the national literary hero, maybe simply the national hero (judging from monuments, gift-store fare). Interestingly, to me, the Fairy Tales were just a side-light. Most of his life he strove to be a novelist and playwright, and received recognition in Denmark rather late in his life, long after the Tales had covered the world.