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Touristguide
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The Museum Fiskeriets Hus
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On the right hand side across from Troldebjerg stands an attractive red building.
This is Fiskeriets Hus, a museum in which the whole family may explore everything
associated with fishing, the North Sea and the fjord. |
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One of the Museum’s biggest attractions is undoubtedly its
saltwater aquarium with fish from both the North Sea and Ringkøbing Fjord. A 200 square
metre aquarium with more than 24 fish tanks in all sizes takes you into the world of fish
and bottom-dwelling animals found along the west coast of Holmsland Klit, in the fjord and
adjacent streams. In spring 1997, visitors will also be able to watch progress on a
further 200 m2 extension to the aquarium. |
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From April 1 to October 31, the fish
are fed every Tuesday and Friday at 3.30 in the afternoon.
Visitors to the museum may also learn about the catching and processing
of fish all the way from the North Sea to the consumer. Displays also include fishing
tackle, and the children can go on a voyage in the wheelhouse of a real cutter, while
below deck, visitors may gain a first hand impression of the confined conditions under
which fishermen live at sea. The museum cinema features a film on fishing in West Jutland
fjords.
Outside the museum building is an old lifeboat used in many dangerous
rescue operations, including a particularly tragic accident in 1951 in which five men lost
their lives when the boat keeled over.
In short, a visit to Fiskeriets Hus offers interesting insights
into and exciting explorations of the conditions and trade of the local fishing community
and the marine environments surrounding Holmsland Klit that support it. |
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From Fiskeriets Hus and the harbour lock, you may enjoy delightful views of
Ringkøbing Fjord. And the fjord holds rich resources. Fishing on the fjord goes back
several centuries and is still going on. Eels are trapped and herring and flounder netted.
Many boys from Hvide Sande have started to learn their trade by fishing on the fjord from
a small boat, to move later to the North Sea and a large seagoing cutter. Many people,
young and old, make a welcome addition to their income by fishing on the fjord. Take a
walk down to the small fjord harbour Tyskerhavnen in Hvide Sande and see how many
boats are moored there. Note also the fishing stakes put up to dry in patterns reminiscent
of groups of Indian tepees.
When the fjord is covered in ice in winter, it is again live with
skaters, ice-boaters and hardy fishermen who hack holes in the ice to set nets for the
fish.
And in summer? Besides fishing, there is no doubt that Ringkøbing
Fjord is one of the best known windsurfing areas in northern Europe, and if you have not
already read the section on surfing, we recommend that you turn to the text headed Aargab
on page 14.
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The fascination aroused by the commercial fishing industry here should not make us forget
that this area is also an eldorado for sportsmen and anglers. Hvide Sande has several
sports shops well stocked with fishing tackle. |
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Other visitors will also find plenty of
shopping opportunities, both in the shopping centre in Hvide Sande north and the city
shops at the harbour. It is safe to say that Hvide Sande boasts an incredible number and
range of interesting shops and boutiques for a town its size. The whole family will find
all its holiday needs more than adequately catered for.
As already mentioned in the Aargab section, there is also a
large surfing centre and surfing school at the fjord just north of Hvide Sande. |
Name of
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In Hvide Sande’s northern district you will notice the many special street names.
Turning left at Troldebjerg and heading north, you will encounter the following
street names: Dakotavej, Floravej, Livadiavej, Trafalgarvej, Jannavej, Fingalvej,
Tritonvej, Apollovej, Pallasvej, Svanittavej and Minervavej. All these streets have
been named after ships wrecked at Holmsland Klit over the years. Thanks to modern
technology, shipwreck has fortunately become a rare event.
We now leave Hvide Sande to continue north. |
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