Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2019

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

Séamus very much approves on this location and he is already planning on re-opening the brewery

 

Ahhh Tuborg.... this reminds me of my student days and our weekly Sunday night drinking sessions at our accommodation

[dcro 10,210]

Is it a coincidence that Trump-sponsored team got scratched?

[Agger 1,663]

Lyngby Station - Photo: Leif Jørgensen

It is now time to welcome @dcro, @uk12points and @kungshamra71 to the hometown of 2015 TISC Open participant, C. V. Jørgensen, Kongens Lyngby. No problem getting here with the S-train?

The area has seen settlements all the way back to the stone age. The city itself however dates back to the Viking ages but mainly grew up around the church built in the 12^th century and since made langer. The city slowly grew during the years, especially when the railroad from Copenhagen started passing through, making some of the rich people from Copenhagen move here. In 1888 the main street of Lyngby was the first in Denmark to get electrical street lighting.
Lyngby is also the site of one of many royal palaces, the lovely Sorgenfri Palace from 1756.

Sorgenfri Palace - Photo: Paul Maingot

 

In sports, Lyngby has a football team in the best Danish league and has fostered major athletes like Wimbledon doubles winner Frederik Løchte Nielsen, the Olympic swimmer Jeanette Ottesen and leading goal scorer of the 1992 UEFA Euro, Henrik Larsen.

Frilandsmuseet - Photo: Bjonsson

 

The most well-known site of Lyngby is the open-air museum “Frilandsmuseet”, but a nice trip around Lake Lyngby, the historic country house Frieboeshvile, Brede Works industrial museum, The Park around Sorgenfri Castle and the small music venue “Templet” are other fine ways to make the time pass before the big contest.

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Sønderborg Station - Photo: Beethoven9 - Wiki

 

Well, hello there @Gianlu33, @Henry_Leon, @Pablita, @SteveParker, @Skijumpingmaster and @Wanderer to Sønderborg, birthplace of Raveonettes bassist Sune Wagner. I hope the bus ride was comfortable enough!

 

The history of Sønderborg is too long to mention it all, but it really starts between 1170 and 1230 where Sønderborg Castle was built as a part of the defense against enemies from the South. The city grew and became an important harbor, especially for the trade with the Hanseatic cities in Northern Germany. The former king Christian II was held prisoner in the castle after he tried to retake the nation after losing it to bad decisions in 1523. 341 years later, the city was close to the centre of attention once again during the 2^nd Schleswig War, where the most famous battle, the battle of Dybbøl, happened just a few km away and Sønderborg was bombarded as well. After the Danish defeat, Sønderborg and the rest of Schleswig became German territory and was so until 1920. In 1919 a famous historic myth even tells that the German soldier Bruno Topff created the “Republic of Als” in Sønderborg. In 1920 it became Danish again after a referendum and has been so ever since.

 

Sønderborg Castle - Photo: Erik Christensen - Wiki

 

When it comes to sports, Sønderborg isn’t one of the most famous Danish cities. It will however host the finish of the 3^rd stage of the 2021 Tour de France. Meanwhile the handball legend Lars Christiansen and former PGA Championships 3^rd place Anders Hansen are among the wellknown athletes from the city.

 

Dybbøl Mill - Photo: Erik Christensen - Wiki

 

As it’s very clear, there are certainly plenty of history to get to know with the castle and Dybbøl within a short distance, as well as several other historical sites to see while strolling around. You could also enjoy the lovely nature and of course the coastline. And of course, you can’t be in Southern Jutland without having a go at a classic Sønderjysk Kaffebord!

[kungshamra71 892]

22 hours ago, Agger said:

Lyngby Station - Photo: Leif Jørgensen

It is now time to welcome @dcro, @uk12points and @kungshamra71 to the hometown of 2015 TISC Open participant, C. V. Jørgensen, Kongens Lyngby. No problem getting here with the S-train?

