Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.karen-blixen.dk
;
Rungsted Strandvej 111; adult/child Dkr60/free;
10am-5pm Tue-Sun May-
Sep, 1-4pm Wed-Fri, 11am-4pm Sat & Sun Oct-Apr)
Karen Blixen's former home in Rungsted is now the Karen Blixen Museum. Fans of her
writing will appreciate how it remains much the way she left it, with photographs, Masai
spears, paintings, shields and other mementoes of her time in Africa, such as the gramo-
phone given to Blixen by her lover Denys Finch-Hatton. On her desk is the old Corona
typewriter she used to write her novels.
One wing of the museum houses a library of Blixen's books, a cafe, bookshop and an
audiovisual presentation on her life. The wooded grounds, set aside as a bird sanctuary,
contain Blixen's
grave
, a simple stone slab inscribed with her name.
The museum is opposite the busy yacht harbour, 1.5km from the train station. Walk
north up Østre Stationsvej, turn right at the lights onto Rungstedvej and then, at its inter-
section with Rungsted Strandvej, walk south about 300m.
Getting There & Away
Trains to Rungsted run every 20 minutes from Copenhagen (Dkr84, 30 minutes) and
Helsingør (Dkr60, 25 minutes).
