These paintings were the designs for a set of tapestries that were made for the Queen Margrethe the Second about twenty years ago. They depict all of Danish history, starting from the viking era (the painting on the right in this picture) and ending with the Queen and her family (direct center of this picture). There are eleven of these paintings in chronological order around this room. What I thought was really cool about this set is that there are really modern things in a tapestry, which you don't see often because tapestries are such an archaic decorating concept. The painting at the left in this picture has people and events from the 1900s: JFK, Ghandi, World War II, and alot of other things that I recognized.
We also went to their library and it was really cool to see. Firstly because I love libraries, and secondly because of this:
Yes, in case you were wondering, that is the oldest house in Denmark. No big deal or anything. It's just a part of the local library. You know, it's just chilling there full of children's literature.
This was also cool: I found my favorite books from middle school. This is the shelf of books by Tamora Pierce. She's pretty cool. If you're looking for good books, this would be the shelf to find. You can probably find a similar shelf in your library that has these books in English, if Danish isn't really your thing.
Once you find the English-language equivalent of this shelf in your local library, you might want to pick up the English-language equivalent of this book. Harry Potter excluded, this was one of my favorites in middle school. (One of my favorites because I actually liked another Tamora Pierce series better.) So you might want to read it. Or recommend it to your favorite middle school-er. Or both. I think maybe both. . .
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