In article <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] "Lydia Johnson" writes: > Hi! I am planning a trip to Denmark this summer, and wonder if > anyone knows anything about the Lejre Historical-Archaeological > Research Centre? I read about it in Dec. 1992 Traveller magazine, > and am quite intrigued. It says the centre has farmhouses from the > 1850s, workshops carrying on the old crafts, and a reimagined Iron > Age village where Danish families can come to live > for a week or more in crude huts, wearing animal skins and cooking > over open fires. I'm taking my two sons (10 & 12), and think this > might be an interesting side-trip. I don't even know where it is, > though. Any more info out there? I've already done a Lycos search > and found nothing... > Lejre is west of Copenhagen: follow the A1 past Roskilde (great Viking Ships Museum there). Further west still is Trelleborg (at Slagelse). I visited these places over ten years ago, so my memories are a bit dim. Lejre is fun. You can - and are - encouraged to help the families out, especially with the back-breaking grinding of wheat on a quorn. Trelleborg is impressive - but your sons might not want to spend a long time there. I have since seen an interactive computer display based on Trelleborg, which they might enjoy exploring. The Viking Ships museum uses a lot of approaches, and hands-on exhibits (I can only remember the one where the use of the rudder was demonstrated). All three museums sign/interpret in English as well as Danish, if that is a consideration. North of Copenhagen is an outpost of the National Museum at Sorgenfri, which is an open-air museum (i.e. a collection of buildings), but has, according to my out-of-date travel guide, demonstrations and dancing. I'm afraid I didn't get there on my trip. -- Patricia Reynolds [log in to unmask]