Part 11

It was Monday so time for a road trip. Actually we had planned a couple of days on the island of Fuen and began with a visit to the smaller island of LANGLAND, off the Southeast coast.  The reason was to see TICKON -  Tranekaer Internationale Center for Kunst Og Natur at the Tranekaer Castle Park.

Originally built in 1160, this is the oldest home still occupied as a residence.  Currently one family for thirteen generations. The Tranekaer counts once controlled half of the island from within its walls.  In the early sixties the owners invited several nature or "land" artists to come and create there.  New works were added every year for a while.  Not sure how many there are now but everything is maintained pretty well, though it is often difficult to find the artworks at all. In addition, a couple of them have complete disintegrated and therefore not findable. But it was one of the most beautiful and magical places we’d seen.

by Karen McCoy

by Chris Booth

Between the copper beech and the oak by Alfio Bonano, 2001

The current director is our old friend, Alfio Bonano.

by Dan Snow

Organic Highway by Mikael Hansen, 1995

Elmetræernes by Stuart Frost

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After our hike over the sixty acres, we enjoyed a lovely luncheon at a restaurant right next to the castle. It was actually the former stables, with a table in each one. We sat outside in the sunshine.

The food was very nice (as was our server, who took the time to explain every dish (and give her opinion). Marie had a salad platter and I had melted ementhaller and ham. Very tasty. The brown ale we drank wasn’t half bad either, and the views were perfect.  Can you believe I don't have the name of the place.

And thanks to new research, we were also searching for twelve Art towers all over the island, as well as any number of Neolithic, or other interesting sites.

Next the Art Towers. In 2010 Langeland Electric celebrated it's 100th anniversary with a special exhibition in a dozen former transformer towers, now stripped of their equipment.  They call it "Denmark's Longest Art Exhibition" as it covers about 150 km and its open 24/7.  (NOTE: all wires are now buried so the towers are no longer needed.)

Naturally Alfio Bonano was one of the exhibitors, but we found one entitled Angst, with music by Michael Falch and Digt by Tom Kristensen

 Art Tower 8 by Keld Nielsen and naturalist Marianne Krag Petersen

illustration by Esben Hannefelt Kristensen

Art Tower 3, Installation by Markan Christensen

And then some Neolithic sites.  We found King Humble's Grave:

And  Passage Grave of Tvede skov, about 32,000-28,000 BC:

They also have wild ponies to the extremes south on the island, but it was time to get to our  lodging in FAABORG, a nice-looking seaside town.

With a fair amount of Kunst:

The Ymer Well by Kai Nielsen, 1912-13

Syntese by Th Hoffman Larsen, 1991

 Before we say good night, let me add a few pics from the drive to Langeland from Copenhagen:

Amager

in Nyborg

the model?