Skibene på Holmen
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March 8, 2026
in Culture

Skibene på Holmen

Erik and I drove all the way down from Gothenburg to Copenhagen to take part in a 3 hours guided tour at the maritime museum called ‘Skibene på Holmen´. This is a war time museum featuring some of the old Danish Navy vessels and a submarine. It was definitely worth the long drive. Very interesting to hear about the Cold War from a Danish perspective and to get an idea of what it was like to work onboard a Navy vessel and not least a claustrophobic submarine. I know for sure that I would never have qualified for working on a submarine. Our tour guides were one Historian from FOF, and one former Navy employee, who had actually worked onboard both Peder Skram, the Navy vessel, and Sælen, the submarine. If you have some time to spare in Copenhagen, don’t cheat yourself of visiting this highly interesting museum. More info can be found here: www.skibenepaaholmen.dk

Photo: Gabrielle. Navy vessel Peder Skram.
Photo: Gabrielle. Peder Skram: Still impressive, although built in the sixties.
Photo: Gabrielle. Erik felt at home taking control of the petrol vessel.
Photo: Gabrielle. Petrol or torpedo vessel, Sehested.
Photo: Gabrielle. The last active Danish submarine, Sælen.
Photo: Erik Sturkell. All equipment onboard appears very retro and analogous.
Photo: Erik Sturkell. Sun over the maritime museum on Holmen as we were ready to depart after more than three interesting hours of lots of historical information.