Ven

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Startportal: Café Bäckviken

Fun Fact: The Island of Ven (Hven in Danish and old Swedish) is located in the sound between Sweden and Denmark. It is the place where the 16th-century Astronomer Tycho Brahe built his observatory Uraniborg, which can still be visited today. On 29 December 1566 at the age of 20, Tycho lost part of his nose in a sword duel with a fellow Danish nobleman. The two had drunkenly quarreled over who was the superior mathematician, they ended up resolving their feud with a duel in the dark. Though the two were later reconciled, the duel resulted in Tycho losing the bridge of his nose and gaining a broad scar across his forehead. He received the best possible care at the university and wore a prosthetic nose for the rest of his life. It was kept in place with paste or glue and said to be made of silver and gold.