[ The Grey Sun ]
 For the time being you can watch thousands of geese, golden plovers, sandpipers and lapwings in the fields.
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[ Black Sun over the marshes ]
 Legend has it that in the old days people believed that starlings spent the winter at the bottom of the lakes. In autumn, the starlings disappeared when the frost came, and just as suddenly they returned in spring. Since migration often takes place at night, it was natural to believe that they simply rose from the mire of the lakes.
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[ IceTime has set in on Rømø ]
 A hot summer day on the broadest beach in Europe is ice time for everybody. A wonderful day which attract thousands of visitors - and there is always room for more visitors.
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[ The Tide - a natural phenomenon ]
 Let us make it clear straight away:
Tide is a complicated matter. The height of tide is constantly rising and falling globally in the oceans due to the attraction which the moon and the sun exercise on earth - on land and at sea.
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[ Seals in the Wadden Sea ]
 There are many seals in the Wadden Sea. The population of common seals in the Danish part of the Wadden Sea aggregates 3,000 animals. There are also a few grey seals in the area.
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[ Spring atmosphere ]
 It is no longer a secret - it is springtime.
Nature shows the first tender signs of life, the birds are awakening and sing with joy in expectation of the coming summer.
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[ The White Sun ]
 The White Sun
Watch the scandinavian swans 'singing and dancing' together with the ranger.
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[ The jolly Pixies ]
 Most people in the countryside know the pixy. He lives on the loft or in the stable. He has probably lived there since the childhood of the farmer's great-great-grandparents.
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[ The largest gold find in the North ]
 The very storied Gold Horns were discovered in the village Gallehus, approx. 1 km north of Møgeltønder. A short and a long horn. The long horn was discovered by the lace-maker Kirsten Svendsdatter in 1639. She stumbled over it on her way from Østerby to Tønder. Erich Lassen from Gallehus discovered the short horn in 1734 when he was ploughing.
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[ Late Summer in Southwestjutland ]
 Late summer is the the most beautiful time of the year. Enjoy it with all your senses.
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[ Tønder Festival - the festival of enjoyment ]
 The entire city is full of life. There is music everywhere - in the streets and alleys, in halls and tents, in Kulturhuset and Visemølle. Thousands of people are listening, talking, laughing and having a great time.
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[ Marsh and Tidal Area ]
 The landscape far west has a characteristic of ist own. Here you will find the marshland and the Wadden Sea which together with the neighbouring areas in the south form a unique landscape not found anywhere else in the world.
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[ The Wadden Sea Island Rømø ]
 Out where the depth is giving the waves a free scope rather than on low water tidal flats sand bars are created. Gradually the sand bars turn into large sandy plains which are dry most of the time. They are only flooded in case of extraordinary high tide. You will find such areas in the Danish Wadden Sea, e.g. Jordsand south of Rømø.
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[ Reynard the Fox ]
 Many consider the fox an animal belonging to the country or rather the forest, but in reality the fox has a tremendous adaptability and is comfortable in many different surroundings.
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[ Migratory birds - winged tramps ]
 The migratory birds are the response of nature to the tramps of the road. They seek safe pull-ins, food and heat - and the spring makes them take off.
And this is where the similarity stops because the tramps with wings travel farther than the tramps of the road.
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[ The strangest border in the world ]
 The border between Denmark and Germany is the strangest border in the world - do you know any other places in the world where the border is drawn in the middle of a street and then suddenly changes its direction only because a child should grow up in another country?
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[ Misthusum - the vanished village ]
 The enormous forces of nature have ruled the area for centuries. The area around Ballum Enge tells a story of its own in that respect.
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[ The Castle Ruin of Trøjborg is haunted ]
 Trøjborg is a castle ruin from the fourteenth century, beautifully located in the open marsh landscape.
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[ For strangers something harsh and bleak ]
 Nature in the western part of Southern Jutland can seem harsh and bleak, but make no mistake - it is here that exciting nature experiences are to be had.
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[ The last celebration this year ..... ]
 Noise and good-natured shindies are customary when New Year's Eve is celebrated. It has been so for the past 300 years - and probably even longer.
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[ You never get too old to celebrate Christmas ]
 Christmas as described in 'Peter's Christmas' has become part of the Danes' christmas celebrations - celebrations we all know and look forward to each year - irrespective of age.
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[ When the Sea is foaming ]
 A flood is a high tide in connection with stormy weather. Floods are a serious problem many places along the west coast of Jutland, threatening people, properties and landscapes.
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[ Halloween ]
 The most ghastly evening?
The evening of October 31 is the evening of horror and haunting. In streets and alleys you will see hollowed out pumpkins lighten in competition with the street-lighting.
