August
Public town tours
July-August + calendar week 42
Mondays from March 29th – June 28th, however not 5/4 and 24/5 and from September 6th – October 25th
Go on a guided tour through Ribe’s old town. The tour includes a visit to the Cathedral of Ribe.
Place: Ribe Tourist bureau, Torvet
Time: From 11.30 am - 1.00 pm
Price: DKK 60,-
Info: www.visitribe.dk
Ghostwalks
All Wednesdays in July and August
Go on this tour through the old streets and hear more about Ribe’s dramas, such as murder of kings and burning witches.
Meeting point and tickets: Museet Ribes Vikinger, Odins Plads, tel. 76 16 39 60
Time: From 9.00 – 10.00 pm
Price: DKK 50,- (children under 14 years free)
School classes and groups: separate tours: DKK 500,-
1.-31. House of Psalms
In connection with the anniversary year, Taarnborg initiates the project House of Psalms, which stretches to 2014, which is the 250 year anniversary for the death of psalm poet Brorson. House of Psalms consists of 12 smaller publications, where known Danes like Jens Smærup Sørensen, Ulla Terkelsen, Jan Lindhardt etc. pick a psalm. Each psalm results in a publication, in which the author describes, what the chosen psalm means to them. In 2010 the first three books are released and in April-May and October-November Taarnborg will be the location for two exhibitions with art work of e. g. Kirsten Klein and Per Bach-Jensen.
Place: Taarnborg, Puggaardsgade 3, Ribe.
1.-31. Vadehavscentret – midst the National Park Wadden Sea
Vadehavscentret has exhibitions about the Wadden Sea, storm floods, nature and animal life to offer. All year through tours into nature or to see black sun take place as well as there are special exhibitions and activities for the whole family.
Place: Vadehavscentret, Okholmvej 5, Vester Vedsted.
Time: All days from 10-17.
Price: Entrance.
1.-31. My Ribe and Wadden Sea
Great photo exhibition at Danhostel Ribe. Over 50 large photos on canvas show the inhabitants of Ribe, their town and nature. All captured with a wink by Gudrun Rishede.
Place: Danhostel Ribe, Sct. Peders Gade 16, Ribe.
Time: All day.
Price: Free.
1.-31. Children, nature and exercise
A day of role play for children in daycare, about Ribe in the Middle Age. The children are dressed in medieval costumes, walk through the streets of Ribe and are told about the town’s history. The walk ends at Riberhus Slotsbanke, where the children hear the story of Queen Dagmar.
Place: Ribe.
Time: See the homepage for contact and exact times.
1.-31. Ribe’s Tales, educational material for school children
Esbjerg Educational Unit and local culture and nature institutions have put together a large, free educational program with exiting and fun programs for children from 0- 10. grade. The program will be based in Quedens Gård, an old trader’s house from the late 1500s. Teaching can also be based at the schools, but days in Ribe and the surrounding area in authentic sceneries can be arranged as well.
Our offers consist of e. g. reading theater in historical costumes in the streets of Ribe and sailing to the sluice Kammerslusen. Al is target-oriented on different grades to reach the subject-specific goals of the public school.
Following themes are offered: Art in Ribe, Reformation, Queen Dagmar, They made a difference (famous people from Ribe), Mathematics and more in and around the cathedral, Punishment and crime – Ribe Court, Field geography in Ribe, Witchcraft – superstition– witches – Maren Spliids and the convents.
Place: In the schools as well on visits in Ribe.
Time: See our homepage for contact and times.
Price: The educational material is free.
1.-31. Ribe’s Tales for families with children
Parts of the educational material will be translated into English and German. All families with children are welcome to use it. Following themes are offered: Art in Ribe, Reformation, Queen Dagmar, They made a difference (famous people from Ribe), Mathematics and more in and around the cathedral, Punishment and crime – Ribe Court, Field geography in Ribe, Witchcraft – superstition– witches – Maren Spliids and the convents.
Place: At home or in Ribe.
Price: Free download on the internet.
1.-31. The Night Watchmen in Ribe
Take the tour with the night watchmen in Ribe hear about the town’s history and listen to the watchmen’s song.
Place: Streets of Ribe, meeting point in front of Ribe Turistbureau, Torvet, Ribe.
Time: At 20.00 and 22.00.
Price: Free.
Info: Gammelt Præg, Ribe Turistbureau, www.visitribe.dk
1.-31. The art of Ribe
Ribe Kunstmuseum’s collection of art contains a number of important motives from Ribe, painted by famous Danish artists. P. Ussing, J. Roed, Th. Brendstrup, Kr. Zahrtmann, J. Rohde, A. Gottschak, S. Swane etc. have all been here and have left several works with motives from town. These, complemented with a number of older and newer works, show town over the years, the way the artists have captured the atmosphere, lines, forms and colours. Tales and stories have also been inspiration for artistic works over the years, such as the tale of Queen Dagmar.
