Last weekend, the lovely Róisín and Laura popped over for a weekend visiting me here in Denmark. I’m living with these lovely ladies next year and it was really cute to see them (especially because they brought me lots of chocolate). So yeah, it was a pretty good weekend. It’s also worth noting that our housemate reunion was missing our fourth member, Corin, but she has been photo-shopped into this very Danish picture to illustrate that she was here with us, at least in spirit.
So, after the girls caught up on sleep (with Laura somehow sleeping better than all of us despite being on the worlds most solid floor and Rósh spooning me and trying to steal the duvet), we took a trip to ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum. The name ARoS itself is a nod to the old viking name for the city (Aros) but it is styled so that the capitalization suggests the Latin word for art (ars) because the Danes are the kind of people who find joy in witty naming that no one else will really understand. And the obscure referencing doesn’t stop there, with the whole museum supposedly designed to metaphorically mimic the journey from heaven to hell, with the “9 Spaces” gallery in the basement referring to Dante’s nine circles of hell, and the roof terrace being representative of heavens light, or something. Like I said, Danes are pretty artsy. We mainly just giggled at the kunst part.
The museum was really cool though, there was loads to see and it was all pretty interactive and engaging. I really liked the “Boy” sculpture, which was the museums first piece of art and which was really lifelike despite it’s size, but I think my favorite thing was “Your Rainbow Panorama”, the unique doughnut-shaped rainbow tunnel on the top of the building that let you look out over the city through different colored glass.
After the museum we had lunch, went shopping and had some coffee. The restaurant where we had lunch had self-service beer dispensers, right next to the usual fizzy drink station, which was probably the most danish thing I have seen. Also, I bought some really cute shoes, so it was a pretty great day.
The next day was an early start, and after we finally managed to wake up a very sleepy Rósh, we headed off to go on a walking tour of some of the art around Aarhus. The walk lasted about two hours, and looked at a few of the seemingly endless sculptures street art that are dotted around the city. It was pretty cold, and in hindsight I feel like these walks would be slightly more practical in the summer, but I really enjoyed it none the less, and managed to explore some cool corners of the city I hadn’t found on my previous adventures. The sun even made a little appearance for us at one point!
The weekend was completed with a quick trip to Ikea for some candle and meatball related purchases. So yeah, it was a pretty cute few days really. It’s odd that I won’t see the girls again until we move into our new house in 6 months time, but I think I have seen Rósh eat enough bananas in the few days she was here to last a lifetime. Besides, I’ve been left eating chocolate and feeling all arty while waiting for the snow to return, which isn’t a bad life at all. Cheers for a good weekend ladies!
Stay safe.
Sarah Middlemiss 