Vejers

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Varde Varde is a Danish city in southwestern Jutland and is the primary city in the municipality of Varde, in Region of Southern Denmark. In 2015 municipality changed its motto to "We in nature" to emphasize its rural atmosphere. The town has an old ma ...

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town with only 27 inhabitants, but a multitude of

holiday home A holiday cottage, holiday home, vacation home, or vacation property is accommodation used for holiday vacations, corporate travel, and temporary housing often for less than 30 days. Such properties are typically small homes, such as cottage ...

s. Vejers Strand is situated in the former

Ribe Ribe () is a town in south-west Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 8,257 (2022). It is the seat of the Diocese of Ribe covering southwestern Jutland. Until 1 January 2007, Ribe was the seat of both a surrounding Ribe Municipality, municipali ...

Amt, and is part of the

Syddanmark The Region of Southern Denmark ( da, Region Syddanmark, ; german: Region Süddänemark, ; frr, Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which ab ...

region as of 2007, roughly 30 km northern of the town of

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)

and between the villages of Blåvand and Grærup on the west coast of

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

. The nearest town is

at a distance of about 20 km. The village can be divided into the main area ''Vejers'' and the bigger area of ''Vejers Strand'' (''Vejers Beach''), a holiday resort. ''Vejers Strand'' has 22 registered residents and over 500 holiday homes of various categories. The almost uninhabited town ''Vejers'' is situated alongside the military base of Kallesmærsk Hede to the south and east. The abandoned houses are used as military training facilities. Vejers Strand is known for its sweet factory. During good visibility you can recognize both of the 20 and 35 square kilometers-sized offshore wind parks Horns Rev 1 and 2. The long, broad beach is very popular with surfers, sailors and swimmers as well as riders. Occasionally, Hercules military transport planes make training flights onto and from the beach, closed for the purpose. Tourist attractions in the Region of Southern Denmark Varde Municipality