Experiences at Læsø 2024
Explore the beautiful nature on Læsø and get your backpack filled with fantastic experiences. Even though the island is small, it offers a wealth of experiences - so take each other by the arm and explore the scenic, North Jutland island.
Below we have collected a number of places that you should visit to get the best out of your trip to Læsø.
Digitally guided walking tour
Experience Læsø's seaweed houses
Læsø's kelp houses are completely unique and strongly contributed to Læsø being included on the tentative list for UNESCO's World Heritage.
We have digitized the kelp routes so that you can be guided around the many kelp houses with your mobile in hand and hear stories along the way.
Guided tour
Go on a seaweed safari and guided seaweed tour
Læsø Tang is about to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a good way to experience the cultural history behind it is to go on a guided rooftop tour with Læsø Tang
Thorvald Hansen's tower in Byrum
Enjoy the view from Læsøtårnet
The Læsø tower is not only a beautiful lookout tower with a fantastic view of Læsø, but the place contains a very special story about the unique Thorvald Hansen.
Read more about the story of Thorvald Hansen and find your way to the tower below.
Free nature experience
Take a walk by Danzigmann and Bløden Hale
Explore Danzigmann Beach and be impressed by the stunning nature, east of Østerby Harbor. The beach Danzigmann is named after a ship from Danzig, which ran aground there in 1741 and if you continue all the way to the tip, you will come to Bløden Hale.
Children's favorite
Take to the beach
Læsø has a lot of beautiful and above all child-friendly beaches. Click on the button below and get an overview of good bathing places.
Free nature experience
Visit Storhaven
Storhaven is fun for the whole family of all ages: pets, games, activities, farm shop and café with the famous Læsø ice cream and lots of delicious, local specialties.
55 km
Walk around Læsø
Læsø is a fantastic island in all seasons and is also becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site with its kelp roofs and sea salt.
Take a hike and go around Læsø Rundt, a 55 km hiking route that takes you past a multitude of the island's highlights.
The experienced hiker can do the trip in one day, but otherwise it is recommended to spend the night in Østerby.
© Lene Nielsen
Free nature experience
Find the Lobster Cabins at Horneks Odde
Explore Horneks Odde and find the old Hummerhytte, which the fishermen used as a base in the early 1900s. The fishermen built the small, historic houses of various materials, which drifted ashore on the beach.
In addition to exploring at Hummerhytterne, you may be lucky enough to spot seals at Horneks Odde.
4 km
Nisseruten
Take the children on the imaginative 3.6 km hiking route, and see if you can find all the elves on the trip.
On the route you will both meet large climbing trees and walk over fun hills - here is room for lots of activities with the kids.
Do you walk a little away from the route:
Will you be able to meet Læsøstenen, which marks the place where you could first spot Læsø coming up the Kattegat 3,000 years ago!
Artisans
Explore the island's artisans
Storhaven is fun for the whole family of all ages: pets, games, activities, farm shop and café with the famous Læsø ice cream and lots of delicious, local specialties.
Spa & Wellness
Læsø Kur
For years it has been popular for both tourists, holiday home owners and islanders to take a trip to Læsø Kur.
Unfortunately, the spa went bankrupt in February 2024, so currently it is not possible to visit the place.
Main attraction for the whole family
Experience Læsø Saltsyderi
On the island's biggest attraction, namely Læsø Saltsyderi, you can take a free tour, sew your own salt using old traditions or buy some of the rather popular salt that has made the island famous.
Hear the story of the famous Læsø Salt, see the old traditions and get an experience beyond the usual. There is also a playground and in the summer there is a pancake stall.
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