Kolding’s oldest house sits photogenically on the unassuming shopping strip of Helligkorsgade. It’s a wonky, orange-coloured, half-timbered affair built in 1589.
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The red-and-green half-timbered house on Akseltorv is Borchs Gård, a decorative Renaissance building dating from 1595.
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