Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Rømø is connected to the mainland by a 10km causeway (with cycle lane). During the
colder months it's a windswept sleeper with get-away-from-it-all charm that couldn't be
further from its busy summer incarnation.
Sights
Kommandørgården
HISTORIC BUILDING
(
;
www.natmus.dk
;
Juvrevej 60, Toftum;
10am-5pm Tue-Sun May-Sep, to 3pm Oct)
GOOGLE MAP
The handsome thatched Kommandørgården, 1.5km north of the causeway, is the preserved
home of one of Rømø's 18th-century whaling captains. It stands as testimony to the
prosperity that such men brought to the island through their whaling expeditions. It has
Dutch tiles lining many walls and woodwork painted in rococo style (there is minimal la-
belling in English, however). In the barn is the skeleton of a 13m-long sperm whale that
was stranded on Rømø in 1996.
Rømø Kirke
CHURCH
The 18th-century Rømø Church is on the main road in Kirkeby. It's noted for its unique
Greenlandic gravestones (lining the northern wall of the churchyard), erected by sea cap-
tains and decorated with images of their boats and families.
Activities
Windsports
The long west-coast beach is divided into activity areas, with
windsurfing
a popular pur-
suit near Lakolk. Most enthusiasts arrive with their own equipment, but if you come
without, enquire at the tourist office about rental possibilities.
At the southwest corner of the island is
Sønderstrand
, a remarkable sight - full of cars,
colour and land-based activities making great use of the air that blows in fresh from the
North Sea. There's a small area for parking your car where the sealed road reaches the
sand, or you can continue driving on the beach itself (north as far as Lakolk).
