Climate and landscape changes over 10,000 years
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From Arctic tundra to tidy field
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Kjeld Borch Vesth
Drifting dunes plague local farmers
As the sand continued to blow in from the sea, it became increasingly difficult to farm the land,…
Erland Porsmose
Two unequal halves
The Øster Hjermmitslev manor is called Hjermitslevgård. The main building was built in the 16th…
Henning Ringgaard Lauridsen
Dreamers on the heath
In 1913, Kongenshus Heath became the arena for a rather strange menagerie. A wealthy businessman…
Henning Ringgaard Lauridsen
Silver tongue gives the Germans a licking
It was 9 April 1940 in the morning and the German troops rolled across the border to Denmark. By…
Søren Bitsch Christensen
Fine lace – hard work
Say the word lace" and Danes think of Tønder. Visit the Drøhses House museum, and a world of…
Peter Bavnshøj
The little grey Ferguson
Mechanic and inventor Harry Ferguson (1884-1960) from Northern Ireland developed this tractor in…
Morten Pedersen
Queen of the Liim Fiord
When the Vikings' gateway to the North Sea closed, the Liim Fiord area became a closed system …
Lise Andersen
One percent more of Denmark
Internally, we have to make up for our external losses," wrote Hans Peter Holst in 1872. These…
Inger Lauridsen
The myth about The sworn road" "
The field man scheme existed for some time into the 20th century. Today, the field man's house…
Inger Lauridsen
Shipping magnate bails out marshland houses
Living as they do beside the Wadden Sea, the residents of Ballum have always faced the regular…
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