Matt had another giant sausage for breakfast, and I tucked into a banana sandwich.
We headed into Ribe for our last full day of exploring.
Parking in the same spot as previous wild wet day, we had set our sights on Hex! a permanent exhibition which will shortly be renovated and so closing in a couple of weeks until February 2027. This was an open entry and was full of stories and artifacts.
The museum tells the grim story of the ‘witch fear’ that took serious hold in Denmark and the rest of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. This led to the infamous witch trials and their dreadful consequences.
Ribe was at the centre of the Danish witch trials, the most famous of which, involving tailor’s wife Maren Spliids, who was burnt at the stake in 1641, was played out in the streets surrounding the museum. Some of the buildings from that time survive to this day, creating an authentic backdrop to the museum’s gripping tale.
In the gift shop, Matt picked up a skull for his work desk, it gave me the heebee jeebies.
A local shop nearby provided carved wooden spoons and tins of biscuits for neighbours.
Back to the cottage, and egg and cheese omlett and then we started to sort out our bags and start to pack ahead of tomorrow.