Læsø Klitplantage - fortidsminde Pigestenen

Denmark’s flattest landscape is Rønnerne on Læsø. It is so flat that you can hardly call it a landscape, but rather a sea you can walk on. But it is not entirely flat. Everywhere there are stones – large stones – and Pigestenen is Rønnerne’s largest. It is two meters high and five meters long. From a distance, it breaks the horizon’s boundary between sky and sea. When you get close, it protrudes from the salt marsh vegetation; heavy and mighty in a fringe of water, as if it had fallen from the sky and created a crater. Access to Pigestenen is publicly available on foot (or horseback) via Ebbevejen, which winds from Saltsyderhytten out to Hornfiskrøn. There are parking spaces at Saltsyderhytten, and from there it’s a 1.5 km walk before you can try to climb Rønnerne’s highest point. In the winter months, the trip is difficult or impossible, as Rønnerne is often flooded by the sea during that season. Cultural history: Pigestenen is also called Store Pigesten (Large Pigesten), as one is found almost 200 meters southeast.