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torsdag den 18. juli 2013
onsdag den 17. juli 2013
Rubjerg Lighthouse
A magical sunset at Rubjerg Lighthouse.
The lighthouse has been half swallowed by the sand dunes, and before long it will tumble into the sea.
torsdag den 5. juli 2012
Børglum Abbey
Børglum Abbey is from 1060. For a brief period, Augustine monks lived here, but pretty soon the Premonstratensian order took over and stayed there until the Reformation in 1536. The abbey played a central role in national and European politics for centuries. Today it's privately owned.
Brother Eskild greets visitors at the entrance to the old herb garden.
The church is from 1100-1200.
The altarpiece.
The organ.
The fifteenth century crucifix.
onsdag den 4. juli 2012
tirsdag den 3. juli 2012
The Buried Church
It's not a joke or an illusion. Save for the tower, St Laurentii (Laurence) Church is buried in sand. The church dates back to 1387, but in 1795 it had to be closed due to drifting sand. Burials were still held there occasionally until 1810, where the sand made that impossible, too. Below there is a sketch of how the church used to look before the sand came. It was whited when it was decided to use it as a landmark for ships at sea.
Grenen
Grenen - The Branch - is the most northern tip of Denmark. If you look closely, you can see the waves coming from two sides. The two oceans, Kattegat and Skagerak, meet here. This part of Denmark grows 10 meters every year.
For the ideal picture, there would be only sand and water. Grenen is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Denmark, though, so there are almost always people around. The people show the most nothern part of Denmark very well, though.
Skagen House
Most houses in Skagen look like this - a very distinct yellow color and a red roof. It's an extremey pretty town.
søndag den 1. juli 2012
Anchor from The Crescent
The English frigate, The Crescent, shipwreched at Mårup in 1808. Denmark and England were at war at that time after the English had bombed Copenhagen in 1807, and the survivors from the ship were exchanged for Danish prisoners of war. More than 200 from The Crescent died. 69 survived.
The anchor was salvaged and displayed at the cemetery in 1939.
Mårup Church
The old Mårup Church has been partly taken down. Erosion has eaten away at the land, and before the holy ground will be gone.
The old bell tower - and the bell - are still left.
Parts of the old cemetery have already been lost to the ocean, and many of the graves still left are overgrown and forgotten.
Rubjerg Knude
The lighthouse at Rubjerg Knude first lit its light in 1900. It is 23 meters high, but over the years much of it has been swallowed by sand. It closed down in 1968 when the authorities gave up fighting the sand, that has swallowed the smaller buildings around the lighthouse. Today the dune has moved past the lighthouse, and within the next decades it will tumble into the ocean due to erosion.
Rubjerg Knude was created about 28,000 years ago when the ice came down from Norway and pushed up the cliff as it appears today.
lørdag den 30. juni 2012
Slettestrand
Slettestrand.
Fishing boats made especially to be pulled onto the beach the way they have been made for centuries and centuries.
Bulbjerg
Bulbjerg. The most fantastic scenery.
Bunker from World War 2.
Observation post where the Germans watched the ocean just north of the North Sea during World War 2.
The observation room.
What the German soldiers could - and did - see through the slit.
Change in the weather. Shadows on the water from the clouds.
Nr. Lyngby - Old Church Bell
The bell from the old church at Nr. Lyngby. The church was torn down in 1913 as it was situated on a cliff that every storm eats away at. The bell is left at the old cemetery. Most of the graves are gone, but a few remain...until a storm takes away the land.
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