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Museums and sights in the Vejle region
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The Vejle region offers a wealth of museums and collections, each with a unique story to tell. Experience Denmark’s only golf museum and Denmark’s largest grocer shop museum. Learn about Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth at Royal Jelling. Explore the wonders of waterpower at Randbøldal-Museet or learn about nature and the environment at Økolariet. Or about history in the local heritage museums.
 Bindeballe Købmandsgård The merchant’s house from 1897 is Denmark’s largest historic grocer shop museum where you can buy grocery specialities of yore.
 Økolariet, Vejle A fun hands-on experience centre offering learning experiences within nature, the environment and power generation. Walk on the sea bed or through the sewer and watch the rats!
 Royal Jelling The visitor’s centre relates the story of the unique monuments erected by the kings Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth in Jelling in the 900s AD.
 Vejle Art Museum The newly refurbished art museum is home to one of Denmark’s leading collections of Danish and European graphic art.
 Randbøldal Museum The watermill heritage museum features workshops for paper and textile production and a large waterpower learning centre.
 Give-Egnens Museum The local heritage museum is an old moorland farm that conveys the story of life on the heaths in a bygone age. An extensive medicinal herbal garden.
 Vejle Museum - Den Smidtske Gård The 19th century merchant’s house is home to the heritage collections of the Vejle Museum and the museum shop Ingvard Smidts Eftf.
 Vejle Windmill Vejle's landmark features a heritage exhibition on the history of milling in the area. The old mill gallery offers a sweeping view of the surroundings.
 Ravning Bridge and Ravning Station The former station conveys the story of the local railway and archaeological remnants from one of the mightiest bridges to be built in the Viking Age.
 Denmark’s Golf Museum, Vejle Denmark’s only golf museum traces the history of the sport, and the exhibits include memorabilia, photos and golfing equipment, etc.
 The Barrow of the Egtved Girl The museum houses the reconstructed barrow of Denmark’s best preserved Bronze Age burial find, the Egtved Girl, and copies of the burial clothing.
 Højvang Museum, Egtved The local heritage museum Højvang conveys the rural life of yore in two converted barns.
 Vandel Bunker Museum The museum, housed in a large nuclear-proof aircraft bunker, documents the history of the airbase from 1943 to its closure in 2003.
 Smidstrup & Omegns Museum The local heritage museum relates the story of rural life of the local village of Smidstrup and its immediate vicinity.
 Farbror Svends Samling, Børkop The rural heritage museum exhibits historic farm tools, implements and domestic housewares in an old barn by Børkop Watermill.
 Bindeballe Station The old station building museum traces the history of the old private railway company. Two old wagons are exhibited on the rails.
 Frederikshåb Mill Park The inspiring mill park features five miniaturised classic windmills and two watermills in original Dutch design constructed in half size (1:2).
 Vandel Local Heritage Museum The museum features household items and decorative art characteristic of the region after 1850, including toys and embroideries.
 Vejle Local Heritage Archive The Archive features more than three kilometres of documents, photos and films on local history, from ca. 1700 to the present day.
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