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An Outline for Life

Photo: Destination Trekantområdet

We humans have grand ideas and make elaborate plans. It’s in our nature. But do things always go according to plan when those ideas are put into action? Or are we destined to live by the cynicism embraced by the military: Plans only hold until the first encounter with reality?

That’s the theme we’ll explore on this tour. Come join us!

An outline for life

Under the heading "An Outline For Life", you can join us on four selected audio tours. Put on your hiking shoes and put your earphones in your ears and discover the stories of how the plans of the past have helped to shape the cities of Fredericia, Jelling, Grinsted and Christiansfeld as we know them today.

Photo: Nationalmuseet, Kongernes Jelling

An Outline for the Vikings

The tour, an Outline for Life of the Viking Kings, takes you past a demonstration of power of immense proportions—one we can hardly fully comprehend.

Photo: MARK – Billund Kommunes Museer

The Outline for the Landscape

In 1864, Denmark lost the rich duchies of Schleswig and Holstein to the Germans. The country’s area shrank dramatically, and the number of citizens was halved.

Photo: Museum Kolding

An Outline for the Herrnhuters

Explore the planned city of Christiansfeld. It is one of Denmark's first cities that resulted from actual urban planning.

Photo: Fredericia Bymuseum

An Outline for the Fortress

Fredericia was built on a bare field. A desolate place where no city should be built. However, the area made good military sense.

"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Se out other theme routes

Put on your hiking shoes and headphones and join us on a journey through history as our themed routes unfold the hopeful, bloody and tasteful tales of the Trekantsområdet.