Læsø Cultural Heritage Days
Læsø Cultural Heritage Days take place once again on September 11th, 12th and 13th.
Læsø Cultural Heritage Days September 2025
Læsø is a very special community, surrounded by water on all sides. Small enough to feel managable
- and big enough to have things in common with other societies.
We are a community which follows the times, but our size and isolation mean that we can always perceive, where we came from and what shaped us... And perhaps where we are headed. There is always physical evidence of how we carry our cultural heritage with us in the present and towards the future.
During the Cultural Heritage Days, we will show you what Læsø came from,
and show and discuss, how we can use our history - now and in the future.
50 % discount
The Læsø Ferry offers a 50% discount on tickets for passengers: From the Frederikshavn departure Thursday 07.50 to the departure Saturday 11.30 From the Læsø departure Thursday 15.00 to the departure Saturday 18.40
Thursday Sept. 11th
10.00-12.00
Eelgrass workshop. Help Henning thatch a seaweed roof in Storhaven.
11.30-12.30
Storytelling at Museumsgården; Seaweed roofs and Sine - entrance fee 75 dkk.
13.30-14.30
Black salt and seaweed as fertilizer. Presentation at Læsø Tang
15.00-16.00
Læsø as Cultural Heritage. Storytelling by Torbjørn Ydegaard in Storhaven
Friday Sept. 12th
09.00-10.00
Hals Kirketomt, storytelling about the sand drifting, by Simon Kyhn-Madsen
10.00-12.00
Open House in Hedvig's House, by Hedvigs Hus Laug
10.00-12.00
Eelgrass workshop. Help Henning thatch a seaweed roof in Storhaven.
11.00-12.00
Inger Bondesen reads aloud from Lasse Mors' childrens book at the library.
12.00-13.00
Church frescos in Vesterø Church, presented by Bodil Kessler - entrance fee 10 dkk.
12.00-13.00
Black salt and seaweed as fertilizer. Presentation at Læsø Tang
13.00-15.00
Eelgrass workshop. Help Henning thatch a seaweed roof in Storhaven.
15.00-15.45
A tour in Thorvald Hansen's Tower about art, presented by Jess Jessen-Klixbüll - entrance fee 60 dkk.
19.30-20.30
Storytelling about shipwrecks on Læsø, by Kim Schmidt at Bødehuset in Vesterø
Saturday Sept. 13th
10.00-11.30
Escavation of old salt production site in Stoklund, presented by Jens Morten
10.00-12.00
Guided tour along Tanghusruten in Gl. Østerby, by Bertal Fog
11.00 - 13.00
Guided tour in the seaweed house "Knøv" on Snebærvej 1 in Gl. Østerby
11.00-12.00
Maria tells us about her inspiration for jewelcrafting, in Guildsmedien in Vesterø
12.00-12.45
A tour in Thorvald Hansen's Tower about art, presented by Jess Jessen-Klixbüll - entrance fee 60 dkk.
14.00-17.00
Kick-off of "Læsø Udviklingslab" at Østergaard Kultur B&B
19.30-21.00
Storytelling about the seaweed houses by Lillian Kristensen – 50 dkk including coffee and cake.
EELGRASS WORKSHOP STORHAVEN
PLACE: Storhaven
Date and time: Thursday, September 11th at 10-12
(and Friday september 12th at 10-12 and 13-15)
Eelgrass workshop in Storhaven
Join the seaweed thatcher, Henning, and help him make a seaweed roof. Henning shows us how to make a "washer" and how to tie it to the lowest beams. You can also make a skipping rope out of seaweed! Entertainment for both children and adults.
When you need a break, you can buy pancakes, ice cream and more.
Photo:Tom Andersson
BLACK SALT AND SEAWEED AS FERTILIZER
Læsø Tang, Doktorvejen
Presentation: Thursday, September 11th at 13.30 - 14.30
In recent days, we have discovered how dependant the environment and the earth's climate is on the sea's plant life, including algae and eelgrass.
The seaweek is, and always has been, a big and important part of Læsø - both ecologically and economically. Aside from being used for the seaweed roofs, - which are actually not made of seaweed, but eelgrass - seaweed which are big algae, has been used for consumption, fertilizer and for salt production through many years.
Visit Læsø Tang on Doktorvejen, and learn how seaweed has been used, and is being used in several different ways. And should you wish to taste, you will find plenty of tasty products in the store.
In the café, you can buy lunch, coffee and cake.
