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"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
Selected
JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
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JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
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JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
Selected
JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part II
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part II
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part III
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part III
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The Ø-dyssey
PART II
JUTLAND: 29 islands off central & southern Jutland, demonstrating natural variation and big tales to be told
The small islands off Jutland's peninsula in Denmark are remarkably varied. There are 29 key island destinations that are not to be missed for the intrepid island-hopper.
On a Danish scale, Jutland is quite large. Spanning a couple of hundred kilometers and with islands both in East and West, it requires a bit of stamina to visit all significant islands. On the roads leading to the harbors serving the islands there is a lot to see and experience. It is not always a straightforward drive and cross-over to these islands. There are so many disruptions, e.g. lakes, cool old-timer villages and astonishing inland landscapes, and our plans have certainly been disrupted more than once.
By the way: the "tent" on the picture is a lavvu, a temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern extremes of Northern Europe. It has a design similar to a Native American tipi but is less vertical and more stable in high winds.
We love our lavvu which has served us during many expeditions. It is very handy during the cold Danish winters.
Hiking and camping excursions to 29 exceptional island destinations off Jutland in Denmark
The small islands off Jutland's peninsula in Denmark are remarkably varied. There are 29 key island destinations that are not to be missed for the intrepid island-hopper.
In the North Sea, the islands of Rømø, Mandø, Langli and Fanø offer expansive beach, mud flat and sand dune landscapes in the so-called Wadden Sea - this is the largest tidal flats system in the world. On the other side of mainland Jutland, in the Kattegat Ocean facing Sweden, the most remote island in the Danish Archipelago, Anholt, is located. Anholt boasts remote beaches, old forests, lobster festivals, and the largest desert in North Europe. Getting there takes about three hours on a slow ferry.
Around the geologically dramatic Djursland Peninsula in Eastern Jutland there are two small islands, Kalø and Hjelm, which are very nice day trips. One can walk on a cobbled embankment leading to Kalø as see the ruined castle on the island. A private boat is needed to visit Hjelm which in return will welcome visits with great beaches, cliffs and a very interesting history.
Closer to central Jutland there is a handful of smaller islands in Kattegat Ocean with unique communities, colorful houses, sandy beaches and that rare sense of isolation - they are Samsø, Endelave, and Tunø. Samsø island has to be highlighted with its local produce, charming villages, and beautiful countryside including Stavns Bay which hosts a mini-archipelago in the central part of Samsø Island, with a handful of green islets and traces dating back to the Stone Age.
In the vicinity to Samsø island, a number of small islands that are unknown to most of Danes lies scattered in the Kattegat Ocean. Vejrø, Lindholm and Kyholm are the most significant of these with beautiful raw nature and complete isolation having very few visitors per year that come by private boat. These islands used to be inhabited about hundred years ago, however today only old remains are a testimony of harsh human communities in the past.
Moving closer to the Jutland coast line, three interesting islands in the Bay of Horsens can be visited. They are Alrø, Hjarnø and Vorsø. One can walk on the sea floor at low tide to the remote, tree-covered Vorsø island and experience the raw nature which has been unperturbed for almost 100 years.
Closer to Southern Jutland and in the Lillebælt Ocean, the small islands of Barsø and Aarø offers great coastal walks and idyllic sceneries. Lille & Store Okseø are two small forested islands in beautiful Flensborg Fjord close to Germany, both of which can be circumnavigated in 5 minutes. Finally, Als and Kegnæs Islands offer idyllic views to the ocean over its pastoral landscape and a great for outdoor camping trips.
Background information about the Ø-dyssey project and our selection of 130 islands to be visited in total can be found here.
Check out our other Ø-dyssey travel sites:
PART I: Tip of Denmark & offshore islands
This part
PART III: Islands in the Belts, North Funen, Ærø & Langeland
PART IV: South Funen Archipelago
PART V: Islands off Zealand & Bornholm
PART VI: The South Sea Islands
Selected pics from all islands - part II:
Asterics denote islands visited so-far, updated September 2022
Grene Sande is a vast sand drift which is more than 12.000 years old. During its movement is has buried houses and woods. Today, it is a small but beautiful inland desert in central Jutland. We love to go hiking here.
Also know as "the northern desert in the sea", the Wadden Sea is an odd sight. Stretching for more than 500 km along the coast of northwestern Europe and the range of Frisian Islands if forms a shallow body of water with tidal flats and wetlands. This national park is huge and stimulating – a top spot in the north to do mudflat hikes, camp on the beach and explore wildlife. The tides makes a huge impression when twice a day 1,000,000,000 m3 of water is moved back and forth through the depths.
Sand dunes flank the sandy beaches. The ocean shows signs of heavy stream and whirl pools, caused by the Waddensea emptying and being filled duing the high tide/ebb cycle
Rømø Island is part of the Wadden Sea National Park, and is mostly known for its 10+ km white sand beach and outdoor beach activities. We have been here a couple of times to visit seal colonies off the island near and across the German border. One of the most charming parts however is the interior of the island with vast expanses of muddy bogs and wind-swept forests. Camping here in spring and autumn is very charming.
A great number of Atlantic seals live on the sand banks between the islands of Rømø and Sylt. We rented a local fishing boat to sail aorund the area at high tide
On a hiking expedition between the two Wadden Sea islands of Rømø and Mandø in Southern part of Denmark. One had to pass a lot of water trenches and mud flats and holes. Luckily we had our knee-high, black rubber boots for the trek - a pair of simple boots we acquired for a muddy jungle trek in Uganda some years earlier, and which now has become essential stuff on our packing list for trips into the wild involving passing of water
From one of our many Billund - Amsterdam flights which always crosses the Wadden Sea islands
It's an adventure to travel to Mandø. There is no bridge or dam or ferry. Only way to get to the island is to drive 6 km on the bottom of the Wadden Sea at certain time points linked to flow and ebb
Koresand is an approx. 20 km² large sandbank in the Wadden Sea southwest of Mandø. Korresand is a contemporary example of a high sand bank in growth towards a possible development of a barrier dune island. In 20 years from now this could be a new, real island in Denmark with vegetation and a larger biosystem.
One of the best places to go hiking on the western coast of Denmark. From th lighthuse the vertical distance to the beach is more than 40 meters.
The layers of the cliffs consists of clay, sand and gravel which were deposited during the ice ages when glaciers spreading from Scandinavia repeatedly covered Denmark. During the ice ages Denmark was covered by an ice cap similar to the one found on Greenland today.
The layers of the cliffs consists of clay, sand and gravel which were deposited during the ice ages when glaciers spreading from Scandinavia repeatedly covered Denmark. During the ice ages Denmark was covered by an ice cap similar to the one found on Greenland today.
Remote, isolated and uninhabited - lying off the coast in Kattegat Ocean. The view to the island reminded us of The Black Island (French: L'Île noire) which is the seventh volume of The Adventures of Tintin
The are no cars on the island, only tractors that will pick up visitors and transport them around. Tunø has only one village with farms and well kept houses built in the traditional style.
Also close to where Jakob used to live, Tunø has a narrow path, following the coast, which has taken us around the island a few times on beaches, coastal plains with mulberry and fig trees. Tunø is less than one hours sailing from Hou. It is our experience that the weather on Tunø is, on average, better than other places in the country due to the geographical position of the island