And so does the semester come to an end. 5 months in Denmark. 5 months living in a small, peaceful Danish town with an absolutely crazy university campus. Magnificent international friends, challenging group projects, insane parties, adventures, bonfires, bbqs, walks, roadtrips & travels. I have been to each end of this small country, seen all the biggest cities and some uncanny natural landscapes.
The last weekend od may was crazy. Again, we rented a car with a bunch of happy people and did a few roadtrips. Vejle, Aalborg, Frederikshavn and Skagen.
Møn island was a high priority on our "to see in Denmark" list. It is located about 270 km from Horsens and there weren't any chances we could reach it by public transport so in a group of five people we rented a car for the weekend and drove there.
I have seen quite a lot of east coast of Denmark, right? It was about time to visit the west coast then! After some research of good-for-a-day-trip west coast destinations I have chosen to visit the city of Esbjerg which is the fifth biggest city in Denmark. It is located on the southern part of Jutland peninsula, near a small island called Fanø. We went there in a largest yet group of seven people.
The second time I was in Aarhus, it was with three of my classmates. The trip was a form of celebration since a day earlier we (as a group) have won the project competition within our class. We had an idea of a nice picnic and agreed on visiting certain attractions. I haven't been to any of them before, so it was a good exploration trip in good company.
After returning from London I said to myself "Okay Ada, no more trips for a while. Chill.". But then two days later my flatmate said to me "hey, we are going to Aalborg for a concert on thursday after class, d'you want to come?". How could I resist the temptation?
The idea of visiting Copenhagen arouse quite spontaneously among my friends. With all my curiosity of Danish capital i wasn't really hasty with planing my trip as I knew that sooner or later I will visit it at least three times during my Erasmus. I preffered to wait until the weather improved... but eventually I was talked into it!
Now about Horsens... This is a very long slideshow of my exploration of Horsens through the couple of weeks I have been here so far. I walk a lot and I shoot a lot, the city, the campus, the seaside, the lakes, everything that comes along!
Horsens is a charming seaside town. Actually, its localisation is even better because it's between the Horsens Bay (eastern coast of Jutland peninsula) and lake Norrestrand which is a nature reserve. VIA University College campus is located on the outskirts of town, just by the lake.
Four our second trip we went to Odense, just two days after visiting Aarhus. Odense is located on the Fionia island, south-east from Horsens in the direction of Copenhagen. This time we were joined by my new flatmate from Estonia, so we got an international feel of the trip already.
And so I arrived in Denmark on 1st february. The next 5 months I was about to spend in the city of Horsens located by the western coast of Jutland by the Baltic sea. I went there with a friend from my home university and considering that we started classes at february 6th we had a few days to accomodate to the city and to do a bit of travelling. The following day the first thing in the morning we hopped on a train and rode to Aarhus. It is second biggest city in Denmark that is just about 30km away from Horsens.
24 / architecture student / illustrator and cartoon artist / amateur photographer / piano enthusiast / dog lover / fuelled by coffee / short and blonde / vagabond.
