- and following up on Charles' mail: Some time ago, under the "best of cph" menu item on the conference website (http://conferences.aoir.org > left hand menu > "Best of Copenhagen" ) I have posted various information about Roskilde sightseeing options (incl the viking ship museum) and a couple of links to help out the practical planning of a trip to the city. Also note that the Danish Museum of Contemporary Art, right next to the cathedral in Roskilde, during the conference hosts the exhibition "TOTAL_ACTION: Art in the New Media Landscape" - Im negotiating a deal where conference participants should get a very good discount on access to it. As time nears, we will be posting more info on things to do in Cph under the "Best of Copenhagen" item, as recommended by the local committee and other Cph afficionados :) best Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Ess" <charles.ess@gmail.com> To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>; <jath@ruc.dk> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [Air-L] Accommodations in Copenhagen Jannie's helpful note reminds me - Roskilde is an easy, ca. 20 minute train ride from Copenhagen - and worth the visit for a number of reasons, including the cathedral, and a very nice park that you can walk through on the way to the Viking Ship Museum: <http://vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/page.asp?contentsection=3964B7C731974A1DA15F57 41EA743FE9&zcs=> For those of us interested in communication, culture, and technology - I cannot recommend a visit to the Museum strongly enough. In addition to the impressive display of five 11th-century ships recovered in 1962, there are a number of exhibits that provide interesting, sometimes staggering, insight into, e.g. ship-building technologies (these were the starships of the day, for a host of interesting reasons - including the use of some techniques subsequently lost in the late middle ages and only recovered via the efforts to reconstruct these ships), important and highly influential cultural interactions made possible by these technologies (beyond the stereotype of raiding, etc.), aesthetics, etc., etc. Of course, I don't mean to put temptation to skip any of the IR 9.0 conference in anybody's way - so I hope conference participants will be able to take a day or two on either side of the conference to enjoy not only Copenhagen, but also Roskilde, Aarhus (for those going to the workshop on Internet histories), Skagen and any number of other splendid places in our host country ... on those happy thoughts, cheers, - c.
take Copenhagen city - it is in walking distance from Copenhagen university. (10-15 minutes). Copenhagen dowentown is a bit further, but also central. You would have to get a bus from there or hire a bike:)
De Bedste Hilsner/Sincerely
Jannie Møller Hartley
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