Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church sight
Vejle Commune, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
The Jelling burial mounds and one of the runic stones are striking examples of pagan Nordic culture, while the other runic stone and the church illustrate the Christianization of the Danish people towards the middle of the 10th century.
Roskilde Cathedral sight
Island of Sjaelland, City of Roskilde, Sealand Region, Denmark
Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, this was Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and it encouraged the spread of this style throughout northern Europe. It has been the mausoleum of the Danish royal family since the 15th century. Porches and side chapels were added up to the...
Kronborg Castle sight
Island of Sjaelland, City of Helsingör, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Located on a strategically important site commanding the Sund, the stretch of water between Denmark and Sweden, the Royal castle of Kronborg at Helsingør (Elsinore) is of immense symbolic value to the Danish people and played a key role in the history of northern Europe in the 16th-18th centuries....
Ilulissat Icefjord sight
West coast of Greenland, Bay of Disko Bugt (bight), Municipality of Ilulissat, Denmark
Located on the west coast of Greenland, 250 km north of the Arctic Circle, Greenlands Ilulissat Icefjord (40,240 ha) is the sea mouth of Sermeq Kujalleq, one of the few glaciers through which the Greenland ice cap reaches the sea. Sermeq Kujalleq is one of the fastest (19 m per day) and most acti...
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