Houstrup/Lønne

Houstrup is a small, cosy and peaceful society of holiday cottages that has Blaabjerg Plantation as its neighbour. Here, you are met by a long, white sandy beach, which is perfect for swimming as well as walks and kite flying, and behind the dunes of the beach is a large, preserved nature area with a heathered heath, blue lakes and amazing dunes.

In this area, you can go exploring or, just as in the plantation, experience nature on a bicycle or from horseback. To the north of Houstrup is the preserved heath Lyngbo Hede. True wild nature, which has never been cultivated and with an amazing bird and plant life. All in all, Houstrup is a good base for bird friends as well as anglers. It is not far from Tipperne in the southern part of Ringkøbing Fjord, where thousands of birds rest during the migration period and where anglers can throw out the line from the coast, in the fjord or in the lakes and streams of the area. The area has restaurants, a hire shop, an internet café and a well-supplied convenience store and there is plenty to look at - not least at the studios of the many artists in the area.

Blaabjerg

Pack your lunch basket and go mountain climbing. In the middle of the beautiful Blaabjerg Plantation is the "mountain" that it has been named after. It is Denmark's highest dune, which with its 64 meters used to serve as seamark for the local fishers. From a distance, the dune looks blue - hence the name ("blue mountain").

Blaabjerg Plantation is a nice starting point for an outing in the forest.

The 4600 m_ large forest has marked trails and plenty of opportunities for great nature experiences for walkers as well as cyclists and riders.

Furthermore, the parking ground at Blaabjerg is the starting point for two mountain bike trails, the green trail of approx. four km and the black trail of approx. seven km and with a few more technical challenges on the way - such as the hill Rævebakken, which can make anyone get out of breath.

The plantation is 15 km long and you get the best overview from the top of the dune, where you will have a breathtaking view of the dunes, the sea and the forest.

The plantation was laid out during the second half of the 1800s on the initiative of dune planter Thyge de Thygeson, whose memorial stone made of granite from Bornholm is situated on the top of the dune. At that time, sand drift threatened to bury the houses in the area. The oak trees were certainly buried, and the bushes that stick out of the sand like oak scrub today are really treetops that have found their way through the sand.