Open Air Museum

It was bright and sunny today, so we hopped on the bus to the Frilandsmuseet, Denmark's Open Air Museum, which is just 30 minutes outside of town.

The museum has a huge collection of buildings from the past 350 years.  Most of them are farm buildings - homesteads, barns, etc.

Not sure what was stored in this super-tall barn - Egyptian pyramids, maybe?

The museum is really spread out because some of the farms actually have fields growing hay, or large pastures for livestock.

All the usual barn animals were there -- horses, sheep, goats, cattle, and even some piglets.  Mmmm...bacon!

Some, terrific, radiant, humble pig

What was nice was that the interior of almost every building was fully furnished with pieces from the same era.  It was kind of cool to peek inside and get a glimpse into 18th and 19th century farm life in Denmark.

Almost all of the houses had thatched roofs of some kind, but this one was the shaggiest example.  The thatching was at least 3 feet thick.  It looks like a cartoon, but it was awfully cool inside, even on a hot day.

After walking the entire museum, we stopped at the museum cafe for lunch.  (Yes, I had a pulled-pork sandwich, sorry Wilbur!)  When I checked my fitbit, it had clocked us at 6 miles just within the museum.  Time to order a well-deserved cold, cold beer!