Photo:Tom Andersson
STORYTELLING AT MUSEUMSGÅRDEN
PLACE: Museumsgården, Museumsvej 3
Date and time: Thursday, September 11th at 11.30-12.30
Museum Director Simon Kyhn-Madsen tells us about Læsø's seaweed roofs and the farm's final resident.
On Læsø, you can find something entirely unique: roofs thatched with seaweed. Or rather, eelgrass, which you could find plenty of along the coasts in the past. Back then, it was collected by the women, who brought it back on a horse and wagon to the house which needed thatching. Over time, the eelgrass disappeared, meaning the houses could no longer be maintained. The seaweed roofs disappeared one by one.
But 20 of the remaining houses were saved last minute. Attend the storytelling to learn more about the seaweed roofs and eelgrass thatching then, and now.
The last resident of Museumsgården was Sine Krogbæk, who was born at the farm in 1865, and stayed there until her death in 1949. During the final 10 years of her life, she was a custodian in her own home. Join the event to hear the story about her life.
Entrance fee 75 dkk. Children below the age of 18 can enter for free.
Læsø er på vej til Verdensarv med salt og tangtage©Læsø VerdensarvPhoto:Torbjørn Ydegaard
LÆSØ ON ITS WAY TO WORLD HERITAGE
PLACE: Storhaven, Storhavevej
Date and time: Thursday, September 11th at 15.00
Presenter: Torbjørn Ydegaard, Læsø Verdensarv ApS.
Læsø on its way to UNESCO's World Heritage List
Læsø's cultural heritage is something very special. With a geological underground which resulted in Denmark's first major industrial production during the Middle Ages, and a salt production which led to a societal catastrophy, which took the island several hundred years and Marshall-help to recover from. And a technique of thatching roofs from eelgrass "washers" invented by the women on the island.
This cultural heritage is so unique and of such universal value, that it deserves a spot on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Which is exactly what a group of people on Læsø is working towards.
Join the event to learn more about this extensive process, and all the information which needs to be gathered, before the application to the Heritage List can be submitted.
There will be coffee, and pancakes can be purchased.
Photo:visitlæsø
Friday September 12th
HALS KIRKETOMT AND THE SAND DRIFTING
Place: Hals Kirketomt, parking lot, Hals Kirkevej
Time: Friday, September 12th at 9 - 10
Presentation: Simon Kyhn-Madsen, Læsø Museum
Hals Kirketomt – the sand drifting
3-400 years ago, the sand drifting left most of the northern part of Læsø desolate, including most of the town of Hals. The whole town, including Hals Church fell into poverty, and by the 1720s, the final resident of the town had to give up and leave as well.
It was not the church itself which became covered in sand, but the farmland surrounding Hals, on which the priest and the church were dependant on the income from.
Today, nothing is left of the church or the farms, which most likely surrounded it, but a big boulder marks the spot where the church used to be. The area around the spot is now protected, in memory of the sand drifting.
Participation is free of charge.
Photo:visitlæsø
EELGRASS WORKSHOP STORHAVEN
PLACE: Storhaven
Date and time: Friday, September 12th at 10-12 and 13-15
Eelgrass workshop in Storhaven
Join the seaweed thatcher, Henning, and help him make a seaweed roof. Henning shows us how to make a "washer" and how to tie it to the lowest beams. You can also make a skipping rope out of seaweed! Entertainment for both children and adults.
When you need a break, you can buy pancakes, ice cream and more.
Photo:Tom Andersson
HEDVIG'S HOUSE - OPEN HOUSE
PLACE: Hedvig's House, Linievejen 36
Date and time: Friday, September 12th at 10.00 - 12.00
The house, which is owned by the museum since 1994, presents itself beautifully, with help from a local group of volunteers (Hedvig's Hus Laug). As a cherry on top, Hedvig's House received a new roof in 2024. Hedvig's Hus Laug proudly presents this gem of a seaweed house.
Free entrance.
Photo:Visitlaesoe
BØRNENES LÆSØHISTORIER
Place: Læsø Library
Time: Friday, September 12th at 11.00 - 12.00
Inger Bondesen reads aloud.
Inspired by his own childhood and staying with his grandparents on Læsø, author Lasse Mors has written a collection of stories for children, each surrounding something on Læsø; from the salt to the ship wrecks and Thorvald Hansen's Tower.
No entrance fee.
Photo:visitlæsø
CHURCH FRESCOS in Vesterø Church
Place and time: Vesterø Church, Præstevejen 37
Time: Friday September 12th at 12.00 - 13.00
Entrance: 10 dkk
Bodil Kessler tells us about the Cistercian monk's church building on Læsø in the 1200s, while they began their extraction of salt from Rønnerne.
