Category: Heritage & Conservation

Expect a dark, timber-framed room rather than a bright decorated nave: the borgund stave church interior has no electric lighting, so your eyes need time to adjust and a staff member uses a flashlight for guests. Most surprises at Borgund come from assumptions about light, age, ownership and tickets, and each is sorted out below.…

Fact Value and condition Planning use Fire Set on fire in early June 1992; the church burned to the ground and only the remains of the framework were left Treat the visit as a look at a rebuilt monument, not a surviving medieval one Reconstruction Fully rebuilt as an exact replica of the original by…

Landing in Denmark hoping for a Christmas Day restaurant lunch? Danish Christmas traditions centre on a family dinner on the evening of Christmas Eve, and most shops and restaurants close for the holiday. The rest of the season is a slow build of candles, calendars, baking and markets. If Denmark is one stop in a…