Jelling Museum & Runic Stones

Just as we left the Ribe Viking Center and headed East towards Jelling, we spotted this beauty just sitting on a lake as you do!

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Anyway, on to Jelling where we are visiting the Kongernes Jelling Museum, one of the National Museum of Denmark sites which has had a good injection of funding and it shows. Together with well guided leadership this museum is a great example of how you can tell a story and keep everyone engaged without having to read pages and pages of text.

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Jelling also has the famous stones…

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The Jelling stones stand in the churchyard of Jelling church between two large mounds. The stones represent the transitional period between the indigenous Norse paganism and the process of Christianization in Denmark.

So on we went to stay in Nyborg for the night!

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