Visit the Viking Metropole of Denmark
Action, nature and culture for all tastes
Visitors to Southwest Jutland always find it
easy to pass the time - whether they are into museums, exhibitions,
music, churches, crafts or galleries. This is a region with a
diverse cultural heritage. Traders, warriors, monks and mariners
have frequented the area since time immemorial - and left their
mark.
Southwest Jutland is home to Denmark's oldest
runic inscription, on a stone from Malt that dates from the early
Viking Age. Along with the runic stones at the churches in Læborg
and Bække, it reminds us that the area has been inhabited for
thousands of years. Runes are also found on the national treasures
known as the Golden Horns, which were originally found at Gallehus
near Tønder.
