A Summer Through Time
At Den Gamle By, you can step into memories that are not only your own – meet the town’s residents, peek inside homes from different eras and let the day unfold through historic gardens, streets and courtyards.
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Memories
Meet the Town’s Residents
Around the streets and homes, you can meet the town’s residents and servants. Say hello to the postman, the sailor and the barrel organ player, or have a chat with the farmhand or the kitchen maid as she prepares the day’s meal.
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The Festival Grounds
Take a break with an ice cream from the food stall while the children enjoy the swings, carousel and a game of skittles. The entertainers bring the Festival Grounds to life.
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Step Inside Homes & Lives
Explore houses and flats ranging from the Rainbow Family’s flat in 2014 and the 1970s collective to the modern age of the 1920s and the old market town, including a merchant’s courtyard in the 1864 quarter.
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The CreativiTent
Discover the creativity of the 1970s and enjoy making your own creations from recycled and inexpensive materials, just as people did back then.
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Coffee Shop Café Bonnich
Visit the confectioner’s shop in the 1974 quarter and enjoy a cake surrounded by the beautiful original interior.
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The 1974 Pedestrian Street & 1927 Shops
Chat with the staff at Rahbeks Mini-Market and Poul's Radio on the 1974 pedestrian street, or take home historical goods from the bookshop and ironmonger’s shop in the 1927 quarter.
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An Early 18th-Century Tavern
Enjoy a light lunch or cold refreshments at Wineke’s Cellar – a tavern much as it might have appeared in the early 18th century.
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See the Town from a Horse-Drawn Carriage
Take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage and experience your journey through the market town from a new perspective. You will find the carriages at the corner of Algade and Aagade.
Varying times
Lunch at the Inn
Settle into the sunny courtyard, where children can play in the animal enclosure, and enjoy a lunch of traditional Danish dishes accompanied by Den Gamle By’s own beer in Gæstgivergården.
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