The Funen Village translation of the on the Danish Wikipedia, accessed on 25 April 2007." The Funen Village The Funen Village () is a Danish open-air museum located in the Fruens Bøge district of Odense. It features 25 buildings from Funish villages, most of which date to the 18th and 19th century. The Funen Village was founded as a public works project in 1942, during the German occupation of Denmark, and opened to the public on 1 April 1946. Among the guests attending the opening were King Christian X. The museum's open-air scene opened to the public already in 1944, and was used
Hen and Chicken Islands name suggests, there are copper deposits on the island, but attempts at mining them in 1849 and 1898 proved unprofitable. Hen and Chicken Islands The Hen and Chicken Islands (usually known collectively as the "Hen and Chickens") lie to the east of the North Auckland Peninsula off the coast of northern New Zealand. They lie east of Bream Head and south-east of Whangarei. These islands were named by Captain James Cook, who first sighted them on 25 November 1769. It has been suggested that the name was inspired by an old name for the star cluster usually known as the