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TAR 19 EP 8 "Super Shady" (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Chateau d If:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on September 12, 2011, 07:14:11 PM ---Even before my visit to Copenhagen last week I had already spent one day there with my teenage son the previous summer.
Continuing the Led Zeppelin motif
Such boys cannot be bothered by anything cultural or historic. The one and only one thing he spotted and actually said "Let's go see THAT!" was the Vor Frelsers Kirke
It really does stand out!
And this is at the top:
So I went there again to make some inquiries: Various staff on hand confirmed that Racers were there on July 4th. :tup: It turns out that the date is easy to pin down because there was a massive deluge rainstorm the day before in Denmark. And everybody remembers that day. The Teams had arrived the night before and parked their cars in the churchyard. So it looks like it was a big Hours of Operation Equalizer. (:;) (:;) Probably designed to obliterate any lead gained by Teams finding the fastest flights out of Malawi.
Video of climbing at the top:
http://www.youtube.com/v/cINoERizdB4?version=3&hl
And just because it usually matters, the official number of stairs is 319. But I counted 235 steps indoors and 147 steps outside. :duno:
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Chateau d If:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on September 24, 2011, 03:00:27 PM ---Here is my next report from Copenhagen on possible locations visited by the Race on July 4th:
What is the never-to-be-missed TAR favorite task subject matter?
:hearts: Animals :hearts:
I asked the hotel concierge about where there are animals in Copenhagen, what kinds of animals Denmark is famous for (nothing came to my mind!), if somebody wanted to work with animals where would they go?
The concierge gave me two places and some hotel guests mentioned a third:
* The Zoo
* Jutland horses at the Carlsberg Visitor's center
* A nearby open-air farm (which I got the name wrong so it was a bit of a chase)
I dismissed the Zoo because I had never heard of it before and I wanted to check the other leads first. The horses sounded very promising. I went. But nobody saw any race activity there. The couple that told me about the open-air-farm were the European equivalent of Anita & Arthur ! :lol: I finally got the name sorted out and much to my delight it started looking like TAR turf and lots of it!.
Fully stoked, I took the metro out to Frilandsmuseet (it was about 15 minutes, really easy). And FREE admission too! It's on 84 acres, has dozens of farms, and lot of animals.
Here's the map:
wikipedia Frilandsmuseet
--- Quote ---The museum features more than 100 buildings from rural environments and dating from 1650-1950. All buildings are original and has been moved piece by piece from their original location save a windmill that is still found in its original location.
The museum contains rural buildings from all regions of Denmark, including many of the small and remote Danish islands like Bornholm, Læsø. Represented are also buildings from the Faroe Islands, as well as the former Danish possessions of Southern Schleswig in Germany and Scania and Halland in Sweden. The distribution demonstrates how life has been adapted to regional living conditions and availability of materials. Buildings include a farmhouse from the island of læsø thatched with kelp
Represented in the collection are also all social living conditions, from a manor house to a poorhouse, different types of buildings like farms, mills and workshops, and numerous professions..
The museum include six mills including a post mill from 1662. Some of the mills are regularly operated by a guild of volunteers.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/2c35OnJvzJs?version=3&hl
There are sheep:
And goats: (yes, that is an electric fence!)
And cattle:
And geese:
The authenticity and perfection of the relocated farm structures is stunning. I'm thinking this place just has to be a Race destination as I walk around. Look at these buildings! :jam:
So, did the Race come to Frilandsmuseet? After walking about it I started asking around if anybody was there on July 4th. Some staffers"remember" some "don't remember".
But there definitely were cameras and chaos going on that day. :tup: :jam: :hoot:
More info coming later ...
Here's a hint at the animal task: queue music
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Chateau d If:
double post :groan:
Chateau d If:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on September 24, 2011, 09:45:04 PM ---Thanks! Just in case you were wondering, I had a lot of fun (and blisters on my feet) doing this. :hoot:
In my investigation of Frilandsmuseet I tried to indicate that on July 4th the Teams were working with animals somehow: like milking, collecting eggs, catching geese, etc. There was no confirmation of any such thing. But there was something because I saw a lot of smiles and masked giggles :lol: ;).
Finally, with a bit of word play and pantomime I was finally able to pull the correct species out of my hat. :lol3:
You will not believe what was going on there. Not in 100 years!
It's called Kaninhop:
Meet Snoopy (for example!)
Rabbit Jumping Takes Scandanavia By Storm By Mike
--- Quote ---Copenhagen, Sept 5, 2010–The Danish National Rabbit Hopping championship drew millions of spectators as bunnies from all over Denmark and surrounding areas competed the the big prize: a ten foot carrot. Rabbit hopping has taken Scandinavia by storm with millions of Scandinavians taking up the sport. “Schools are empty and virtually no one goes to work,” complained Fredrik Reinfeldt, the prime minister of Sweden. The finance minister of Norway cried, “Our economy is on the verge of collapse. Everyone is rabbit jumping!” Many social and city services are breaking down as more and more Scandinavians are replacing having sex in the snow with bunny hopping as the national sport.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/ptyKSiRyQ4Y?version=3&hl
:faint:
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Chateau d If:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on September 14, 2011, 10:35:11 AM ---One of the benefits of going on a bike tour of Copenhagen was the discovery of a classic TAR Pit Stop scenario!
Queue the music: Pirates
BTW the bike tour was this one: Bike Mike and it is the first thing you should do if you ever visit Copenhagen!
Remember this TAR6: Af Chapman
Directly opposite Copenhagen's new Opera House is Larsen's Plads. This is a street along the water like the French quai.
Street view here.
Well, on this plads there are three classic old sailing ships. And yes, that is the Vor Frelsers Kirke in the background!
The three ships are the Lillian Dan, the Halmo, and the Havet:
I went up to the ships, asking if anybody saw any filming going on Larsens Plads on July 4th, the day after the big storm, I got a mixed response. Some sailors said "yes", some said "no". The timing of the sightings was afternoon into early evening. But the "yeses" pointed to the place where I got the "no" so by process of elimination, the Havet would be the Pit Stop. Nobody could ID the Teams so I have no arrival order :'(
Interestingly enough, it is the Havet that appears in the Google Maps Street View! :lol:
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