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Denmark, Thy

I think it was still in Aalborg, we found out, the Thy national park is one the most beautiful in Denmark.

Stretching on the west coast of Jutland peninsula, the oldest Danish national park has a lot to offer. Particularly the raw coastal wilderness, where one can explore over 200km² of trails through some dramatic dunes and wide sandy beaches.

The ultimate goal was to see and enjoy Thy as much as possible.

Firstly, we visited the national park centre in Vorupor, to get some insights and all the needed information.

Then we spent a lot of time on the place called Cold Hawaii by Klitmoller, which is popular Danish watersports centre. The North Sea provides ideal conditions for kite surfers and surfers alike with powerful ocean streams creating some mighty waves.  

The next stop we made was in Stenbjerg Landingsplads, featuring only a few small fisherman’s houses and a typical dockside on a beach. Truly picturesque place.

Our last stop of the Thy expedition was a beach of Lobjerg sande, where we had a small picknick and some extended walks on the beautiful wild North Sea coast.

As the Sun went down, we said Good Bye to the Thy. Still to come was a 200km drive to Middelfart. It was very late, when we arrived to the Comewell hotel. Well, it could have been also later, would we not find a petrol station at only 6kms fuel capacity remaining. Yes we almost let our Toyota run dry!! But not to panic.

The day after, using a late check out, we moved back to Copenhagen with an only stop by Mosede Fort (World War Fortress with museum).

The shock, which we will hardly forget came very late, at the airport. We were denied boarding and force to fly to Vienna only next day in the morning. That was flight with a tiny little bird to Hamburg and then to Vienna. Of course, the small suitcase, we were forced to drop off, got lost in Hamburg.

What to say? The charming way to fly…  

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Denmark, Skagen

When we got up in Kompas hotel of Aalborg, we knew exactly where we are going to. During the breakfast, we also decided to come back and oversleep in the same room. So, we just jumped into the car and drove away, as the Danish north awaited us.

In some half an hour, we made a first stop by Voergaard Castle – an art venue, renaissance manor house from 1481, which is surrounded by a water dike, and lovely old trees.

Back on the road again, the next break was to see the Tilsandede Kirke. As its name says, it’s sand-covered church. And we confirm, it’s already partially buried by the sand of the dunes. Only it’s Tower is still visible above the sand nowadays. Unexpectedly active bees chase as back to the car.

In few minutes afterwards, we reached Skagen. The northernmost town in Denmark, laying on east coast of Jutland, has a significant flair. That’s the reason, we spent some time in there, enjoying the walks in the centre, by the harbour and a delicious late lunch in Fiskerestaurant.

From Skagen it’s still few additional minutes to reach a parking-site by Grenen. But finally, Grenen (the Branch in English) is the northernmost point of Denmark, a very popular spot for tourists, where the Baltic Sea meets the North Sea. Spectacular show by nature!!

A bit late, we were heading backwards by the west coast. Somewhere there we stopped for a picture with a typical Danish windmill.  

Really late – btw., you know the sun goes down later in the north – we reached the parking place by the legendary Rubjerg Knude. This is an old lighthouse, on a massive sand dune, which has already been moved by 70 meters from the coast to keep it standing for next years. One of the most picturesque scenery, in Denmark definitely!! No wonder a group of young Germans dressed in costumes produce some clips there.  

The last stop of this valuable and in interesting day was a night walk in Lokken and its beachside. The last picture was taken at 23:22 and we surely arrived to Aalborg after the midnight.

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Denmark, Aalborg

On the following day we wanted to move further and see more of the country.

First stop on our journey towards north-west was the 6th longest bridge in Europe, so called Storebealt bridge. Which btw costs you some 50 euros just to one time pass it and come back..

On the island of Fyn we then stopped for a short snack at Nyborg coast. Perhaps it was there on the beach where we decided on our destination for the day. Back in the car driving we crossed a small village called Jelling. Small but very important from historical point of view. Along the famous viking tomb – hill there is a stone raised by Harald Bluetooth, in memory of his parents, celebrating his conquest of Denmark, and his conversion of the Danes to Christianity.

It was quite late when we arrived to our hotel in Aalborg. Still not too late for a short walk in its historical centre and by the bank of Limfjord.   

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Denmark, Roskilde

On Friday morning the weather was not much different and still far from summer-like July.

The breakfast served by the host on the doorstep helped a lot. Our plan was to get ready and drive to Roskilde train station with a goal to park our Toyota there. It worked out well and soon we were sitting in a shuffle bus to the festival.

Our arrival was welcome by a storm, which cleaned the air, created some mud and several rainbows too. The act we saw is Kim Gordon performing her noise in one of the side stages. Afterwards we spent some time walking on the festival paths enjoying its food and drinks. Later, exactly one hour before the announced start, we were already holding positions in front of the main stage.

Foo Fighters came in good mood reminding their memories of a Nirvana gig from 1992, on the day Denmark was playing European football championship final. Most probably the gig, which made Roskilde festival quite popular, as far I am concerned.

The FF concert, which gave me this opportunity to fulfil my dream was exceptional! 2 hours and 10 minutes of great mixture of old songs alongside the newest ones, performing “Teacher” too…

It took us some time to leave the vibrant stage area and sit by a closed tent. There a lady told us her life story just to meet her secret man for the first time in coming minutes. That was it for us to leave the festival by midnight and drive back to Kirke Saby.  

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Denmark, Copenhagen

It was a late evening of 3rd July, when we landed on Copenhagen airport. There was not much energy left in us, as we worked during the day plus had to move from Graz to Vienna. With no hesitation we went straight to the Comewell hotel to get some rest.

The next day – on Thursday we woke up into rainy, windy day, not really a July day how we know it. But there was this great idea to visit the popular “Designmuseum of Danemark”. Having spent there couple of interesting hours, the rain moved away.  Walking across the Kastellet areal we soon arrived to the most famous Danish statute of the Little Mermaid. From there we jumped on e-bikes to see bit more from the city. Our next stops were Amelianborg and its square, monumental Frederiks Kirke and the famous Nyhavn area. Beautiful places and consequently also bit crowded, especially Nyhavn. We parked the bikes and entered the well-known district of Christiania, walking there up and down seeking the atmosphere of its glory years.

From Christiania it’s a few minutes’ walk to one of the best European restaurant, Noma. From its garden one can gaze at the building of Amager Bakke – Copenhill, which we needed to explore. Arriving there just 10 minutes before the closing time, we literary run up the hill, enjoyed all views and roll back down.

Before leaving the city in the evening, we went to the airport and got a new Toyota Yaris hybrid 4-wheel companion. Once the suitcases were loaded, we drove to Kirke Saby.