It's not often that one meets a pirate in the middle of the city and that is probably just as well because they are actually a little bit scary. I know this because today we spent a couple of hours in the company of a real pirate and his ship's mate down at The Orlogsmuseet (Naval museum) in Christianshavn. As part of their summer program the museum had invited the pirates to come and give a character reference in between voyages.
The Orlogsmuseet houses a very large and impressive collection of maritime history with a comprehensive overview of the Danish Navy. The exhibits were interesting to look at and very nicely displayed in the rooms that we visited today. Certainly compelling for our party of children and I am sure that my father would happily spend hours wandering around here. We will return at another point to take a look at the rest as there was plenty to see and learn. This time however, our visit was strictly for meeting Pirates.
We were guided towards the excellent children's room at the bottom of the building past the pirate themed gift shop which was exciting enough for the smallest members of our crew. The children's museum is housed in one large room within which you will find two small sail boats fully kitted out for adventurous children and their willing guardians. Causing great excitement from our little pirate nephew was the section of ship along one side of the room and he set to work straight away shouting orders in a very convincing fashion.
At one o'clock we were ready to meet the Captain, he arrived on stage and introduced himself... oo-arrrrr... It was at this point that our happy little pirate felt a little less brave and was a little less loud and much preferred to sit in the safe arms of his father sneaking glimpses from behind his comfort blanket. I don't blame though because if I saw the actor in normal clothes I would have to take a second look, he was such a natural pirate I can't imagine seeing him any other way. We sat for forty five minutes whilst he and a second female pirate demonstrated sword play, talked about where they travelled to and what foods they would eat along the way. It was obviously presented in Danish but we managed to stay the course and understood enough to be able to join in with some of the jokes that had all the audience laughing out loud. It was very professionally managed and the actors stayed in character throughout the show impressing us with their swordsmanship. At the end they did a question and answer session for the curious children keen to find out where exactly the buried treasure rests.
Following the real pirates it was time for us to take a turn and the younger children played for a while in the boats before we headed upstairs to briefly take a look at the rest of the museum.
As I said previosuly, we will return at another point to have a better look at the other floors because there really is a lot more to see but the little pirates were hungry and had to have some grub so we made our way home.
I wonder if we will all have watery adventure's in our dreams tonight?
www.orlogsmuseet.dk
The Orlogsmuseet houses a very large and impressive collection of maritime history with a comprehensive overview of the Danish Navy. The exhibits were interesting to look at and very nicely displayed in the rooms that we visited today. Certainly compelling for our party of children and I am sure that my father would happily spend hours wandering around here. We will return at another point to take a look at the rest as there was plenty to see and learn. This time however, our visit was strictly for meeting Pirates.
We were guided towards the excellent children's room at the bottom of the building past the pirate themed gift shop which was exciting enough for the smallest members of our crew. The children's museum is housed in one large room within which you will find two small sail boats fully kitted out for adventurous children and their willing guardians. Causing great excitement from our little pirate nephew was the section of ship along one side of the room and he set to work straight away shouting orders in a very convincing fashion.
At one o'clock we were ready to meet the Captain, he arrived on stage and introduced himself... oo-arrrrr... It was at this point that our happy little pirate felt a little less brave and was a little less loud and much preferred to sit in the safe arms of his father sneaking glimpses from behind his comfort blanket. I don't blame though because if I saw the actor in normal clothes I would have to take a second look, he was such a natural pirate I can't imagine seeing him any other way. We sat for forty five minutes whilst he and a second female pirate demonstrated sword play, talked about where they travelled to and what foods they would eat along the way. It was obviously presented in Danish but we managed to stay the course and understood enough to be able to join in with some of the jokes that had all the audience laughing out loud. It was very professionally managed and the actors stayed in character throughout the show impressing us with their swordsmanship. At the end they did a question and answer session for the curious children keen to find out where exactly the buried treasure rests.
Following the real pirates it was time for us to take a turn and the younger children played for a while in the boats before we headed upstairs to briefly take a look at the rest of the museum.
As I said previosuly, we will return at another point to have a better look at the other floors because there really is a lot more to see but the little pirates were hungry and had to have some grub so we made our way home.
I wonder if we will all have watery adventure's in our dreams tonight?
www.orlogsmuseet.dk
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