Skive
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Skive is a city in the Limfjord region of the county of Viborg in Denmark. This coastal tourist resort is situated by the mouth of the Skive River. As of 1992, the population was 19,711.
Attractions in the area include the 14th century Spøttrup castle and the Skive Art Museum (Skive Kunstmuseum). Spøttrup castle underwent extensive repairs in the 1940s and opened as a museum and medicinal herb garden. Skive Art Museum is housed in a building designed by Leopold Teschl, a Danish architect, along with the Skive Historical Museum. The art museum houses a broad collection of modern Danish art with special interest in expressive landscapes and New Realism painting. Additionally the collection includes works by local artists, including Christen Dalsgaard, national romantic painter associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. Another museum in the city is the Fur Museum, which includes exhibits relating to the Island of Fur, particularly fossils.
The Mønsted Limestone Caves in Skive are run by Denmark's nature-preservation group, Skov- og Naturstyrelse. As well as being a tourist attraction, the caves are used as a place to mature cheese, which is later exported to Germany as "cavecheese", and in winter are home to 10,000 bats.
External links
- Skive tourist site (http://www.skive-egnen.dk/uk/index.htm)
- Spøttrup castle (http://www.ses.dk/1e10029)
- Skive Art Museum (http://www.skivekunstmuseum.dk/sprog/engelsk.htm)
- Mønsted Limestone Caves (http://www.monsted-kalkgruber.dk/uk/History.htm)
The word skive is British slang for evading a duty or task, or to be absent without leave.