Build with wood lime and linseed oil

Wood, lime & linseed oil – step closer to traditional techniques

2 – 3 May 2026

Step into the world of traditional building crafts as Den Gamle By’s craftspeople open their toolboxes and invite you to try the techniques and materials used in the restoration of the historic houses.

Watch the masons slake lime, try your hand at signwriting techniques, see the carpenters shape timber as it has been done for generations, and get your hands on linseed putty as the painters demonstrate how old windows are brought back to life.

The scent of wood, lime and linseed oil fills the air – and you’re invited to come closer.

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The painters restore windows

Watch Den Gamle By’s painters repair window frames and demonstrate how to cut glass, fit it into place and finish the frames with linseed oil paint.

Try cutting, pinning & glazing putty for yourself

Get hands-on with glass and putty as you try cutting glass, securing it with glazing pins and applying putty to window panes.

The masons slake lime

Watch the masons slake lime, just as it has been done for generations.

Signwriter for a day

Paint your own sign and try out different stippling techniques and stencils. Younger visitors can play at being mini signwriters and colour in half-timbered houses on paper.

The carpenters hew timber

Watch the carpenters at work with long saws and timber hewing for use in Den Gamle By’s buildings.

Brickwork in half-timbered walls

Watch the masons at work laying brick infill in half-timbered walls.

Build with wood, lime & linseed oil

Wood, lime & linseed oil – step closer to traditional techniques

Build with wood,
lime & linseed oil