The fascinating church frescos are 500 years old, and of international relevance - even declared "especially worthy of preservation" by the National Museum. The church also houses a wealth of other old, historical pieces. Vesterø Church is a cultural history treasure, worth visiting and exploring.
Entrance fee: 10 dkk; to support the continued preservation of the church and the frescos.
©Tom AnderssonPhoto:Tom Andersson
Photo:Tom Andersson
Læsø Tang
On Doktorvejen near Byrum, you find Læsø Tang, where Rie Toftelund - assisted by her husband Leif Ladefoged - harvest, produce and sell organic seaweed products, honey from brown bees and other goods. Rie hosts guided seaweed safaris, where guests can try the healthy ingredient for themselves.
Rie is often a guest in international media productions, and will gladly offer a presentation or a safari, when gastro-journalists visit Læsø.
Visit Læsø Tang >
BLACK SALT AND SEAWEED AS FERTILIZER
Læsø Tang, Doktorvejen
Presentation: Friday, September 12th at 12.00 - 13.00
In recent days, we have discovered how dependant the environment and the earth's climate is on the sea's plant life, including algae and eelgrass.
The seaweek is, and always has been, a big and important part of Læsø - both ecologically and economically. Aside from being used for the seaweed roofs, - which are actually not made of seaweed, but eelgrass - seaweed which are big algae, has been used for consumption, fertilizer and for salt production through many years.
Visit Læsø Tang on Doktorvejen, and learn how seaweed has been used, and is being used in several different ways. And should you wish to taste, you will find plenty of tasty products in the store.
In the café, you can buy lunch, coffee and cake.
A TOUR IN THE TOWER HOUSE, THORVALD HANSEN'S TOWER
Time: Friday, September 12th at 15 - 15.45
(and Saturday, September 13th at 12.00 - 12.45)
Place: The tower house by Thorvald Hansen's Tower in Byrum
Thorvald Hansen was a wooden shoemaker, but in 1926, he built a tower to be able to view the entirety of his island. Jess Jessen-Klixbüll later purchased the tower and the house attached to it, and restored both in 2018. Jess is very interested in art and has collected many well-known and Læsø-related art pieces, which now adorn the walls of the house - for instance, Andreas Riis Carstensen and Christian Blache. Jess is going to tell us about the art, and you can see Thorvald's bed in the basement, where he used to take his mid-day nap.
Price: 60 dkk.
Photo:Riis Carstensen
STRANDINGER OG SKIBSFORLIS OMKRING LÆSØ
Tid: Fredag den 12. september kl. 19.30 - 20.30
Sted: Bødehuset Vesterø Havn
Det skal handle om strandinger, skibsforlis, vrag og spændende effekter, der bliver hentet op fra havets bund.
Kim Schmidt fra Undervandsgruppen fortæller bl.a. om Floras tragiske forlis, briggen Caledonia, Printz Friderich og deres sidste store fund på Kobbergrunden.
Samtidig vises også spændende filmklip.
Det er gratis.
Arrangementet er sponsoreret af undervandsgruppen.dk og Vesterø Havn
Photo:Lars Gundersen - Karl Ingwer Malcha
Lørdag den 13. september
SE EN UDGRAVNING AF TO SYDETOMTER
Tid: Lørdag den 13. september kl. 10 - 11.30
Sted: Egegårdsvej 14a - Jens Morten Hansen
På Rønnerne er der ca. 1000 gamle saltsydetomter, hvor der har ligget en saltsydehytte i middelalderen. Nu har du en enestående mulighed for at se en saltsydetomt, der er blevet udgravet i området ved Stoklund.
Jorden tilhører Jens Morten Hansen, og i 2024 lavede arkæolog Jens Vellev en udgravning af to sydetomter.
Jens Morten fortæller om saltsydningen og dens betydning for Læsø helt tilbage fra 1200-tallet.
Vi mødes på Egegårdsvej 14a og går derfra ud til udgravningerne. Der er ca. 1 km at gå i ujævnt terræn. Maks. 3-4 biler kan køre derud, hvis nogle er dårligt gående.
Det er gratis at deltage.
Photo:visitlæsø
GUIDET RUNDVISNING TANGHUSRUTEN GL. ØSTERBY
STED: Danzigmannvej 6
Dato og tid: Lørdag den 13. september kl. 10.00 - 12.00
Følg med på en guidet tur på tanghusruten i Gl. Østerby. Bertel Fog, der selv bor i et tanghus, fortæller om ålegræs og tangtagene på Læsø, og vi går en tur rundt til de nyligt restaurerede tanghuse.
