About Faaborg Minitown
Goals and visions
We want to make Faaborg Miniby something else and more than just "some small houses out by the roundabout and Jem & Fix".
We want to make ourselves an obvious choice not only for the locals but also for Faaborg's tourists and Funen's tourist life as a whole.
We also want to be part of the tourist, cultural and business life that takes place in Faaborg - if you would like to be part of this yourself, contact us.
The history of the building guild
The idea with the MiniCity is to recreate a model of the old Faaborg, as the city looked in 1890. This is done in a ratio of 1 to 10, e.g. if a house was 10 meters long, it would be 1 meter as a built model house. For this, bricks and roof tiles are used, and they are made in a mini brick factory and then fired, so that these can withstand the weather and wind, like all other houses that stand outside all year.
The group's idea is therefore to have an additional tourist attraction for the enjoyment of both tourists and locals.
It is an obvious topic, as the city of Faaborg has many well-preserved houses, which were built in the place where they stand today, and can therefore be seen if there is any doubt about the behavior of the house.
Workshops and facilities
We generally have very good and functional premises, kindly made available by Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality.
Two high basement rooms with a total of approx. 300 m2 under Den Gamle Byskole is the core of our work in building the houses. Here we have a variety of utensils and tools as well as a meeting room and a small kitchen. It is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 - 12 with a very popular coffee break at 10.
Just outside our doors, in Den Gamle Byskole's school yard, the municipality has sacrificed DKK 2.4 million on a park-like courtyard with flower beds and seating areas. And from there there is direct access to the pedestrian network.
Cooperation partners
Faaborg City Historical Archive
The history of the houses and their residents