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Nytorv and the Ceramics Trail

A museum collection extended into the town

We begin with clay, but without museum walls. Middelfart's Ceramics Trail links Nytorv, the pedestrian streets, KulturØen, the old town, harbour and CLAY through large-scale artworks and small glazed markers embedded in the paving.

The navigation system is called Clayfinding. Architect Michael Finke developed it using blue, green and yellow ceramic tiles made at Tommerup Ceramic Workshop. They work as modest wayfinding signs and as a reminder that even the route beneath your feet has been shaped and fired.

The trail continues to evolve. Monumental works and movable Middelfart Pots place ceramics in ordinary civic spaces, where weather, plants, traffic and chance encounters become part of the artwork. Let the tiles lead you away from the square and into the old town.

Good to know

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Extra background — not part of the original printed guide.

  • The official Ceramics Trail is 2.3 kilometres long and was inaugurated in 2021.
  • The route currently connects more than twenty ceramic sculptures between CLAY and central Middelfart.
  • Ceramicist Per Ahlmann created the large Middelfart Pots at Tommerup Ceramic Workshop; their locations can change as the town develops.

On to the next stop

Begin by following the pedestrian route west from Nytorv along Algade. At the junction with Søndergade, look for a large planted ceramic vessel: the Middelfart Pot.

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