Stories Behind Bars

Published: April 16, 2020, 6 a.m.

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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 B\\xf8rnehus, a kindergarten outside Roskilde, to hear about Sangglad \\u2014 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

Archipelago is produced for Mothertongue Media.

The sound design is by Squares and Triangles and Scenery.

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