Remembering Summer: Exploring in Bagenkop, Danmark

Its cold outside. And dark. And grey. And nobody’s swimming. Well, actually here in Denmark people are swimming, but I’m not, because the water is really, really not warm enough for that.

But over the summer we took a long weekend trip with friends to a place called Bagenkop, in Langeland Denmark, and I figured this would be an excellent opportunity to finally post the photos.

For non-Danes, here’s a quick layman’s location description. Bagenkop is a small town on Langeland, an island southwest of the island of Zealand (this is where Copenhagen is located), and south east of the island of Fyn (this is where Hans Christian Andersen was from).  The island has a population of 12,446, so its kind of small :). There’s a lot of farming, and then there are summer houses and beaches and boating.

Crabbing at the harbor

The most widely popular activity over this weekend was hands down fishing for crabs off a pier. The process is simple, you use a little miniature pole, attach something delicious to it, in our case, mussels, and await the gullible crab. Then, you catch them in a bucket and, lastly, throw them right back into the water. Ad infinitum.

Swimming and the Beach

Obviously, since it is a beachy town, we spent a good amount of hours at the beach. The water was so clear and calm, you could see your own feet the entire time.

Wild horses

This town is also home to a herd of wild horses. They’re protected, so they aren’t really just wandering around everywhere, but they are still technically wild.

Tomb-spotting

No trip to somewhere new in Denmark is complete without a prehistoric tomb to visit. In this case we went to nearby Humble to visit Kong Humbles Grave – King Humble. Its a site with some interesting kerb stones, but the best part is probably the long hike through the tall fields – it really feels like you’ve taken a wrong turn somewhere and then, alas, you see the burial mound! There is really very little information about it (at least very few details) in English, but here’s something, and here’s something else discussing the fact that human bones from about 4000 years ago were found at the site, whereas Kong Humble reigned somewhere closer to 300-400 A.D.

Running Langeland

I took a run every morning because it was, after all, my vacation, and running is one of my favorite things. Morning runs are my chance to explore at my pace. In this case, running to the nearby Keldsnor Fyr, the Keldsnor lighthouse.