The vikings are back

One year more, the sun is warming the summer breeze...

and the boats are already waiting on the mouth of the river

Those brave men and women are back in town...

like ghosts from the past claiming the property of a land that was their own 1000 years ago

and ruling again in those territories, between the sea and the forest

ready for the fight, trading and taking care of the animals...

And if you meet them, then you'll discover the truth:

People from the past and people from the future walk in opposite directions...

(more info on Visit Aarhus events calendar or Moesgaard Museum website )

Uhyggelig (scary) Århus

Denmark is the land of "hygge", that is the art of creating a cosy atmosphere, even when it's cold and dark outside the window...

But tonight is different, as Halloween is the night of the "uhygge", the horror...

The Celts believed that in nights like this, the souls of the dead came back to visit our homes, and they used to leave food outside the door, so the evil spirits didn't come in...

Can you imagine if that could be true? They say that if you dig a whole in the ground of the old Århus, it's quite probable that you will find some skeletons...

Recently archeologists from Moesgaard Museum were working on an old cemetery, in the same place where a closter was located during the Middle Ages. They are going to build apartments on it...

Can you imagine if the Celts were right and the souls of the dead came back every Halloween night to "hygge" with the new inhabitants?

Happy "uhyggelig" Halloween!!