Fyrkat

Min nevø og familie er flyttet til Mariager. Endnu en by, hvor jeg aldrig har været før!
De bor ikke så langt fra vikingeborgen Fyrkat, der ligger lige på den anden side af Hobro, så i går tog vi en tur derud for at se det.
Tror aldrig, jeg har set en af de der rigtige vikingeborge før, og forventede ikke så meget.

My nephew and his family moved to Mariager. Another city that I never visited before!
They live quite close to the viking fortress Fyrkat, located right on the other side of Hobro, so yesterday, we went to see it.
I don't think I ever saw one of those real viking fortresses before, and my expectations weren't too high.

Men det var virkelig spændende og hyggeligt! Et lille center med forskellige huse og aktiviteter fra vikingetiden var det første vi så. Der var familier som var vikinger i ferien, og de lavede forskellige ting. F.eks. nogle, der syede, og gjorde klar til at farve garn.

But it was really exciting and nice! A small center with different houses and activities from the viking period was what we saw first. They had families who spend their holiday as vikings, and they did different things. For instance, some were sewing and preparing to dye yarn.

Man kunne også prøve rigtigt vikingetøj! Så børnene blev fanget ind og under protest iklædt tøjet. (Eller. Den lille protesterede ikke meget. Han stak bare af!) Vi blev da en ret fin vikingefamilie, ikke?

You could try real viking clothes! So we caught the kids and while they protested, they were dressed as vikings. (Well. The small one didn't protest. He just ran off!) We turned out to be a really pretty viking family!

Bagefter gik vi op til der hvor vikingeborgen rigtigt lå. Harald Blåtand skulle have boet der, og udsigten var ihvertfald virkelig flot. Jeg kan godt forstå, de ville bo der!

Afterwards, we went to where the remains of the fortress were. Harald Bluetooth is supposed to have lived there, and the view was really nice. I understand why he chose this spot!

Selve borgen var enorm! Der var en model af et langhus, og når man forestillede sig dem allesammen ligge der, må det næsten have været lidt overfyldt. Især, hvis man sad derinde og ventede på at fjenderne skulle komme.....
Bortset fra Fyrkat, er Mariager en virkelig smuk lille by. Glæder mig til at komme tilbage hertil!

The fortress itself was huge! They had a model of a long-house, and if you imagine all the houses in there, it must have been a bit crowded. Especially, if you were sitting there, waiting for the enemy to come.....
Apart from Fyrkat, Mariager is a very pretty little town. I'm looking forward to coming back here!