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Anholt is a place quite out of the ordinary. The island is famed for being the most isolated place in all of Denmark, which creates a very unique atmosphere that you do not want to miss.
📝 By Jakob Kjærgaard
Anholt by locals
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At Anholt, you will find a genuine sense of serenity. Life on Anholt takes place at its own pace and in its own special way. The island has its very own unique atmosphere, and here you will meet both stray dogs, chickens, and ducks on your way through Anholt town. Even children run freely around!
With only four weekly departures outside of the summer season, we as permanent residents have to be able to get by on our own. We cannot rely on the fire department rushing over from the neighbour town, and we cannot make a quick run to the shop when we are out of milk. Therefore, Anholt has everything we need to make everyday life work: a school, grocery shops, a doctor, home care, every kind of tradesmen, etc.
If you choose to go to Anholt – and you really should! – you have to look into the ferry’s timetable and available accommodation on the island. A visit to Anholt requires that you stay for at least one night. During summer, the ferry leaves once a day, and off season, it does not leave on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Therefore, if you arrive on a Tuesday, you cannot return until Thursday. And do note that accommodation on the island is easier off season, and certainly during the schools’ summer holiday, it can be quite challenging.
It is highly recommendable that you do not plan too short of a stay at Anholt, as the island has quite a lot of unique attractions you will want to experience. Often, a two-day trip will be too short, and a one-day trip is definitely too little, as the ferry arrives on the island in the afternoon and sails again the following morning.
On Anholt, the landscape is extremely dry, and therefore the fire risk is extremely high. Anholt is covered by heath, moss, and lichen. Woodlands and moorlands are rooted in sand, and when it rains, the water does not connect with the soil as it does on the mainland, but it trickles right through the sand.
Therefore, even when it has been raining recently, everything is very dry on Anholt. And to make matters worse, the island is recorded to be the most sunny place in all of Denmark, which does not reduce the fire risk.
Open fire in nature is strictly prohibited.
You must refrain from smoking in the forest or in the desert, just as there is a ban on using a disposable grill, lighting a campfire, and anything similar to that. Anholt Fire Department is quite small, and since help from the mainland is at least three hours away, it will be too late by then!
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