Place: Ribe Kunstmuseum, Quedens Gård, Sortebrødregade 1.
Time: See the homepage.
Price: Free entrance.
1.-31. Why Ribe?
Who founded Ribe in the year 700? What is Ribe around the year 900? … and many other important questions. Activity exhibition for all. Enjoy this exhibition with all your senses and you might find the answers.
Place: Museet Ribes Vikinger, Odins Plads, Ribe.
Time: See the homepage.
Price: Entrance.
1.-31. Vikings in new robes
We present our new and improved exhibition in Ribe’s oldest period, from 700-1050. The latest 18 years of research mean that we must re-write history. Enjoy this new and exciting exhibition with new challenges for children.
Place: Museet Ribes Vikinger, Odins Plads, Ribe.
Time: See the homepage.
Price: Entrance.
1.-31. Experience Ribe in the Viking Age
Go back 1300 years and experience life in three magnificent Viking sceneries from the oldest town in Denmark. Meet the craftsmen, farmers and inhabitants of the Viking Age, and experience great things to remember. At Ribe VikingeCenter you get close to it all.
The farmer and the Icelandic horses: In the great manor the Icelandic horses graze and sparkles fly in the smithery. Have a chat with the farmer about farming and the many animals.
The Viking ship Gisla: The Viking ship Gisla lies at the quay at the market place, the place representing the first Ribe – the cradle of Denmark. Here the smith, the glass pearl maker, the wood turner and the potter work side by side with traders offering their goods at a nice price. .
Taste, smell, listen and learn: The town of Ribe, in the year 825, has been reconstructed by the best Viking carpenter of Denmark. The town has many fun activities for the whole family; do some carving, play Viking games, ’Tor, Odin, Tyr’, down fights, bake bread, shooting with bow and arrow and much more.
Place: Ribe VikingeCenter, Lustrupvej 4, Ribe.
Time: 1.-29. Aug: 11-17. 30.-31. Aug: 10-15.30.
Price: Entrance.
1.-31. See the prey birds of the Viking Age
Meet the falconer; listen to the exiting stories of hunting with falcons, hawks and buzzards in the Viking Age. Experience the fantastic birds of prey and feel the excitement when the falcon dives over the audience to elegantly catch his reward in the air – a nice piece of meat.
Place: Ribe VikingeCenter, Lustrupvej 4, Ribe.
Time: Falcon show 1. 29. Aug Sunday – Thursday 13 and 15.30, 30-31. Aug: 12.30.
Price: Entrance.
1.-31. The history of the Vikings on the wall
As in other cultures, the Vikings also had the tradition to capture great events in pictures. At Ribe VikingeCenter we do the same now! The story of Ribes founding 1300 years ago is now told in the fine Tinghus, where the chief of the village lives.
The mural is an exiting piece of art and for new generations to enjoy. Watch as we decorate the clay walls.
Try it yourself: Make your own piece of art. Paint lovely Viking motives with paint and brushes of the Vikings.
Place: Ribe VikingeCenter, Lustrupvej 4, Ribe.
Time: 1.-29. Aug: 11-17. 30.-31. Aug: 10-15.30.
Price: Entrance.
Info: Ribe VikingeCenter, www.ribevikingecenter.dk
3rd Organ Concert
Organ concert with organ professor at the Royal Danish Music Conservatoire, Bine Bryndorf.
Place: Cathedral of Ribe.
Time: 11
Price: Free.
Info: www.ribe-domkirke.dk
8th Gregorian Singing in Ribe
On the occasion of Ribe’s 1300 year
anniversary, the Church of Sct. Catharinae is hosting a
Gregorian Mass on Sunday, August 8th as it may have sounded in the year 710.
Info: tel.: 7542 0232, h.schwenker@syngogleg.dk
2.-8. The Ribe Vikings meet the Scandinavians and the Slaves
In the Viking Age, the important trade routes were seaborne. Ribe was as such a centre for trade in northern, southern, eastern and western directions and Ribe was certainly a trade centre in the early 700 years between Western Europe and the rest of Scandinavia.
On the market place in Ribe, beautiful, colourful glass pearls were made in large amounts. The pearls were demanded and the pearl maker from Åhus in Sweden often came back to Ribe to make more pearls. From Norway, whale bones and stones were imported for the production. The encounter between the Vikings and people from the east has been an encounter with a complete different culture with other traditions in pottery, garments, jewelry etc. Stones like mountain crystal were imported from the Black Sea. At Ribe VikingeCenter this encounter between east and west is underlined with craftsmen and traders visiting the market place this summer. Daily guided tours to the foreign craftsmen and traders, visiting Ribe VikingeCenter this summer. All tell about their techniques, trade routes and the encounter between cultures.
Try it yourself: The local coin maker is busy; make your own anniversary coin as a nice memory of Ribe in the Viking Age.
Place: Ribe VikingeCenter, Lustrupvej 4, Ribe.
Time: All days from 11-17.
Price: Entrance.
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