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Læsø Saltsyderi

Læsø Saltsyderi, Læsø

 ValbyDK Says:  Læsø Saltsyderi (Læsø Seething Hut) is located in the southern part of Læsø and is a working exhibition which demonstrates the ancient craft of boiling and extracting salt. The conditions for salt production were (are) perfect on Læsø with extremely salty ground water and... 

Rønnerne

Rønnerne, Læsø

 ValbyDK Says:  Rønnerne is located on the south coast of Læsø and is one of the most unique salt meadow areas in Denmark. The area has tidal flats, salt meadows, moors, small fresh water lakes and commons and therefore there are a lot of different plants and animals. The area is home and... 

Søfarts- og Fiskerimuseet

Søfarts- og Fiskerimuseet, Læsø

 ValbyDK Says:  Søfarts- og Fiskerimuseet (The Maritime Museum) is located in the oldest house (from 1872) in Vesterø. The museum displays objects from Læsø’s fishing and maritime history. There are exhibitions of fishery – and you can learn more about long line fishing, Danish seine... 

Byrum Kirke

Byrum Kirke, Læsø

 ValbyDK Says:  Byrum Kirke (Byrum Church) was built by monks from Vitskøl Monastery in the 1100-1200s in the Romanesque style. There was a wave of building work throughout the country and around 800 parish churches were built – among them three on Læsø, and the churches in Byrum and... 

Museumsgården

Museumsgården, Læsø

 ValbyDK Says:  Museumsgården (The Museum Farm) is a part of Læsø Museum, and is located just outside Byrum in the centre of Læsø. It is an outdoor museum of local cultural history and parts of the building can be traced back to about 1650.The most impressive is the large roof which is... 

Læsø Tower

Læsø Tower, Læsø

 ValbyDK Says:  Læsø Tower is a 17 m high, red tower built of homemade, semicircular bricks. The tower was erected in 1927 in Byrum in the centre of Læsø by clog maker Thorvald Hansen. There is a view of the countryside from the tower, but I don’t think the view is very special. Only visit... 

Stokken and Sdr. Nyland

Stokken and Sdr. Nyland, Læsø

 ValbyDK Says:  Stokken and Sdr. Nyland are two small islands located on the south-western coast of Læsø. The islands were created by a combination of material drift from the north coast and land-raising.You can wade out to the islands and Stokken has a really nice sandy beach – but the... 

Vesterø Søndre Kirke

Vesterø Søndre Kirke, Læsø

 ValbyDK Says:  Vesterø Søndre Kirke was built around 1250 in Romanesque style and is one of few red-washed churches in Denmark. The tower was built in Gothic style and added to the church around year 1550. The church was renovated in 1996.I wasn’t inside the church - but Vesterø Søndre... 

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Bicycle Hire

Bicycle Hire, Læsø

 ValbyDK Says:  Læsø is a rather small island and a bicycle is a great way to explore the island. We rented bicycles at Jarvis Cykler – 5 minutes walk from the Læsø Ferry - and paid 75 DKK per bicycle for ½ day. This was enough time to see the western part of Læsø on a 20km route.You find... 

Ferry: Frederikshavn - Læsø

Ferry: Frederikshavn - Læsø, Læsø

 ValbyDK Says:  The island of Læsø is serviced by the ferries of the Læsø Line. The ferry sails between Frederikshavn (in the northern part of Jutland) and the town Vesterø Havn on Læsø. The crossing takes 90 minutes and there are up to seven departures every day – most in the summer... 

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  Læsø is the biggest island (118 km²) in the Kattegat, but also the youngest island in Denmark with no more than 3000 years. The island is located 19km from the main land and has a population of a...... 

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