Where is North? Ummm..

Day 43-45 Western Denmark

So after only a week and half after our week long study tour to Sweden/Finland, we had a short 3 day study trip to the Western side of Denmark. So we packed our bags and got to spend the weekend with our bud family, our 2 proffs, 2 interns and our fabulous bus driver, Yes. It was so fun and went by way too quickly.

I really like our two professors that teach the interior architecture program. One is this cute Danish woman named Bergette ( pronounced Bergetta) or BB who speaks with a Danish accent and has so many interesting phrases like "put your urban eyes on" or "put your experience in your backpack and take it out" many things like that. And than there is Heinrich who is this old Austrian man who like to random pop out of no where during tour and ask you which way north is. And yes he keeps his compass around his neck at all times. He also loves to climb on random things.

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Where we stayed:
Night One- Aarhus Vandrerhjem Danhostel; An okay Hostel. We unfortunately we decided to rent our sheets and bedding after dinner and found out that the office was closed. So we had to sleep on layers of clothes. Oops. Luckily that hostel was clean and we didn't get caught because it would be a 250 kroner fee...
Night Two- Danhostel Ebeltoft designed by Friis & Moltke; This hostel was really awesome. Set on a huge hill over looking the water. This is a piece of architecture that was designed to blend in with nature and into the land. It was a very nice hostel, with comfy sheets you could rent, good dinner & breakfast, a beautiful view of the sunset and was just like a hotel where there is a bathroom in your room instead of a shared one with the floor.

Our view from the hostel

What we Saw:

-Orbaek Kirke
Traditional church of Denmark

-Faaborg Museum by Carl Petersen

-Middlefart Sparkasse by 3xn
Really cool bank. The interior had many different levels and angles that are designed and work very well together. They also have very uniquely designed  floor lights that are 5 feet underground with mirrors that help project light and color out. Recently built this bank is all about it's workers and customers being happy. We even got a goody bag of a huge chocolate bar, coffee and candy treats for visiting!

-Aarhus Krematorium Kapel by Henning Larsen

-Aarhus AA by Ole Ostergaard
Waterway and urban design of the Aarhus city area.

-Aros by Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen
This was a museum of Modern art in Aarhus. The interior was a big wow factor with it's spiral stairs that led you from the bottom floor to the roof. The roof of the building had a huge rainbow ring installation that people can walk through and see the city in different colors.

-Aarhus Raadhus by Arne Jacobsen and Erik Moller

-Aarhus Universitet by Kay Fisker, Poul Stegmann, CF Moller Land Architect: C Th Sorensen

Brenna sketching 

-Koldinghus Renovated by Inger and Johannes Exner
A Castle that mixes new materials and design with old materials and design in mind. It was a wonderful balance between the to and was a lot of fun to explore.

-Bornekulturhuset St. Nicolai by Dorte Mandrup Land Architect: Kristine Jensens Tegnestue
We went to a place dedicated to families and kids to play and have fun together. Every year there is a new theme and the whole building is redesigned. This year's theme was Little Nicoli, which was about a little boy and his world. It was a lot of fun to play in here and outdoors where it was a giant playground as well.

-Trapholt Museum of Art

-Arne Jacobson's Summer home
Tiny and very hot inside. But you got to sit in the famous chairs!


Our Surprise Stop:
At the end of our trip we had one long stretch on the bus home to Cph. But Brigette announces that they "forgot" a place on our itinerary. We than stopped at a farm and were asked to jump through barbed wire fences that had a lot of sheep running around. We than hiked up a hill and saw remnants of old viking settlements and the sheep that roam around them now. They than led us into a old viking longhouse and there were a bunch of shots that were all lined up for us from the professors. Yes, they than toasted to having a wonderful time travelling with us and we all "skolled" (cheers) and took our shots. Many of our faces were all scrunched because it tasted soooo bad. We had taken schnapps which is the Danish liquor of choice.
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It was sad that this was our last trip with our bus family and that it would be down to business time when we got back to school.

Shout outs: To Brenna's family who reads my blog! I hope you all enjoy them! Thank you for giving me a reason to continue this blog!

End of the Day thought: I love our professors.