Archipelago
An English-language podcast about arts, culture, and ideas in Denmark — Scandinavia's smallest (mostly) island nation.
Season 4 — six new stories about people living a life less ordinary — begins on 3 July 2025.
Archipelago
Stories Behind Bars
Danish "song kindergartens" hit the right notes, while a 19th-century prison provides an unsettling location for an overnight stay.
In this episode, we visit Trekroner Børnehus, a kindergarten outside Roskilde, to hear about Sangglad — a scheme to "increase and improve" singing in Danish pre-schools.
Then we head to Horsens Prison Museum, in Jutland, to discover how a notorious jail has been transformed into a popular tourist attraction.
Further reading:
Sangglad
Horsens Prison Museum
The sound design is by Squares and Triangles and Scenery.
Visit www.archipelagoaudio.com for more information.
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