Museums in the Vejle River Valley-area
Find your way to the many museums in Vejle River Valley and Fjord
Egtvedpigen
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Vejle River Valley and Fjord has a unique cultural history with many highlights, dating all the way back from the stone age to the present. Each museum has it’s own fascinating story to tell. Get up close and personal with Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth in Kongernes Jelling. Experience Spinderihallerne, Vejles museum of cultural history. Visit Egtvedpigens tomb. Get a nostalgic experience in Bindeballe Købmandsgård. Learn about farming life on the moor at Give-Egnens Museum etc.
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Vingsted Iron Age
Embark on a journey back to the Iron Age. Vingsted Iron Age is one of Denmark's largest reconstructed Iron Age environments, where houses, fields, a blacksmith's forge, sacrificial site, and livestock make up a complete Iron Age settlement.
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The Ravning Bridge
Harald Bluetooth had a mighty bridge built over the Vejle River Valley around the year 980. At the discovery site in Ravning Enge, you can see a reconstruction of two bridgeheads.
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Kongernes Jelling – home of the Viking kings
The runes tell us that it was in the Viking Age in Jelling that Denmark got its name. King Gorm wrote it on his runestone, and we have used it ever since.
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Kellers Minde Museum
Kellers Minde Museum (Keller’s Memorial Museum) aims to offer insight into the history of the Keller Institutions. The museum houses various objects and traces the history of the treatment of the mental disabled from 1899 to 2012.
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Børkop Watermill - milling & Farbror Svends Collection
Surrounded by the scenic nature of East Jutland you find Børkop Watermill (Børkop Mølle), a fully-functioning watermill complete with waterwheel and millstones that sits next to ”Farbror Svends…
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Vejle Art Museum
The city's art museum embraces both local heroes and the very latest contemporary art. Admission to the museum is always free.
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Cultural Museum
Through exciting and interactive exhibitions for both children and adults, discover how the city of Vejle as we know it today was created. Admission to the museum is free.
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Tørskind Gravel Pit: Landscape Sculpture by Robert Jacobsen - Jean Clareboudt
The Landscape Sculpture in Tørskind Gravel Pit. In a former gravel pit in the Vejle Valley, one of Denmark's few landscape sculptures is located, created by Robert Jacobsen and Jean Clareboudt.
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The Randbøldal Museum
Nature, history, and craftsmanship. Exciting and challenging experiences for the whole family. At the Randbøldal Museum, children and adults can learn more about the production of paper and fabrics…
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Bindeballe Station
A Charming Little Gem. Bindeballe was one of the stations on the old Vandelbane, which now serves as a hiking and cycling path.
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Vejle Windmill
The Vejle Windmill is one of the landmarks of Vejle. Perhaps even the number 1 landmark of Vejle. Located on the hillside in the southern part of Vejle, the beautiful old windmill can be seen from…
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Vandel Local Heritage Museum
The Randbøl Local Heritage Museum and Archive in Vandel (Randbøl Sogns Arkiv og Museum) presents household items and decorative art dating after 1850 characteristic of the region.
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Old grocer’s shop Bindeballe Købmandsgård
The old grocer's shop, Bindeballe Købmandsgård, is today a combined merchant museum and general grocery store. Both inside and outside, the signs, exhibits and fixtures remind us of its history.
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Egtved Museum
Egtved Museum is a local heritage museum that exhibits objects from different historic periods, from the Stone Age till the twentieth century. Egtved Museum is managed by the Egtved Museum Association, which was founded in 1982.
