{"id":64,"date":"2011-07-11T07:47:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T07:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=64"},"modified":"2011-07-11T07:47:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T07:47:51","slug":"tun%c3%b8-ain%e2%80%99t-got-no-traffic-jams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2011\/07\/11\/tun%c3%b8-ain%e2%80%99t-got-no-traffic-jams\/","title":{"rendered":"Tun\u00f8 Ain\u2019t Got No Traffic Jams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Can You Feel It? Long before iTunes, there was Tun\u00f8. (Photo courtesy of Troels.)<\/p><\/div>\n

3,5 kvadratkilometer<\/strong> of dry land (3.5 square kilometres \u2013 in Danish, as in most European languages, we use a comma rather than a dot to denote decimals). 120 or so human inhabitants, and a considerable number of animals, including r\u00e5dyr<\/strong> (deer), fasaner<\/strong> (pheasants) and harer<\/strong> (hares). Plenty of fields of kartofler<\/strong> (potatoes, kartoffel<\/strong> in the singular) and gr\u00f8ntsager<\/strong> (vegetables). Not a single private bil<\/strong> (car). That is the almost unreal reality of Tun\u00f8, one of Denmark\u2019s many miniature island societies.<\/p>\n

Tun\u00f8 \u2013 pronounced \u2019toon, er\u2026\u2019 \u2013 is situated between mainland Jutland and the considerably larger island of Sams\u00f8 (remember the strawberries<\/a>?). It can be reached by ferry, either from Hov in Jutland or M\u00e5rup Havn in Sams\u00f8. The ferry from Hov seems to be sailing every day, while the one from Sams\u00f8 departs only once in a while, and apparently mostly in turists\u00e6sonen<\/strong> (the tourist season).<\/p>\n

Each summer the population of Tun\u00f8 increases considerably, as tourists \u2013 mostly Danes and Germans \u2013 flock to the carless island in order to experience the ro<\/strong> (peace, tranquility). At the end of June there is a Tun\u00f8 festival<\/strong>, which lures even more people ashore to the tunes of skilled jazz and folk musicians.<\/p>\n

Having spent a couple of days on Sams\u00f8, my brother and I recently had the opportunity to explore Tun\u00f8 for the first time. We had high expectations, for a place without cars is certainly a rarity even in Denmark! The ferry from Sams\u00f8 was an experience of its own, a small cutter with a skibshund<\/strong> (boat dog) and that washing machine kind of motor heartbeat.<\/p>\n

And Tun\u00f8 did not disappoint. It was very much like walking in the past, in an era where stress had not yet been invented.<\/p>\n

Walking all the way around the island only takes three or four hours. If you\u2019re lucky, you can catch a glimpse of the rare bird tejst <\/strong>(black guillemot), which nests on some of the beaches. Tun\u00f8 by (Tun\u00f8 town) is extremely tiny, but it nevertheless boasts a bar or two, a public health clinic, a museum and a school \u2013 according to a presentational photo outside, you won\u2019t need all of your fingers to count the pupils. The kirke<\/strong> (church) is a very interesting sight, as its tower also serves as a fyrt\u00e5rn<\/strong> (lighthouse).<\/p>\n

OK, we did see a car on Tun\u00f8 \u2013 a van that had got special permission to transport some goods. After all, Tun\u00f8 islanders live in the 21st century too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

3,5 kvadratkilometer of dry land (3.5 square kilometres \u2013 in Danish, as in most European languages, we use a comma rather than a dot to denote decimals). 120 or so human inhabitants, and a considerable number of animals, including r\u00e5dyr (deer), fasaner (pheasants) and harer (hares). Plenty of fields of kartofler (potatoes, kartoffel in the…<\/p>\n

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