A Cloudy Day in August at the Island Mors

Nykøbing Mors, town square

The only market town at the island Mors is Nykøbing Mors with about 10.000 inhabitants. It was burnt down several times and rebuilt - therefore the town seems new. Nykøbing Mors got its municipal rights in 1299. About 1370 was Dueholm kloster established, which brought wealth to the town. In spite of the competition from the town Thisted in Thy the town flourished in the Middle Ages, caused by good farm land, shipping and rich fishing in Limfjorden.

A famous citizen in Nykøbing Mors is the author Axel Sandemose, who was born here. He felt badly treated in the town and moved to Norway to become a Norwegian like his mother was. It was he, who wrote the famous "Jantelov"in one of his novels. (Jante Law)


Nykøbing Mors, the Fole on twon square


Gammellund, castle bank, where the knight Johan Skarpenberg, Niels Bugge's son-in-law, had a castle in the 1300s.


Tissinghuse, fishing village and fisherman's cottage


Agerø, horses on a landtongue and old milk cans

There is a dam from Mors to the island Agerø which is a paradise for bird-watchers. Stone cliffs west of Agerø are protected and make together with the beach meadow reserve to the north an important resting place for migrating birds.


Agerø,wading birds.


Agerø, a heron


Agerø, cattle and wading birds


Common buzzard


Karby church, old granite blocks and relief.
The church has a fine interior from the 1700s


Arbjerg Torn, view from the cliff to beach meadows with Herefords


Arbjerg Torn, Peacock and White Cabbage butterfly (almost yellow)


Arbjerg Torn, blackberry and elderberry


Arbjerg Torn, Andes geese and Hereford cattle


Tæbring church and starlings


Tæbring, view from Tæbring church which lies close to the cliff at Dragstrup Vig.


Tæbring church, Small Tortoiseshell butterflies on Sct. Hans Urt. (Sedum)


Tæbring, old church dike


Tæbring church, the nervous white horse


Tæbring church, swallows


Rovvig, one of the coasts at Mors on a cloudy day.


Rovvig, common mussel


Torup, red cattle



Arbjerg Torn, Swans and their young ones


Agerø, black-white cattle on a land tongue.

MORS – the Island behind the Sea.
Mors is with its 367 km2 the largest island in Limfjorden. This collage above from Mors is only a small part. There is i.e.Scandinavia's largest flower park, "Jesperhus" with about 1/2 million plants, a fresh-water aquaria with tropical fish, a bird-zoo and terrarium - and a special attraction is a hall where over 1000 butterflies fly among tropical plants. At the park is a holiday center and a tropical indoor water complex. There are various museums, medieval churches and manors , like Højris Slot where they arrange "Murder Mysteries". The nature is magnificent along the coast, and a special place is Hanklit and Feggeklit, which I told you about in my previous post.


photo Mors August 2007: grethe bachmann

Helgenæs and Sletterhage, Mols, East Jutland

Always lying there by the road to Mols, the castle ruin from the 1300s, built by king Erik Menved. It was once an important fortification, now it is just a ruin visited by thousands of people each year. On the land of the castle island are many interesting plants, especially by the steep slopes behind the ruin.


The water is calm and blank and the warm light of summer has been replaced by the clear light of the beginning autumn. The temperatures are cooler today.


Oh, they really have a nice days those cows, just look at them, resting close to one another, one with her head upon the shoulder of her neighbour.


Now the farmer is ploughing the land. Harvest is over, next season has to be prepared.


Another field with graphic shapes and an amazing blue sea. On the other side of the bay is a glimpse of the southern part of the city Århus.
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Now we are on Helgenæs, close to the place where Harald Bluetooth according to a legend was killed.


A very small harbour at Kongsgaarde. Here was once a king's estate or a castle. Nothing is left but the name.


On the Helgenæs and Sletterhage area are many galleries, open in the summer period. This one is Bo Bendixen's gallery on the road to Sletterhage.


I wonder if those two retrievers are guarding the garage or they are only enjoying their nap after dinner. They look rather un-guarding!


When the yellow house shows at the corner the south tip of Helgenæs with the coast at Sletterhage is near.


Sletterhage,near the lighthouse are some firs giving a little shelter if that's what you want ......


but we're going down to the stony beach and the salty air........


...........isn't it just a lovely sound when the water runs over the stones and back again, trickle, trickle....... if my bedroom was close to such a place I would be able to fall asleep.......


.....if you like to gather stones - here are lots and lots of pretty stones, flat ones, round ones, with holes to put them on a long leather rope at your window or your door, some fossilized sea urchins etc.


I love the sea, and I feel like an old sailor when I'm here........ although I get seasick......


This island, Samsø, here seen from Sletterhage, is one of many Danish islands. There are 443 named islands. 76 islands are inhabited. The Danish coastline is 7 314 km. Almost all areas of Denmark are close to the coast, no area is more than 52 km from the sea.


Hjelm, a small island with an exciting history. This is the famous Marsk Stig Andersen Hvide's island.
If you like: Stig Andersen Hvide


Hips,hips everywhere - do I have spare time to make some marmalade?


Anagallis arvensis:) This plant has a tiny, tiny red flower, and I seldom see it. In Danish: Rød Arve (or Rød Pimpernel) - and in English: Scarlet pimpernel, also known as red pimpernel, red chickweed, poorman's barometer, shepherd's weather glass or shepherd's clock. It is most well known for being the emblem of the hero The Scarlet Pimpernel.


As shown in blog Flora and Fauna, we were also on a little tour to the Mols- Laboratory, where we said hello to the sweet Galloways.


After this on the narrow road up hill into the sky and back home.


photo Mols 4. September 2010: grethe bachmann