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Today I will explain to you why the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is my favourite museum in the world. But before that, you will need a little bit of background.

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However, I am not exactly that type of person who stands by a piece of art and stares at it for 10 minutes. Not that person at all.

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I usually spend more time on the surroundings of the museum, at the cafe, the library, the shopping area, the resting area, or the green area whenever possible.

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On these spots, you can observe not only the art itself but people.

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Do they judge it?

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Do they talk about it?

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Do they take pictures?

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Or they only do a dynamic view of everything and go to the next exhibition room?

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Moreover, I love to see whole families visiting museums on the weekends.

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It reminds me of my own childhood. The days when my parents would bring my brother and me to visit museums. Instead of going to the shopping mall, we did a lot of cultural programs, and I'm really glad they did that to us, cause that constructed the personality I have today.

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There was a time I used to go to the museum's library to study and read the news.

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I also chose museums as the meeting point of many of my dates, and friends gatherings.

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As you can see, I love the experience of just being in a museum.

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Doesn't matter if it's cold, or raining, or whatever. The atmosphere recharges me immediately.

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I usually focus on admiring the architecture of the building (it's always impressive), and the company I have (can be family, friends, or my own).

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If you are lucky enough, you will find a super nice cafe and spend some of your time there as well.

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I was never a big fan of reading all the history boxes and understanding the whole process behind the art pieces. I am happy to just be around all that.

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But I am a fan of checking the museum's events and attending workshops, gatherings, open talks and things like that.

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It might seem a bit stupid, but for me, beauty relies on the magic of the place, not on the art pieces.

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But what is a museum without the art pieces? Probably something else, that's why they must be there to complete my experience.

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And that's why I found my favourite museum in the world in Denmark.

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Why this one and not the Louvre in Paris or the Reina Sofia in Madrid with the world's most famous arts?

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Because Louisiana is more than a building guarding art pieces and history.

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It offers a completely different perspective of what art is for me.

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The place is located in a house just by the sea.

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Imagine a huge family house turned into a museum, with a view of the sea and trees everywhere.

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The house is connected to other buildings, and some underground tunnels turned into exhibition rooms.

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Do you have the feeling of being closed indoors for too much time when you visit a museum? Like 3h passed and you haven't seen the sunlight?

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In Lousiana, you will never have this feeling, cause there is light mostly everywhere.

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I see Louisiana as a place to go and spend your full day enjoying not only art, but nature, architecture, food (there is a nice restaurant with a view to the sea, but you can picnic with your own food as well).

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A lot of wood and huge open windows to catch as much light as possible (during winter that makes the whole difference, as it's dark very early in the afternoon and light becomes a real treasure).

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When you are walking in the little forest around, you find art sculptures on the way, and basically, every detail can be seen as art.

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I remember when I went to Louisiana for the first time 2 years ago. Without any expectations, as museums can be very similar in some ways, I got totally surprised by the experience I had there.

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I even recorded many video fragments and compiled this one, which has surprisingly quite a lot of views on youtube:

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Last weekend I visited Louisiana once again, and I fell in love once again.

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And this time I was lucky enough to see my favourite painting of Frida Kahlo, on its original version, together with other amazing female artists. The name of the exhibition is Fantastic Women and it's running all over the world.

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Believe me, I am not the only one in this love story with Louisiana, cause the museum created a year card that allows you to visit as many times as you want. I met many people who actually bought this card, cause they enjoy going to Louisiana to spend time there. I want to do the same.

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You can get there within a 30min train trip from Central Copenhagen, plus 10 minutes walking on the small neighbourhood of Humlebæk.

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