European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine Island hopping in Denmark i by Mary Neth staff writer f you Are looking for jostling traffic people too stressed to give the time of forget called the Garden of or the butter in the it is the Calm and peaceful Center of one of the smallest countries in made up of 97 separate Only 25 of which Are Funken is a place of thatched roof Green farmlands and Beechwood lined most tourists Are drawn there by the name of Hans Christian it is estimated that people a a typical shed at Funken Village contains wheelbarrows and other farm photos by Lynda Sparks a danish Windmill above attracts who can also watch men working at farm chores year attend the open air performances of his fairy tales Given at the Funken Village Den Lynske land by at dont without a visit to the Funken Village a collection of houses and Mills from andersens to follow take a boat trip to the Island of Aero with its medieval town Aero a drive to Taa singe to see the maritime museum at and a visit to the Best preserved Renaissance Castle in you can catch that ferry to Aero from the fishing Village of just a Little More than an hour by train from it was in Svenborg that the famous  Bertold Brecht sought Refuge from Hitler in world War ii and where he wrote some of his most important including Mother Svenborg Hast changed much from Brecht described it As Green with Trees so Laden with fruit they had to be and with a Harbor where fishermen always came in with big try to plan to be there on a from 8 to there is a Lively Flower and fish Market in the Center of the ferry trip from Svenborg to Aero takes an hour and a a must to see there is the fairy town of population just a fully preserved old danish town from the 15th and 16th to reach the biggest Island on the South Funken take the Svenborg sound Gronne Gade in the skipper town of Toense on the Island is said to be Denmark most Beautiful the town also is the Home of a maritime considered to be the largest of such private collections which illustrates naval history from the 1850s the museum is open from june through August from 9 to 7 admission is 10 Kroner under for adults and 5 Kroner about 50 cents for the Funken Countryside is loaded with 16thcentury Manors and most within easy driving distance of Many Are still used by their owners but others Welcome one of the most impressive is the Renaissance Egeskov considered Europe oldest and Best preserved moated Island it was built on a base of Oak piles tradition says a whole Oak Forest was used and is noted for its Maze and Beautiful Rose and Herb though the Castle is still occupied and not open to the Public except for summer concerts in the great there is a popular museum on the housed in a huge it offers a display of motor cycles and old there is a childrens play ground nearby in the converted stables in the a Large the Walls of the Castle itself Rise directly from the water of the two round Corne towers soar on the East Side on the there is a Square Stair Tower with another Castle with a museum is the built by King Christian in for his son Valdemar and then Given to a naval houses a maritime hotel costs in Funken Range from 90 to 450 Kroner at an Exchange rate of 11 to a that about to for a tourist offices can provide accommodation dinners at elegant restaurants can be about 300 Kroner there Are numerous less posh that offer quite inexpensive in for for restaurants advertise a cold roast beef Sandwich with potato salad and Kroner about Steak with baked Green salad and Kroner Glass of Kroner Small Kroner 86 if you have visited Denmark in America at dont expect similar food fare in the califor Nia settled by danish immigrants in the Fea Tures rows of smorgasbord in smorgasbord spreads Are surprisingly the most popular main course in to be the Danes Are generally very most speak most hotels have copies of a Book that trans lates menus and travel situations of All types from Dan ish to for information about travel in Contact Ken danish tourist Board Liaison for nato Postrach d2000 Hamburg june 1985 the 3tar3 and stripes Page 13