Borre travel guide

Borre may refer to:
Borre, a former municipality and village in Norway
The Borre mound cemetery
Borre, a commune of the Nord département in France
A village in Mønbo Herred, island of Møn south of Zealand, Denmark.
A placename “borrenakken” in Vaalse county, on the Northern part of the Island of Falster, south of Zealand, Denmark.
Anthony Vanden Borre, a Belgian footballer currently playing at ACF Fiorentina.
Dave Borre, a retired mechanic and pizza conissieur.
To one or possibly both of the placenames in Denmark folklore identifies the Odin Hunt (Wild Hunt) of the Valdemar Kings of Denmark. The kings had their main game preserves on the island of Zealand to the southern islands. The proverb of the kings hunting from “Burre to Gurre” refers to the hunt from Gurre castle, northern Zealand to the southern islands. Thus the kings may well have acted out the ritual Odin hunt as an actual hunt commencing 23rd December. Artifacts, including coins, dating from King Valdemar I., King Valdemar II. of Denmark and King Abel were found at ”Borrenakken” in 1878. (...) more....

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