Blavand

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Blavand:

Another typical holiday village in a beautiful area. The Blavandshuk and it´s lighthouse marks a 90 degree bend in the coastline which in ancient times went straight south instead of heading east like it now does. The area south has once been land, that got swallowed by huge north sea floods. The islands Fano, Romo and the large sandbar stretching south from the Blavandshuk are the only remnants of this former dry land. The mentioned sandbar hinders westerly swells from reaching the southern part of the coast with full furour.

This makes it one of the easyer beaches for swimmers and bathing guests at the north sea and might be the reason for the intense tourist developement of Blavand. Intense means, that there are some campgrounds, a lot of challets to rent, a swimming hall, a sports hall and a small town center with some shops.

The surrounding area is dominated by dunes, sand, old german bunkers, a military training area for danish army, some woods and a large sheltered bay between Blavand and Esbjerg.

In addition to the Blavandshuk sandbar, the south coast is protected with jetties from coastal erosion. These jetties and the filtering effect of the sandbar make the place easy to handle for windsurfers and kiteboarders but with strong westerly winds still provide some fairly good waves.

There is a large parking area behind the dunes of the windsurfing  / kiteboarding spot so comfortable rigging is the call. The cafe and boarder shop at the end of the paved road offer basic supplies of food, drinks and windsurf / kiteboarding stuff. At the entrance of the large campground facing the spot, there is a swimming hall that has big value in warming up after a winter session. The large campground itself is very comfortable especially when You´re traveling with family.

windsurfing: as said before, the place often offers good beginner to intermediate conditions with flatwater or bump n´ jump conditions. Best wind conditions for those are east to southeast and lighter westwinds. Southerly winds come full onshore and bring heavy waves. This is for experts only and even for them, the jetties make it difficult to sail. Winds from the west to northwest come sideon to sideshore. When they are strong enough, some decent waves make it over the before mentíoned sandbar and bring fun wavesailing conditions. Waves are best from mid to high tide. With a fat storm and winds from the northwest these wavesailing conditions can get really good with clean 11/2m faces that allow a string of nice frontside turns and the one or another areal. Add to that small but steep ramps and sails the size 4.5 and You know that this can be fun when elsewhere at the north sea survival is the call.

kiteboarding: large sand beaches and the mentioned wind conditions make this a premier kiteboarding spot for intermediates and experts. Southerly winds and the waves they bring offer a challenging session to experts as long as they keep an eye on the jetties. Stay away from the marked bathing areas and keep an eye on unexperienced beachgoers!

surfing: sometimes when the wind drops You get nice little waves for 1 or 2 hours. Longboards are the call.

other things to do: the numerous dirt tracks, little roads and bicycle lanes offer nice bike excursions.

check out the info board and the galleries (the place and windsurf) for more impressions.

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