Eastern Jutland and Mols, Military History and Military Secrets

Eastern Jutland and Mols, Military History and Military Secrets

Eastern Jutland and Mols, military history and military secrets from the Schleswig wars to the Cold War

Join us on a guided bus tour to some of Denmark's most beautiful nature and culture, jam-packed with stories and information about Danish military history. 

Eastern Jutland and Mols contain some of Denmark's most impressive nature, formed during the Ice-age, leaving it with soft rolling hills with spectacular views over its cities, land and water.

We'll start just south of Aarhus at Moesgård, where a memorial to Prussia's fallen soldiers during its first occupation of Jutland in May 1849, as a result of the Schleswig War of 1848-50. The natural frontline the Germans utilised during these conflicts is still visible in the landscape. 

We will also enjoy the nature around the old manor house Moesgård and of course experience Moesgård Museum's surroundings. From here we'll continue to Aarhus. On the way, we'll encounter a little military secret: the bunker on Oddervej in Aarhus, which is still used by the Danish navy. 

We'll see the memorial stone to the battle at Randersvej. The 31st of May 1849 the Prussians launched an attack here against General Rye's forces, which had retreated from the north of the city. Luckily the Prussians lost the battle and were forced to retreat back down to the south of Aarhus.

We can also take a look at the city's new cultural icons; Dokk 1, the central library and Aarhus Ø, the new harbour built with impressive modern architecture.

After this we'll keep on going along the beautiful country roads toMols, following almost the same route as General Rye took to Helgenæs. We'll pass by the picturesque castle ruins of Kalø and onwards to Ryes Skanser at Draget, which is a narrow piece of land leading to Helgenæs. This is where General Rye's forces disembarked and sailed to Fredericia, where they participated in the battle of Fredericia the night between the 5th-6th of July 1849 and won one of the strategically best-led military campaigns in Danish history, that sadly also gave Denmark an overconfident attitude that led to disaster in the war of 1864. In this area, we'll see some amazing views over both Kalø Bay and Ebeltoft Bay. 

We'll continue from there to Femmøller beach, which offers another military secret: The NATO pier and the Jutland oil pipeline. The area is though dotted with peaceful summerhouses, which were first placed in the area in 1923 by architect, urban planner and artist Egil Fischer.

We'll end the tour in Ebeltoft with the frigate Jutland, which participated in the sea battle against the Austrian fleet in Helgoland, the 9th of May, as part of the second Schleswig war in 1864. Ebeltoft has several other sights too; a glass-blowing museum and a walking route along the old main street are both worth experiencing in this cosy, well-preserved market town dating back to the 17th century.

It will be possible to order lunch, dinner and coffee with cake in advance.