Theme Holidays in Ribe 2012
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 Theme Holidays in Ribe |
3 days/2 nights' accommodation in Danhostel Ribe Youth and Family Hostel (min. 2 pers.) and one of the following themes:
- Fly on the wings of History - Theme holiday
- A Taste for Art - Theme holiday
- The Wadden Sea National Park - Theme holiday
- In the Footsteps of the Vikings - Theme holiday
The holiday price includes:
- An A+ room with private shower/toilet facilities. See our rooms here: Rooms
- 2 x Our delicious breakfast buffet both mornings with several organic and home-made products. See our breakfast here: Breakfast
- Free Ribe Card. A Ribe Card entitles you to a discount at many of the attractions, activities, restaurants and stores in and around Ribe. Read about the Ribe Card
- Second day evening: three-course dinner with your choice of these restaurants:
- Restaurant Saelhunden
- Hotel Dagmar
- Vaegterkaelderen
- Free admission to Ribe Cathedral and the tower
- Free admission to 2 attractions with your choice of:
- The Museum Ribe’s Vikings (Museet Ribes Vikinger). Open all year. Closed Mondays from 1st Sept. to 30th June
- The Wadden Sea Center (Vadehavscentret). Open Feb. 15 – Oct. 31
- Ribe Art Museum. Open all year. Closed on Mondays from 1st Sept. to 30th June
- Ribe Viking Centre (Ribe VikingCenter). Open April 30 – Oct. 19. Closed on weekends except from July and August
- Free wireless network. Bring your own laptop, free table tennis and free table football
NB! Remember bed linen (can be brought or rented) and membership card (or choose to buy a guest card for a night)
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Make your own theme holiday
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Fly on the Wings of History - Theme holiday
Explore Ribe’s charming, medieval town centre. Experience the concentrated historic atmosphere in the old streets. Enjoy the moment and the beautifully decorated doors and facades, the old, half-timbered houses and the ‘gaslight’ street lamps.
- Visit the Viking Museum and the Viking Centre
- Visit the medieval Ribe Cathedral and Sct. Catharinae Church and Abbey
- Evening walk with the Night Watchman
- Make your own walk: Town Walk
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The Wadden Sea National Park - Theme holiday
Walk along the dike by the Wadden Sea where nothing obscures the horizon and the sky is the limit. Experience the wonder of nature and the impressive wide-open space of the fauna rich marshland. Listen to the natterjack toad’s evening serenade or watch the many different birds as they search for the best nesting places. Nature in and around the Wadden Sea is truly unique. Learn about storm tides and climate changes. And watch the big bird migrations
of starlings, geese and many other birds in spring and autumn.
Reserve your theme holiday today.
Here you can read about the Wadden Sea: Wadden Sea and here you can see photos from the Wadden Sea: Wadden Sea Photos
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 Skagen painter Michael Ancher's: A Baptism |
A Taste for Art - Theme holiday
Become inspired by the many artists and artisans who feel the strong pull of the Wadden Sea and the medieval atmosphere in Ribe. Lose yourself in the world of art.
- Be enchanted by the unique collection of Golden Age and Skagen paintings at Ribe Art Museum
- Enjoy the famous COBRA-artist Carl Henning Pedersen´s colourful and modern decorations of frescoes, mosaics and stained glass in Ribe Cathedral. Ribe Cathedral has received 2 stars in the Michelin Guide to sights and attractions. See also old frescoes of holy Virgin Mary from before the reformation 1536.
- Also Danhostel Ribe Family and Youth Hostel is committed to art. See more than 50 big photos on canvas with beautiful Ribe and Wadden Sea themes on the walls of the hostel. Inspiration
- 40 - 75 min. drive from Ribe: Robert Jacobsen decorations in Hjerting church, Esbjerg. Frello exhibition in Varde and Emil Nolde exhibition in Seebüll, North Germany
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In the Footsteps of the Vikings - Theme holiday
Follow the trail of Danish history right back to the Viking era. See ancient artefacts. Nowhere else in Denmark, you´ll see so many artefacts from the Viking era as in Ribe - Denmark´s oldest town. Bring your children and grand children – they’ll love it!
Read here why Ribe is the most obvious place to visit to learn more about Vikings in Denmark - and see all the Viking photos from Ribe: Viking Photos
