Our last full day on Læsø began slowly. We didn’t know where we would fly next, and left this decision for the evening. Instead, we planned our day on the island.
Jens read about the Læsø Boulder, and we wanted to see it. The rock was raised in the area where the island is believed to came about for 4,000 years ago. When we read about different boulders on Læsø, we laughed a lot of a picture where a lady in a bikini was lying on one of them – it must have been very hard! So when we got to the Læsø Boulder, Jens climbed up and was posing for me on it – almost in the same way as on that picture – and we simply cried of laughing. I still cannot help but giggle when I look at this photo:
A particular feature of Læsø is its half-timbered houses thatched with eelgrass. I thought Jens had to see the Hedvigs Hus from 1675 – today a museum driven by volunteers:
Everything was closed on the island due to the corona lockdown, but then we had the time to read all info where available instead of just going in and experiencing – as I would normally do. Jens and I would go around a building and look into each and every window – if someone saw us, they’d probably think we were criminals. But in that way we could also get a glimpse into the things exhibited inside.
We visited a couple of other places on Læsø, and then drove to its eastern part, to Bløden Hale, where we had a walk to the very tip of it.
Driving back and by Danzigmann beach, we saw a small house with a red chimney. We parked the car by the road, and went to see the house. It was tiny and well-hidden in the high dunes:
Nobody seemed to live there, but it was well preserved. Again, a round over it with a stop by each and every window gave us an insight into how a life in that house might have been. There was only one room, but there was also a small loft with a primitive bed for one person. And the small adjacent part was probably a kitchen.
Look how small it is – I’m standing by the entrance door:
It was such a cute house; so great that someone keeps it. From the dunes, there was a nice view to one of the best beaches on Læsø:
We wanted to see a church, but all three of them were closed. Below is the the Østerby church that was built in 1867 as a replacement for Hals church that had to be closed down due to the sand drift and depopulation of the area.
The funds for the construction of Østerby chapel came from different sources, also Princess Dagmar of Denmark, wife of Alexander III of Russia, donated 200 rigsdaler to the building. The residents of Østerby village collected 518 rigsdaler among themselves.
Back to the Inge-Merete’s forest cottage where we stayed. Jens used some of his evening time for splitting wood for the fire place, so that it would be easier for Inge-Merete:
And whilst he was busy with that, I enjoyed a glass of wine on the terrace:
