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Exploring the Thy Region in Northern Denmark

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Cairns standing on the sandy beach of Klitmøller on the west coast of Jutland, Denmark

On our way south from the northern tip of Denmark, we drove from Lønstrup along the North Jutland coast into the Thy region, which is separated from the mainland by the Limfjord. What I hadn’t realised until then was that I was on an island!

The Limfjord cuts right through Northern Denmark, connecting the North Sea near Agger with the Baltic Sea near Aalborg, thus separating the entire northern part of Jutland from the rest of Denmark. Until 1825, there was still a permanent land connection near Agger, before a storm surge washed this land away, formally creating the “North Jutland Island“. Read more

Trip to the lighthouse on the Rubjerg Knude shifting sand dune

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Clouds passing over the Rubjerg Knude Fyr lighthouse on the Rubjerg Knude shifting sand dune on the coast of North Jutland, Denmark

The west coast of Denmark captivated me with its diverse, wild beaches, dune landscapes, and cliffs. While the surf washes away metres of the coast – up to 300 m in the last hundred years – the prevailing westerly wind blows the sand inland. Becoming and passing away as part of the erosion by wind and water. This also forms large, high sand dunes, which then migrate as shifting sand dunes from the west coast to the east coast of Jutland. This can currently be observed at the Rubjerg Knude shifting sand dune south of Lønstrup or the Råbjerg Mile near Skagen. Read more