Beach bar

RØMØ Frisian Island

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June 16th 2010
Today we are on Rømø, one of the Frisian islands off the West coast of Denmark. We drove here across a 11km long causeway from the mainland. This area is the flattest we have seen - rather like Holland except the windmills here are wind turbines made of concrete and not as pretty as Dutch windmills. The wind-turbines remark is our only even vaguely critical comment about Denmark so far as we li ... read more

Europe » Denmark

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Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now th... ... read more