Post Conference Self-directed tours on the islands 
of Sealand (Copenhagen) and Fyn (Odense), Denmark
September 10 - 13^th, 2000

 TRI.PARTNERS presents a list of options for self-directed tours, for îDesign Diplomacyî conference attendees who wish to remain in Denmark to see more of this lovely country in the days immediately following the conference.

The list of self-directed tours utilize public transportation :

All trains depart from Copenhagen's Hovedbanegaarden (the main train station). Information on fares, schedules, reservations & ticket purchase can be found at:

DSB or telephone +45 -  70 13 14 15.  

1) Louisianna Museum of Modern Art:

45 minutes north on the coast-line train to Humlebaek; one of the best modern art museums in Europe with unique architecture incorporating the buildings into the landscape with sculpture park on the cliff overlooking Sweden: one of the best collections of American contemporary art outside the USA...don't miss the enormous Giacometti figures...featured exhibition: "Stardust"  photographs by New York photographer, Annie Leibowitz (60kr. admission).

2) The Danish National Museum's "FrilandsMuseet":

17th thru late 19th century buildings with full furnished interiors reconstructed from all over Denmark laid out in natural setting, livestock included with the adjoining small town of Brede, a preserved industrial 19th clothmill (joint admission.- 40 kr.)  take either the B or B+ trains from main station to Sorgenfri, short walk from station, or bus #184 from Norreport Station.

3) Klampenborg:

The Royal Forest & King's baroque "hunting lodge" palace and the Ordrupgaard Collection- major collection of French Impressionist & Post-Impressionist masterpieces, Danish Golden Age & Impressionist paintings...15 minutes by "C" train to Klampenborg and 10 additional minutes  to Ordrupgaard Collection via bus #388 from Klampenborg Station (admission 25 kr.).

4) Roskilde: 

See one of the great medieval cathedrals-1000 years old and the second largest church in the Northern Europe...tombs of 38 Danish Kings & Queens over (admission 12 kr.) ...see the 5 surviving Viking long boats housed in The Viking Ship Museum on the shore of the Roskilde fjord, featured exhibition: "The Vikings in Ireland" one of the long boats salvaged from the fjord was built in and sailed from Ireland (admission 52 kr.)...22 minutes by train, frequent service.

 5)  Ride over the new Oresund Bridge to Malmo, Sweden :

via train from Copenhagen's ÓHovedbanegaardenÓ (main train station).  Check out Malmo's "Form Design Center"- the only design center in Sweden housed in a restored warehouse at Lilla Torg.  Extensive collection of furniture and other Scandinavian items..Round-trip fare from Copenhagen to Malmo is 120 kr., groups of 8 or more get a 20% discount...trains depart every 20 minutes (16/36/56 past the hour).

6)  Frederiksborg Castle & Museum :

one of the great baroque palaces of Europe with recently restored 17thc formal gardens, many treasures, national portrait collection (admission 45 kr.). A or E trian to Hillerod.

7) Kronborg Castle (Hamlet's Castle) :

16thc fortress palace with Rennaissance banqueting hall, rich history (admission 30 kr.) coast train from Copenhagen's main train station (four stops after "Louisianna").

8) Spend a day on the island of FYN (pronounced fooon spoken very quickly ) :

Visiting the city of Odense, birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen and The Museum of Fotokunst - Take a side trip to the quaint fishing port of Faaborg, one hour away (local bus or train), to see the work of the reknown "Fyn born" school of painters, sculptors, writers (Johannes Jensen won the Nobel Prize for Literature!) and furniture designers at the Faaborg Museum in this beautifully preserved village of Danish architecture dating back 500 years...1.5 hours by train from Copenhagen's main train station.

Copenhagen City-wide Events taking place during the conference period:

ìGolden Days in Copenhagen Kulturfest  A Celebration of Denmark's 19th

century cultural rennaissance

see:    www.goldendays.dk

"Images of the World Festival"  An International Festival of global

visual arts, music, dance, and social trends.   see: www.images.org