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More than meets the eye

Visiting a historic hotel provides the guest with a rare opportunity to explore the hotel's and the local area's history. It requires some imagination, but it is not hard to envisage how past inhabitants and their guests went about their daily lives in the old buildings.

Old buildings like the ones in which the historic hotels are situated are often associated with tales and myths. Incidents that make you consider whether there is more between Heaven and Earth.

More than meets the eyeThis is the case on Dronninglund Castle where guests recount stories of an old woman who visits one of the rooms on rare occasions. Common to all the stories is that she watches over the guests who do not feel fear, but rather a sense of security when she quietly sings and strokes their heads.

If we look at the historical facts, a prioress who lived at the castle when it was still a monastery disappeared after she denied Bishop Stykke Krumpen and his mercenaries access to the nuns' dormitory. With a little imagination, one could reach the conclusion that the prioress returns from time to time to make sure that her nuns are well.

The Grey Lady
Like in all good fairytales, Broholm has its own ghost that haunts the top floor rooms. It is a grey lady who was first sighted when Master of the Royal Hunt Jørgen Sehested (1924-1977) owned the manor house. An early morning when a guest was shaving, he suddenly noticed an old woman in a grey dress. He turned to greet her - but the lady had disappeared. As soon as he turned back to the mirror, the curious, grey lady reappeared in the mirror and followed the shave with great interest!

A regular guest at Hjorths Hotel
More than meets the eyeAngel Kristine is the tiny, stooping lady dressed in a light summer dress who lived her short life in the old seaside hotel Hjorths Hotel at the beginning of the 20th century before she died from the Spanish flu. She left behind four children and a helpless husband.

Angel Kristine visits at the strangest hours of the day - even during daylight as if she doesn't know proper ghost etiquette. She walks quietly and stooping - as if she carries a heavy burden - along the yellow east side of the hotel, through the garden, along the white wing doors, round the end wall and then disappears just as unnoticeable as she arrived.
Friday, April 24 2009

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More than meets the eye