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Way Out West - Culture on the road in a campervan

Experience the West Coast's living cultural heritage in a campervan, local stories and artistic experiences. Whether you're into museums, historical sites or modern cultural environments, exciting experiences and inspiring stops await along the way.

Autocamper Vadehavscentret
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Explore Esbjerg Municipality in a campervan

Esbjerg Municipality offers a wide range of experiences along the southwest Jutland coast.

Ribe VikingeCenter - meet the vikings
Photo: FlyingOctober

Ribe VikingeCenter - meet the vikings

Ribe VikingeCenter gives you the authentic, living Viking experience.

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Ribe Art Museum
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Ribe Art Museum

A stroll through Ribe Kunstmuseum's beautiful rooms is a walk through 200 years of art history.

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The ship on Ribe's Vikings
Photo: Museet Ribes Vikinger

Museet Ribes Vikinger

Revealing Ribe’s history from the Viking period and Middle Ages to the year 1700 in the very spot where the very first town in the Nordic region was founded in around the year 700 A.D.

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Big picture at Jacob A. Riis Museum
Photo: Sydvestjyske Museer

Jacob A. Riis Museum in Ribe

The story of Jacob A. Riis is the story of almost hitting rock bottom in the worst of New York’s neighbourhoods, and the story of how toil, the will to create a better society and belief in himself turned the boy from Ribe into what the President called “the ideal American”.

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Skull in the exhibition | Hex Museum | By the Wadden Sea
Photo: Gitte Lindeborg© Sydvestjyske Museer

HEX! Museum of Witch Hunt in Ribe

HEX! this new museum in Ribe tells the story of witch-hunting in Denmark and Europe in the 1500s and 1600s.

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Vadehavscentret
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Wadden Sea Centre - The Gate to UNESCO World Heritage

The Wadden Sea Centre is located right by the Wadden Sea, which is Denmark's largest, flattest and wettest National Park.
It is a unique natural area in Denmark, which was named a National Park in 2010.

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Ribe Cathedral
Photo: Ribe Domkirke

Ribe Cathedral - Denmark's oldest cathedral

Denmark's oldest cathedral, construction on the building started in approx. 1150. In the cathedral gallery which contains an entrance from the tower, there is a museum that presents the cathedral's construction history.

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Esbjerg Art Museum - modern and contemporary art
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Esbjerg Art Museum - modern and contemporary art

At Esbjerg Art Museum you can see modern masterpieces and experience the very latest Danish and international art – tomorrow's classics.

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Man Meets the Sea | Sculpture in Esbjerg
Photo: Torben Meyer | Esbjerg Byhistoriske Arkiv© Esbjerg Byhistoriske Arkiv

Giant sculpture Man Meets the Sea in Esbjerg

Man Meets the Sea, giant sculpture in Esbjerg overlooking the Wadden Sea.

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Fiskeri og Søfart Esbjerg
Photo: Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet

Fisheries and Maritime Museum - Denmark's museum of the Sea

Fisheries and Maritime Museum - Denmark's museum of the sea. Get stories about life in and with the sea and meet the seals and fish from the sea.

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Campervan experiences on Fanø

Fanø is a gem in the Wadden Sea, where nature, charm and local experiences merge.

The facade of Fanø Art Museum | By the Wadden Sea
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Fanø Art Museum

At the Art Museum you will find both permanent exhibitions and changing periodic exhibitions. Get an experience of culture from several eras and learn something about art from Fanø and of motifs from Fanø.

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Facade Hannes Hus on Fanø | By the Wadden Sea
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Hannes Hus - a Sønderho home on Fanø

A Sønderho home from the heyday of sailing ships in the late 1800s, the house provides an insight into the living conditions in Sønderho.

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The entire Sønderho mill on Fanø
Photo: Fonden Gamle Sønderho

Sønderho Mill on Fanø

Built 1895 on the outskirts of Sønderho, the Mill, a dutch smock model, was in use until 1923.

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Fanø Ship and Costume Collection
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Fanø Ship and Costume Collection

Fanø Ship and Costume Collection. Cultural History Museum about Fanø's redemption by the crown.

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Fanø Museum
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Fanø Museum

Fanø Museum is a house from the 17th century. Here you can see a typical Fanø house, as it looked like in a family between 1885 and 1920.

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Kåveren på Fanø
Photo: Gitte Lindeborg

The Kåver - Seemark on Fanø

The sea mark on Fanø is Denmark's oldest landmark, the sea mark is called Kåveren and was erected in 1624.

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Børsen Sønderho
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Børsen Sønderho

One of Sønderho's landmarks, "Børsen" is located just outside the dike at the eastern end of Landevejen.

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Way Out West symbol sort
Photo: Troels Schwarz

Way Out West

Way Out West is a campervan route that stretches along the entire west coast of Jutland, from Rudbøl in the south to Tversted in the north.

It guides you to unique experiences along the coast. Get inspiration for places to visit on your trip. Nature, forest playgrounds, harbours, lighthouses, museums, cultural heritage and much more.