Huset i Havnegade

Resumé

The House in Havnegade
In June 2015, Den Gamle By opened the House in Havnegade with six
small homes from 1974. The residents are a retired married couple, a single
mother with her son, a married couple, an upper-secondary school pupil,
six immigrant workers from Turkey, a student from Greenland and a young
hippie couple with a baby.
The residents in the six new flats and the three large flats in Tårnborg
cover the whole age range from baby, child, teenager, student, young family,
established family, middle-aged and retired couples, families and people
living alone. The living conditions range from a head teacher living alone in
a 112 square metre flat to six immigrant workers sharing 41.5 square metres.
The furnishing styles are very different, from polished wood, crystal vases
and china with gilt edges to rya rugs, ceramic lamps and home-painted
beer crates. The residents listen to different kinds of radio and music e.g.
church services, news, jazz, folk music and psychedelic rock. The walls in
the different flats are decorated with everything from homemade drawings
to rock posters, embroideries and paintings of forest lakes and deer.
The many different approaches to decorating and ways of life in general
give visitors many opportunities to connect with the description of Denmark
in 1974 and identify with moments in their own history.