Frilandsmuseet - an Open Air Museum

My mom, Stella, my aunt and myself went with bus and train to Lyngby to see the Frilandsmuseet. Frilandsmuseet was established in 1897 and started modestly with a few buildings at the corner of King's Garden in Copenhagen. In 1901the square was too small and Frilandsmuseet's founder, Bernhard Olsen, bought 12 acres of land around the old Fuglevad Windmill in Sorgenfri/Lyngby.

Frilandsmuseet has a significant collection of the buildings from different periods and different regions of Denmark. The collection contains farms, houses, workshops, mills, shops and sheds.

They had, because of fall break, created a historical market, as it would have looked like in the 1800s, when people gathered to buy and sell and to be entertained by visiting performers. Booths and tents are made ​​from old drawings and paintings.
 

We walked around and went inside some of the old houses and farms. To add on to all of this magic and Danish history, there were farm animals walking around also- there were pigs and horses, geese and sheep! Stella and my eyes got the size of saucers...

Later after all the walking, we sat down and had a picnic with rugbrød and æbleskiver. It was very enjoyable. After we ate, we went over to the line for carriage rides. We got on!!! I had so much fun and was glad that I went!

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