Monday, July 6, 2009

Denmark (part 2)

Wednesday

Tuesday night we arrived in Ringkobing on the west coast of Jutland. Jutland is the peninsula that has about a 68km land border with Germany, Denmark’s only land boundary. Jutland is primarily rural and Ringkobing was a charming small town of Viking origin on a beautiful fjord.

032 Ringkobing Fjord

033 Ringkobing Fjord

Ringkobing celebrated 500 years in 1943.


When I asked Jo what she wanted to do in Ringkobing one of the things that she said was that she wanted to look at the old buildings. When we went to the tourist info center they had a brochure in English about the old houses in town. I thought that was quite serendipitous! Below are some images of the old buildings.

034 Kirke doors

035 Ringkobing

036 Ringkobing Nygade street

037 Ringkobing fence upon which others were modeled

038 Ringkobing brick

039 ringkobing

We were also able to find a cemetery in Rinkobing. I have never seen one quite like it. I was disappointed however that all of the old headstones were off to the side.

040 CEMETARY

041 Ringkobing cemetary

When we left town we made a wrong turn and ended up at a s

and sculpture festival. It was quite political related to energy which was interesting.

042 Sand art festival near Ringkobing

043 Sand art festival near Ringkobing

044 Sand art festival near Ringkobing

045 Sand art festival near Ringkobing

046 WALRUS

Western Jutland

046 View across Ringkobing Fjord to Ringkobing from Hvide Sande

View across Ringkobing Fjord

047 Dunes of Western Jutland

Dunes of Western Jutland and a thatched roof house

IMG_7673 Overlooking Thyboron

Jo & I overlooking the Tyboron canal which is an inlet for a huge inland salt water bay/fjord

048 windmills near Thyboron

Windmills near Thyboron Canal

049 View of Agger from dunes

Small beach town, Aggers, in Western Jutland on North Sea

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