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pig stable for some years, and the division of part of it into a number of floors for storage of grain and sheaves. The result is that the original heavy timber construction all the way up to the thatched roof is visible today. During the restoration it was necessary to replace the first meter of the lower part of many of the load bearing oak pillars due to rot and wear. This was a task that demanded specialized carpentry, giving back the original strength to the construction without compromising the way it was built and looked in 1727.
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floor plane, but these hinder a free view through the room. There are no upper floors in the tall building, and this makes it nearly impossible to heat up the space, where winter temperatures on average hover around 0 degrees
Celsius. Also the rectangular stable-shape might not be particularly functional for music and theatre events.
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Karlsladen defines the architecture of the single inner room. As part of the restoration the elongated lofty building was cleared of the remnants of prior use, including the use of part of the barn as a
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Karsladen was converted to a visitors centre as part of a 40 million kroner (4.78 million £) project, "Ferieoplevelser i
Nationalpark Mols Bjerge" - Vacation Experience in Mols Bjerge National Park. The National Park was established in 2009 and covers 180 km². The funding included establishing
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Ruin and wildlife and hunting round Kalø. The latter related to a research station under Aarhus
University that is part of the Kalø Estate. The visitors centre includes a series of posters, a model of the medieval Kalø Castle, and an area for children. Here one can hear taped stories, such as about
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Karlsladen for different kinds of events, but the building does not seem entirely suitable for many types of gatherings. For a large part the charm of the big room is based on the two visible and massive oak timber colonnades across the whole
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and other new facilities in the park. These included 6 kayak campsites along the coast of southern
Djursland, two horse trailer parking sites, a number of bicycle trails and signposts in the park plus park-folders. The project spanned 4 years. The 40 million kroner came from three public and
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