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On this homepage you can find inspiration for a tour across Jutland from either the west coast to the east coast or in the opposite direction. There is help to find as to which route to choose from the basic map with the marked paths. This site draws attention to a long list of places of interest, including natural localities, museums and other attractions. There are even more places of interest than are recommended here. This is a selection of the opportunities available.

You can print out parts of the folder and there are links to other more detailed brochures, information about opening times and prices for museums and other attractions. Unfortunately nearly exclusively in danish

Index map
The best way to get benefit from using this homepage is to start with the index map and choose which part of Jutland you wish to begin your journey in. Index map is to be found HERE.

Practical Information can be found HERE

A tour across Jutland - through ecomuseums

A tour from west to east takes one through different landscapes and one moves into areas where the
explanations and access are the result of a cooperation between ecomuseums.
Ecomuseums are museums without walls and therefore without any physical boundary. Natural and cultural history is to be experienced there where things happened or are happening. This concept was developed abroad where one has, by using an area with, for example, a disused industrial complex, brought to life the past and the myriad of stories to be told there. In Denmark the first ecomuseum was West Jutland’s Ecomuseum, and then came Ecomuseum Samsø and the Danish Lake District Ecomuseum.

West Jutland’s Ecomuseum - www.riskmus.dk
Based around Skjern-Egvad Museum. The approximately 100,000 year old west coast landscape was not covered during the last Ice Age. The terrain is mostly large rounded hills, a result of many years of erosion. Between the "islands of hills" come the long stretches of heath which are covered with melt water sand and gravel deposited between the hills during the last Ice Age. The rivers have dug their channels in the heaths on their way to the sea, like the River Skjern.

The Danish Lake District Ecomuseum - www.ecomuseum.dk
is based on cooperation between various institutions in the area covered by the old County of Skanderborg. The Lake District lies to the east of where the ice stopped along the Jutland Ridge and was therefore covered during the last Ice Age. The landscape has been strongly affected by the movement of the ice and the melting that ended 12-15,000 years ago. In this area are Denmark’s highest points and the most varied landscape with its tree covered hills and the slopes down to river valleys and lakes.

Ecomuseum Samsø - www.ecomuseum-samso.dk
emerged out of Samsø Museum. Samsø was also covered by ice during the last Ice Age and was greatly affected by movement of the ice and the melting. Erosion from the sea and deposits on a low-lying fjord area has joined the north and south islands together into one big island. Samsø is low hill and intimate Ice Age landscape and at the same time is a well-arranged island society where the sea is nearly always visible.