Holmsland Municipality, Hvide Sande

Name: Holmsland Municipality
Address: Hvide Sande, Denmark

#5 among attractions in Hvide Sande

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Until January 1, 2007 Holmsland was a municipality in Ringkjøbing County on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 95 km² on a narrow strip of land, Holmsland Dunes, which is connected to the mainland on the north and south, and bounded on the east by Ringkøbing Fjord and on the west by the North Sea. It had a total population of 5,285. Its last mayor was Ivar Enevoldsen. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Hvide Sande. ()

Local name: Holmsland Kommune Coordinates: 56°0'43"N, 8°7'35"E

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Hvide Sande Denmark

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Holmsland Municipality – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Survival of the Fattest Sculpture, Abelines Gaard, Ringkøbing Fjord, Fiskeriets Hus.

6.9 miNE
Monuments and statues
Survival of the Fattest Sculpture, Ringkøbing
176 min walk • Survival of the Fattest is a sculpture of a small, starved boy carrying a fat woman. The sculpture was made by Jens Galschiøt and Lars Calmar in 2002, as a symbol of the imbalanced distribution of the world’s resources. In 2006 it was acquired by the city of Ringkøbing, Central Denmark Region, and placed in the harbour.
4.7 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Abelines Gaard, Hvide Sande
121 min walk • Abeline's House is a former waterfront farmhouse at Haurvig, just south of Hvide Sande, Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, on the Danish West Coast.
5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Fjord
Ringkøbing Fjord
128 min walk • Ringkøbing Fjord, despite its name, is in fact a shallow lagoon on the west coast of Jutland. Skjern River terminates in Ringkøbing Fjord with a large river delta system to the east, and the lagoon is shielded from the North Sea by a long isthmus named Holmsland Dunes to the west.
0.5 miS
56°0'16"N • 8°7'48"E
Fiskeriets Hus, Hvide Sande
14 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
2.8 miN
Scenic walking areas, Playground, Lookout
Lyngvig Fyr, Hvide Sande
71 min walk • Lyngvig Fyr or Nr. Lyngvig Fyr was built in 1906 and is located on Holmsland Klit between Søndervig and Hvide Sande.
7 miNE
56°5'18"N • 8°14'50"E
Ringkøbing Museum, Ringkøbing
180 min walk • Museum
0.7 miS
56°0'9"N • 8°7'42"E
Hvide Sande Havn, Hvide Sande
17 min walk • Sailing, Marina