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[ Old Traditions in Modern Times ]
 In former times on 'Pers Evening', February 21, the Frisians undertook a torchlight procession to the old thingsteads.
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[ Tilting at the ring .... once the sport of nobles ]
 When the nobility gave up the sport, the people kept the tradition alive.
That is why any self-respecting town has its own tournament of tilting at the ring -an annual event that ensures a wonderful, exiting time for competitors and spectators alike.
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[ Hunting the Gold of the Sea ]
 For a few days after a gale, amber is to be found on the beaches of Rømø and along the shore of the Wadden Sea.
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[ Urnehoved ]
 From the viking age on and throughout the Middle Ages Urnehoved was landsting for the southern part of Jutland - a central place where free men from the region could meet, where laws could be laid down and disputes could be settled. Is is not so surprising that the thingstead was situated close to Hærvejen, 'The Military Road', at a place with connections not just to the north and south, but also to Ribe, Tønder and Husum.
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[ On boggy ground in Tinglev Moor ]
 The moors of South Jutland were formed in large moist areas, in which bog moss and marsh plants through thousands of years have been deposited as peat.
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[ Round about Højer ]
 Højer - the town behind the dikes - offers a number of events for the entire family.
The beautiful nature in the marshland, Højer floodgate and the dikes, the mill and the many, skilled artist craftsmen are alltogether contributing to making Højer a holiday place where you can find something for every taste.
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[ Sheep Market in Højer ]
 During the second weekend of September Højer is at sixes and sevens. It is time for the sheep market.
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[ Rømø Kite Festival ]
 The Rømø Kite Festival is arranged by Dansk Drage Klub (Dansk Kite Club) and is always taking place during the first weekend of September. Rømø Kite Festival is the biggest kite festival in Denmark.
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[ We are happy these days ]
 What is Christmas and what does Christmas mean?
We say that we celebrate Christmas because Jesus was born on Christmas Eve. But …. this is not quite true.
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[ Martinmas Eve ]
 Each year on November 10 we celebrate Martinmas Eve, where the families gather to eat either duck- or roast goose. This is the story behind the tradition.
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[ Bite in the marshes! ]
 The grass is always greener on the other side, so it took a number of years of wandering beneath the midnight sun before anglers realised that salmon and trout can be caught in West Southern Jutland.
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[ Midsummer Eve Bonfire ]
 In the former peasant society the Midsummer Eve Bonfire was only one of many bonfire practices.
But as time went on the bonfire practices were attached to Midsummer Eve only. The bonfire of Midsummer Eve is to be considered as a protecting bonfire against the evil forces which are active during midsummer evening.
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[ The common spade-foot croaks at Hjerpsted ]
 The common spade-foot is facing a rapid decline due to lack of pure water holes, but you may be lucky and find it at the moor of Hjerpsted and Sølsted.
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[ The old watering mills ]
 Out in the marsh - or specifically Ballum Enge (Ballum fields) between Skærbæk and Ballum - you will find two old water mills as a monument of farming in the past.
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[ Try something new - try an old tradition! ]
 Sun eggs, wine soup with pork, coffee in the southwestjutlandish style, cabbage büttel, 'snysk' and many more dishes belong to the regional dishes of Southwestjutland.
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[ Højer gate and the Dikes ]
 The flood on January 3, 1976 clearly showed that the old Højer dike hardly can stand up to the pressure on a long-term basis.
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[ Hærvejen - The Military Road ]
 As a backbone a road goes all the way down through Jutland - an ancient road - Hærvejen 'The Military Road'. Roads from the north gather in Viborg from where the road leads to the south along the Jutlandish ridge, where the waters separate and run in each direction. Along the ridge only a few fords are found. They are easier than along the sides where the large streams are manifesting themselves
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[ Skærbæk Wool Spinning Mill ]
 Skærbæk Wool Spinning Mill
- from family works to museum.
Skærbæk Wool Spinning Mill is one of the most well-kept spinning mills in Denmark - and the machinery is still fully functional.
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[ Has the Stork let us down? ]
 Has the stork let us down?
The year 2001 became the first year for the past 500 years where we did not have any breeding storks in Denmark.
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[ When Rømø was connected with the mainland ]
 The first plans dealing with a connection between Rømø and the mainland were already presented in 1858. The connection to the mainland was supposed to take place by means of an embankment or a bridge, but it was not until the first big unemployment in the 1930s that further steps were taken.
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[ A Richer Nature ]
 The ecological farmer endeavours to make the wild plants, animals and micro-organisms his supporters.
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[ The Wadden Sea became another stream of cyberspace ]
 The Wadden Sea became another stream of cyberspace Tuesday evening when the Mayor of Hoejer municipality, Mr Knud Hansen,
declared the official website of The Wadden Sea Net News www.vnn.dk open.
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