Just got back from visiting Vlad in Aarhus. Lucky lucky Danes! The place is exploding with state supported creativity. Street art every where you look, small specialised shops and cafes, a paradise for the easily distracted lateral thinker.
Somehow medieval church painting survived the protestant revolution, and like the modern graffiti outside, it’s very quirky.
In the Cathedral there is a remarkable painting of St George killing a mum. The mammal dragon lies helpless, it’s numerous teats pointing skywards. The Princess is all she needs to continue feeding her baby but instead she has a lance thrust down her throat. The baby dragon peeks out from the cave. Will the poor baby survive? If it does I don’t give the lamb gambolling at the princess’s side much chance.
Aarhus is surrounded by forests, long beaches and rolling hills and no fences that I saw – a licence to roam guaranteed. Vlad is in his element.
