The Forest House...

The house is one of the original buildings of the Nyvang Farm. It has its origin in 1910 and was originally used as accommodation for day-labourers. Today the house is used by the Holbæk area’s Crafts Association, which mediates and demonstrates various sorts of domestic industry; weaving, sowing, making lace and patchwork among other things.

In the time of the Co-operative Movement the smallholder family was self-supplying with many necessities and domestic industry and handicraft played a crucial part in life. Today domestic industry is regarded as a hobby or as arts and crafts.

The Co-operative Village has taken over wood turner machines from an old pipe and arts turner shop in Holbæk, and the work with turning wood takes place on a daily basis.