Silkeborg, Denmark


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Silkeborg - Near Århus (European Cultural capital 2017), "Legoland" and beutiful nature
Our house is 164 m2. Next door there is a lovely playground. Our house have 4 bedrooms, One double bed and three single beds in different rooms. Big kitchen and big livingroom. Free WiFi.
Wee have 5 bikes and very good bikerutes arranged for you. We have a lovely garden with a gasgrill.
Our house is 8 km. north of Silkeborg, in a little town called "Grauballe". In Grauballe we have a supermarket, a Restaurant, and a gas station 300 m from our home.
We can offer car exchange too.
3 km outside Grauballe you can go fishing: "put and take." 5 km away there is a forest, and 10 km away there is another one: ). We have about 10 km to 3 different beaches (lakes) where you can swim (good for children) 10 km. away there is a big swimcenter, and skiing at summertime (on brushes). . 20 km away there is an electricity museum, but not only a museum. The children can try a lot of funny things about electricity. In Bryrup 35 km away you can drive with an old train.
In Silkeborg there is shops of all kind. Silkeborg is a city with about 50.000 people. There is a small river with old ships sailing (called "Hjejlen"), theatres, and museums. You can rent a canoe in Silkeborg and sail on the river. In "AQUA" you can see fish, beavers, and otters from the bottom of the water. It is a good place for children, with playground etc.
There are many kinds of Restaurants, Pizzerias and other eating- places in Silkeborg. Look at homepage: www.silkeborg.com
45 km away is Århus. Århus is the second biggest city in Denmark. In 2017 Århus is European Cultural capital. There is museums "AROS" which is a very populair museum, theatre, "the old city", which is a place with only old beutiful houses, and paving stones on the road. It is a living museum, where you can see old toys, old shops, old candy shops, and how people lived many years ago. Very interesting for children as well as for adults. Do you like to know more about Århus go to: http://www.visitaarhus.com/ln-int/denmark/tourist-in-aarhus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l79a91t9i-U
We have 80 km to Legoland (amusement park , where the lego-toys and lego-clothes are made), another amusement park 80 km away is " Djurs sommerland". 80 km to "Givskud" (it is an animal park where you drive among the lions, tigers and many other animals). A big flower park is 95 km away.
go to: https://www.legoland.dk/en/ - and look for yourself
So as you can see: there are a lot of opportunities.
Our Family
- 5 Adults
- 0 Children
- 5 Exchanges made
Occupation
- Ingeneer: Jens Martin Thomsen 52 years old
- pædagog for handicap people: Birthe Dyrholm Thomsen 50 years old
- Our girl Jannie: 24 years old. Working at a factory between studies. We don't know if she will join us
- Our girl Lotte: 22 years old. Working at a factory between studies. We don't know if she will join us
- our boy: Jesper 18 years old. studying high school.
Our Home
- House Type: Single storey home
- Floor: 0
- Environment: In the suburbs
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 2
- Sleeping Capacity: 6
- Living Area: 164 m2
- Total Area: 700 m2
References
In my house
- Pets - Not allowed
- Small children - Allowed
Exchange Types
- Non-simultaneous exchange
- Home exchange
Indoor
- Free internet access
- Computer available
- Central heating
- Baby equipment
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Clothes dryer
- Television
- Piano
- Other musical instruments
Outdoor
- Garden
- Terrace or deck
- Park / playground
- BBQ
- Garage
- Bicycles: 5
Facilities
- No smoking
- Use/Exchange of car
- Seclusion/Privacy
Our Destination Wish List
- Open for all offers
- Scotland, UK
- Great Britain, United Kingdom
- London, UK
- Spain
- Portugal
- Italy
- Greece
- Moscow, Russia
Spoken Languages
- English
- Dansk
Our Neighbourhood

Nearest Airport: Billund airport - 76 km
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SEA 500 M. (139.7 km)
SNEBÆRVEJ 13 , GRAUBALLE, 8600 SILKEBORG
Occupation
- Ingeneer: Jens Martin Thomsen 52 years old
- pædagog for handicap people: Birthe Dyrholm Thomsen 50 years old
- Our girl Jannie: 24 years old. Working at a factory between studies. We don't know if she will join us
- Our girl Lotte: 22 years old. Working at a factory between studies. We don't know if she will join us
- our boy: Jesper 18 years old. studying high school.
Children
- We do not have children.
Pets
- Pets are NOT welcome in our home
About Our Family
we are a nice family with three grown up children: 2 girls at 24 and 22 and a boy at 18 years old. One of our girl Lotte isn't going with us on vacation. She is staying somewhere else. My husband is an Engineer and I am a Pedagogue. We loves nature, theater and music. My son play a lot of music: piano and bas. Our daugther are in thise months on a big trip to New Zeeland and Vietman. She returns before the summerbreak So we are 4 adults this year on hollyday exchange
We will love to see musicals and hear music on the streets. Nature tempt us too! :)
References
This member has completed 5 successful exchanges. Here are some members that he exchanged with in the past:
Les Essarts-le-Roi,
France
FR100865