The area has seen settlements all the way back to the stone age. The city itself however dates back to the Viking ages but mainly grew up around the church built in the 12^th century and since made langer. The city slowly grew during the years, especially when the railroad from Copenhagen started passing through, making some of the rich people from Copenhagen move here. In 1888 the main street of Lyngby was the first in Denmark to get electrical street lighting.
Lyngby is also the site of one of many royal palaces, the lovely Sorgenfri Palace from 1756.

Sorgenfri Palace - Photo: Paul Maingot

 

In sports, Lyngby has a football team in the best Danish league and has fostered major athletes like Wimbledon doubles winner Frederik Løchte Nielsen, the Olympic swimmer Jeanette Ottesen and leading goal scorer of the 1992 UEFA Euro, Henrik Larsen.

Frilandsmuseet - Photo: Bjonsson

 

The most well-known site of Lyngby is the open-air museum “Frilandsmuseet”, but a nice trip around Lake Lyngby, the historic country house Frieboeshvile, Brede Works industrial museum, The Park around Sorgenfri Castle and the small music venue “Templet” are other fine ways to make the time pass before the big contest.

 

Actually, funny story, I'm actually gonna spend a weekend in copenhagen next month 

[heywoodu 15,142]

25 minutes ago, kungshamra71 said:

 

Actually, funny story, I'm actually gonna spend a weekend in copenhagen next month 

But that's the wrong place..

[bestmen 2,818]

This cover of "Aicha" by chinese posted 2 days ago 

 

 

 

Spoiler

I hope that  the chinese user gave me points hein 

 

Edited October 28, 2019 by bestmen

[Agger 1,663]

7 minutes ago, bestmen said:

This cover of "Aicha" by chinese posted 2 days ago 

 

 

 

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I hope that  the chinese user gave me points hein 

 

 

Danish band Outlandish has a version as well

 

[Agger 1,663]

Frederiksberg Station - Photo: Janus Kannuberg - Wiki

It is a pleasure to welcome @Janakis, @IoNuTzZ and @rybak to a rather interesting place, the city within a city, Frederiksberg. It was at Kastanievej Efterskole here in the city that Kasper, Mads and Asger met and formed Kashmir back in 1991. They later became the very first Danish contestants in the TISC history in 2013.

In many ways Frederiksberg is a part of Copenhagen, but it is really an autonomous city. As such its history is in many ways as the one of Copenhagen. For a long time, the area was farmland helping feed the castles of Copenhagen. In late 1600s-early 1700s Frederiksberg palace was built, but it was only in 1857 that Frederiksberg became an independent parish and since then it became more and more autonomous. During World War 2 the city met one of the biggest tragedies during the German occupation when by mistake a few British bombers hit the French school killing more than 100, mainly children.

Frederiksberg Castle - Photo: Ikiwaner - Wiki

 

Frederiksberg doesn’t have much sports clubs of its own, mainly being in corporation with Copenhagen. However Frederiksberg Allé has become the traditional finish of the “Tour de Denmark”, Postnord Danmark Rundt and several remarkable athletes are from here. Most noteworthy is football legend Michael Laudrup, but 1900 Olympic Tug of War Champion Charles Winckler and Per Lyngemark of the 1968 team pursuit champion team were both born here.

Copenhagen Zoo - Photo: Guillaume Baviere - Wiki

 

It’s easy to spend time in Frederiksberg. We have the Copenhagen Zoo and the Storm P museum just like there are plenty of lovely parks. But of course, with several of the main attractions of Copenhagen just a few stops away with the metro, there are many sights just outside Frederiksberg as well.

[heywoodu 15,142]

1 hour ago, Agger said:

 

Danish band Outlandish has a version as well

 

 

That was the only version I knew until a few weeks ago when Cheb Khaled was on a Dutch talk show on TV  

 

The Outlandish one was such a huge hit if I'm not mistaken.