Søndervig Sand Sculpture Festival, Denmark

Manasi Bandyopadhyay ( Chakrabarti)

Søndervig is situated  right on the coastline of the North Sea, close to the Ringkøbing Fjord - a shallow lagoon on the westcoast of Jutland - and in the midst of the unique dune landscape.  Søndervig has  some of the best beaches on the Danish west coast which attract scores of nature loving tourists yearly. 

 Sand Sculpture Festival is another great attraction here.

Theatre director and award winning   set designer Martin  Tulinius has been organizing  huge sand sculpture events in Denmark, Germany and  some other countries since 1996.  Thanks to his effort, famous artists  from  countries like Australia,   Brazil,   Cyprus, France, Greece, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, and Turkey as well as Danish artists take part in this festival. Every year, these artists transform 8000 tons of sand to art, inspired by different  themes. 

 The beautiful sculptures and the two hundred meter long and seven meter high sculpture wall of the Sand Sculpture Festival   is an amazing thing to see ! The visitors, if they like,  may work or try to work with sand too . 

In 2017, the venue was  the newly built S2017 island with the theme of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales. The sculptures were huge – up to ten  metre high. 

 In 2016, the theme was ”Africa’s wild animals. The number of visitors was  148,200 . In 2017, it was more than that.

  This festival is open for public and lasts for       seven months, from May to November.

So, when in Europe, add Søndervig  to your travel lst .

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