Trapholt
Museum Of Modern Art, Design And Crafts On Kolding Fjord, Opened In 1988, With Danish Chairs And Arne Jacobsen'S Prototype Kubeflex Summer House · Kolding, Region of Southern Denmark
Trapholt is a museum of modern art, design and crafts on the north shore of Kolding Fjord, on the edge of Kolding in south-east Jutland. It opened in 1988 in a long, low white building that steps down a garden slope towards the water, and it is known for Danish design above all: a large collection of chairs, often described as one of the biggest in Scandinavia, plus Danish ceramics, textiles, glass and twentieth-century Danish painting and sculpture. In the park stands Arne Jacobsen's Kubeflex, an experimental modular summer house of cubes from around 1970 that is said to be the prototype of a system never put into production, moved here and shown as it was. Changing exhibitions on fashion, design and contemporary art draw Danish visitors. People come for design, a fjord view and a good cafe. The honest caveat: this is a medium-sized regional museum, strongest for design lovers; if chairs and ceramics leave you cold, Koldinghus castle in town may suit you better.
Trapholt, Aeblehaven, on Kolding Fjord, Kolding, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Usually open Tuesday to Sunday all year with one late evening a week, and closed on Mondays, except that it may open on Mondays in summer or school holidays - confirm the current schedule and holiday closures. The Kubeflex house may be open only at set times or in summer - confirm. Kolding is roughly 2 hours 15 minutes by direct train from Copenhagen, about 1 hour 15 minutes from Aarhus and 45 minutes from Odense. Trapholt is roughly 4 km east of the station: take a city bus, a taxi of about 10 minutes, or walk or cycle along the fjord. By car it is about 225 km from Copenhagen over the Great Belt Bridge (toll). No booking is normally needed.