Gratis.
Mødested: Uden for porten til Uldgården, Danzigmannvej 6, Gl. Østerby.
Photo:Tom Andersson
RUNDVISNING I TANGHUSET 'KNØV' I GL. ØSTERBY
Sted: Snebærvej 1, Gl. Østerby
Tid: Lørdag den 13. september kl. 11 - 13
På Snebærvej og med indkørsel fra Danzigmannvej ligger på en meget stor grund tanghuset 'Knøv', som blev renoveret fint i 2017-2019. 'Knøv' tilhører Læsøs tængemand Henning Johansen og hans familie, og bruges blandt andet som feriebolig.
Lørdag kan du få et flot kig med en rundvisning i huset og se, hvordan man kan skabe en tidssvarende feriebolig med gulvvarme og andre moderne bekvemmeligheder og stadig i rammer med et unikt tangtag og masser af historie og ånd.
Photo:Tom Andersson
GULDSMEDENS LÆSØ-INSPIRATION
Sted: Læsø Guldsmedje, Vesterø Havnegade 27
Tid: Lørdag den 13. september kl. 11.00-12.00
Maria Jacobsen har åbnet butik i den tidligere bagerbutik på Vesterø Havnegade, og lørdag fortæller Maria om, hvor og hvordan hun finder sin inspiration til smykker.
Photo:visitlæsø
RUNDVISNING I TÅRNHUSET, THORVALD HANSENS TÅRN
Tid: Lørdag den 13. september kl. 12.00 - 12.45
Sted: Tårnhuset ved Thorvald Hansens Tårn i Byrum
Thorvald Hansen var træskomager, men i 1926 byggede han et tårn for at kunne se hele sin ø. Jess Jessen-Klixbüll har købt tårn og tilhørende hus og restaureret det meget fint i 2018. Jess er meget kunstinteresseret og har samlet mange kendte og helt unikke Læsø relaterede kunstværker, der pryder væggene i huset. Fx Andreas Riis Carstensen, der var meget begejstret for Læsø, og Christian Blache, der var marinemaler. Jess vil fortælle om kunsten, og du kan se Thorvalds seng i kælderen, hvor han sov sin middagslur.
Pris: 60 kr.
Photo:Riis Carstensen
OPSTART LÆSØ UDVIKLINGSLAB
Sted: Østergård Kultur BB, Museumsvej 2
Tid: Lørdag den 13. september kl. 14.00 - 17.00
Læsø har en rig og særlig kulturhistorie. Gennem tiden har øens beboerne med stålsat vilje og stor kreativitet skabt en tradition for at overleve på det naturen og omstændighederne tildelte dem.
Lige netop den kulturhistoriske vilje og kreativitet vil Læsø Udviklingslab gerne tage udgangspunkt i - i forsøget på at skabe nye aktiviteter og fælleskabsbaserede virksomheder på øen. Det næste år er der planlagt en række aktiviteter.
Som opstart får vi besøg af Rasmus Johnsen, der fortæller hvordan en række surfere kom til Thy og fik et samarbejde op at stå med de lokale i det der kaldes Cold Hawaii. Det har skabt en udvikling i området, ingen rigtig kunne have forudset. Senest udmøntet i et nyt gymnasium med vandsport på programmet.
Tilmelding a.h.t. forplejning til kan@visitlaesoe.dk
Alle er velkommen til at deltage.
Photo:Østergaard
Photo:Lillian Kristensen
Tanggården Skoven
Tanggården Skoven inviterer til kaffestue og fortællinger om livet i tanghusene.
Velkommen i Tanggården, som er gennemgribende restaureret i 2018-19. I anledning af Kulturarvsdagene holder vi kaffestue og fortælling i ”laden” med kig op under tangtag.
Besøg Tanggården Skoven >
TANGHUSENES FORTÆLLING OM LIVET PÅ LÆSØ GENNEM MERE END 400 ÅR
Sted: Tanggården Skoven, Alléen 26, Gl. Østerby
Tid: Lørdag den 13. september kl. 19.30 - 21.00
Lillian Kristensen ejer sammen med sin mand Peter den meget flotte tanggård Skoven på Alléen 26, og lørdag inviterer hun indenfor i det flotte højloftede og hyggelige rum i den gamle lade.
Til årets Kulturarvsdage har hun sammensat en helt ny fortælling om, hvad tanghusene kan fortælle os om livet på Læsø.
Kaffe og hjemmebag. 50 kr.