Before leaving Bork Havn I went back to the Viking village to find out about the 'knitting'. It is actually called Naelebinding and predates both knitting and crochet. It is created with a single needle and only short lengths of yarn. Having acquired some wool the next task will be to try and master this technique.
We drove up the west side of Ringkobing Fjord, calling in at the entrance to the fjord Hvind Sande. There was a market there, similar to a 'flea market' and I found these wonderful plaited reed shoes.
We also managed to get some more smoked eel - here is my lunch for that day.
We then drove eastwards from Jutland to another island called Fyn where we stayed in the marina at Kerteminde. Here you can see the van hiding behind the harbourmaster's hut.
As it is a marina it had loads of beautiful boats but I preferred the older fishing boats.
Kerteminde also had lovely buildings
Leaving Kerteminde we drove across a wonderful suspension bridge 'Storebeltsvej' from Nyborg to Korsor and from then on to Copenhagen.
We went to a wonderful exhibition in the National Museum (which was free)
From top left: reproduction clothing for a chieftain and his wife. The second picture shows a blouse and cord skirt found in a burial site. Because everything has been preserved in bogs you can see the actual clothing - it was not possible to take photos of these as the lighting was very low. Vikings decorated stones to give information, there were some lovely examples in the museum and the last picture shows a golden crucifix.
Again Copenhagen had some beautiful buildings, some reminiscent of Amsterdam.
We also visited Christiania, an independent state within the city but were not allowed to take photographs.
There were some amazing spires and domes to be seen ...
... and of course, we saw the Little Mermaid.
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