East Jutland

On the 5th day of our summer road trip around Denmark we started our day with a great time spent together with the kids on the playground at Skagen Camping. The kids wanted to spend every minute having fun. After breakfast we hit the road and drove north to Cape Grenen - an incredible natural wonder where two seas meet each other and don't mix their waters. The fighting of the waves is an amazing sight.

The morning was very sunny, so our walk along the beach (about 2 km long) went well. On the way back we took the special red tractors to get back to the car park. A few minutes later, when we were in the car driving south, it began to rain.

That was the reason we needed to change our plans. We wanted to see Den Gamle By, the open-air museum in Aarhus. It shows how people lived in past centuries. Because of the rain, we needed to schedule that visit for the future.

Fun fact: Den Gamle By (The Old Town) is an open-air museum in the Botanical Garden in Aarhus. It has about 75 historic houses from 20 Danish towns. It was the first open-air museum in Denmark about town life rather than village life.

We found an alternative thing to do. We found an Ikea store in the suburbs of Aarhus. That's how we combined waiting for the sun with eating dinner. The meals were the same as in Poland. Prices were definitely lower than in other restaurants.

The weather changed very fast that day. Once it was sunny, then rain, then the sun came out again.

The highest point of Denmark - Ejer Bavnehøj

We left the highway to explore the highest point in Denmark. It is called Ejer Bavnehøj. It is the highest natural hill in the whole country. Later we discovered that it actually isn't, because it is the third highest, but this one was the easiest to access. There is a 13-meter-high tower built in 1924. You can go to the top by internal stairs and enjoy a beautiful view from there. People used this place in the past to watch for enemies.
Two other points that are higher than this one are located in a forest and in the center of a farm. This one was chosen as more representative.

Fun fact: the tower on Ejer Bavnehøj was paid for by a public fundraiser. It is a monument to the return of Southern Jutland to Denmark in 1920. The words on it say "Rejst af det danske folk", which means "Raised by the Danish people".

We drove further south and turned near Fredericia to the Trelde Næs peninsula. Our next campsite was located there. The kids chose the one with an open-air pool area. Having learned from Skagen, where the water got cold because of the sunset, we decided to go swimming the next morning.

MyCamp Trelde Naes Camping

The campsite we chose is called MyCamp Trelde Naes. It is located on top of the peninsula. On the edges there were cliffs with stairs that allowed you to go down to the sea shore. There was a lot of seaweed in the water, so swimming in the sea was not recommended. Another reason that swimming was not a good idea was that there were a lot of crabs in the water.

There was a jetty where a family from Germany was catching crabs with bait. It was very interesting to look at that. We can’t see anything like this in Poland, because we don't have crabs in our part of the sea.

Next we enjoyed the playground until sunset. When it got dark we went to the bathroom and we went to sleep in our tent.

Take a look at this day on our video: