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Hvide Sande<br />
e n g l i s h<br />
The fishing town of Hvide Sande lies between the North<br />
Sea on one side and <strong>Ringkøbing</strong> <strong>Fjord</strong> on the other, in the<br />
middle of a long sandy isthmus – right on the fifty-sixth<br />
parallel, which frames the approach between Søndervig<br />
to the north and Nymindegab to the south. The town<br />
is “new”, having grown up around the floodgates which<br />
were built in 1931 – and it has always been influenced<br />
by water, with the fishing industry, leisure activities and as<br />
a destination for the many visitors. The harbour is the fifth<br />
biggest fishing harbour in Denmark, and the fish auction<br />
building occupies a prominent position at the harbour,<br />
where the fishermen deliver their catches, which are<br />
now sold via the internet, but auctions are arranged<br />
in summer for all who are interested, where the<br />
intense atmosphere can be experienced when<br />
the auctioneer starts the sale, and where fresh<br />
fish can be bought straight from the sea just<br />
outside the building.<br />
Many other businesses have also sprung<br />
up around the harbour as the fishery<br />
came to experience more difficult conditions,<br />
and was therefore no longer<br />
so dominant: several shipyards with<br />
specific specialties such as repairs to<br />
wooden boats, construction of ferries,<br />
control boats for the offshore<br />
wind turbine parks, and many other<br />
high-technology machinery industries<br />
for the maritime world, and<br />
smoke houses/restaurants which<br />
serve all kinds of fish courses.<br />
The harbour is currently undergoing
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