"First attested in a document dated 854 a.D. - Part 1"

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Ribe | Denmark | 2013-08-20
Ribe is the oldest extant Danish town. It was in former times the main danish harbour city at the north sea. Today a lot of old buildings and the fantastic cathedral make that you feel set back for some hundred years.