Lønstrup is a small town in northern

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, in

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on the coast of

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. It is located in north

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Hjørring Municipality Hjørring Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in North Jutland Region on the west coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , making it ...

and is an old fishing village, with a population of 565 (as of January 1. 2024).BY3: Population 1. January, by urban areas
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The area is known for its constantly changing coastline, caused by shifting sands and erosion.

Description

On August 11, 1877 a violent storm that started at noon and lasted 1.5 hours turned the Lønstrup brook into a ravine that was 360 meters long, 15 meters wide and 4.5 meters deep (1180 ft long, 49 ft wide and 15 ft deep). Fishermen who were at sea during the storm knew nothing about the disaster at home until they saw parts of the destroyed houses, furniture and household items floating in the water. Six houses were torn from their foundations, four were demolished and two others were inhabitable and had to be razed. The ravine, now known as ''Bækslugten'', still cuts through town. Lønstrup drew interest among Danes when it was used as a backdrop for the

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-winning ''

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'' (Danish: ''Babettes gæstebud''), a 1987 Danish drama directed by

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. Lønstrup consists mainly of one long road, ''Strandvejen'' (Beach Way), which meanders a few kilometers through the steep cliffs. The hills around the north of Lønstrup are dotted with summer cottages built around 1920. The area in and around Lønstrup attracts some 10,000 tourists a week during the summer season. Previously, many families in Lønstrup lived from fishing, but now there are only a few. Lønstrup is now better known for its many crafts studios and art galleries. There are glass blowers, potteries, jewelers, amber crafts, painters and sculptors who live and work in Lønstrup. A violent storm in 1981 prompted the establishment of better coastal protection, which is working as intended but, because the North Sea erodes the coastline, the beach nonetheless requires fresh sand to be spread out on the beach every year. Maarup Kirke - Loenstrup ubt

Places of interest

Just south of Lønstrup is the site of the former

Mårup Church Mårup Church (Danish: ''Mårup Kirke'') was a Romanesque church in Vendsyssel in Denmark's northern Jutland. The church was built on Lønstrup Klint, a cliff on the North Sea near the town of Lønstrup in the Hjørring municipality. The area is ...

, a medieval church that was partially dismantled in 2008 after hundreds of years of

coastal erosion Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of Wind wave, waves, Ocean current, currents, tides, wind-driven water, waterborne ice, or other impacts ...

had endangered the church. Built around 1250, it may have originally been from the coast, but erosion had put the sea just meters away.Mårup Church's history

Historiske Museum,

Hjørring Hjørring () is a town on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Hjørring Municipality in the North Jutland Region. The population is 25,908 (acco ...

, Denmark. Retrieved September 8, 2011 South of that is another abandoned structure, the

Rubjerg Knude lighthouse Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse (Danish: ''Rubjerg Knude Fyr'') is on the coast of the North Sea in , in the Jutland municipality of Hjørring in northern Denmark. It was first lit on 27 December 1900.''Rubjerg Knude området'', Vendsyssel Historiske ...

. Partially buried in sand, the lighthouse was built at the turn of the 20th century.

References

External links

Lønstrup Tourist bureau
Lønstrup.dk. Retrieved September 8, 2011

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