City walk with lock visit

Join a guided lock tour in Hvide Sande

Fiskeriets Hus and Ringkøbing Fjord Museer takes you on a tour through the history of Hvide Sande - and you will enter the lock, which is normally closed! We also pass by other exciting places that have shaped Denmark's youngest town, Hvide Sande. Also visit Fiskeriets Hus with aquarium and exhibitions.

It is a unique opportunity to enter the lock, which is normally closed and locked. While your guide fishes out the key to the gate, you will receive safety instructions, and you will realize how powerful the North Sea is - and how unique an opportunity it is to be allowed to get close to the lock.

The lock - an impressive facility

You're standing in the middle of the lock, looking at the large system. Your guide raises his voice, but the sound of the system has already taken over the room. The sound suddenly gets louder and louder and you are told that you are lucky: right now, the gates are opening to stabilize the water level in the fjord. It does this automatically!

With the opening of the lock, a rescue station is born

The lock opened in 1931, and it was soon realized that it was no longer necessary to launch the lifeboat from the beach. Hvide Sande Rescue Station was opened in 1933 and is still in operation today. Learn how the nature of rescue operations has changed over time as the town has developed. Suddenly the area is full of bathers, recreational sailors and windsurfers - whereas in the past it was stranded merchant ships that were the station's raison d'être.

The lock tours are held in both Danish and German throughout the year.