Welcome to Hvide Sande
With its fantastic location in the middle of the isthmus between the North Sea and Ringkøbing Fjord, Hvide Sande is an obvious destination for excursions and holidays.
Hvide Sande has a disproportionately rich commercial life, and around the harbor you will find a myriad of eateries, specialty shops, and exciting things to see.
The beaches at Hvide Sande are exceptional and worth visiting all year round. No matter where you are in the city, you can sense the proximity of the sea—and the city is a well-known and loved hotspot for both anglers and water sports enthusiasts
Upcoming events in Hvide Sande
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07 Mar
Amber safari in Hvide Sande
Join one of our most popular guided tours and learn where, how and when to find amber. With an amber guarantee and experienced guides, you'll get tips and tricks that will make you smarter about amber hunting along the Danish west coast.
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04 Apr
Björn Poppinga at ART56°
Meet sculptor Björn Poppinga at the ART56° artist residence on Æ Gammel Havn. The Rendsburg-based artist works with maritime ceramics and glass, and opens the door to his studio where you can experience his vibrant works and gain insight into his ...
Foto: Lotte Wagner & Ari Plikat
18 Apr
Meet Lotte Wagner and Ari Plikat in ART56°
Meet German illustrators Lotte Wagner and Ari Plikat in ART56° on Æ Gammel Havn in Hvide Sande. Drop by and experience creativity up close as two seasoned artists work with drawings, illustrations and cartoons in the harbour's authentic surroundings.
Foto: Sarah Rønholt
24 Apr
Herring Festival
Hvide Sande offers some of the best herring fishing in Denmark. So good that herring is the centre of the evocative Herring Festival every year in late April.
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02 May
Meet artist Laura Windfeld-Høeberg at ART56°
Experience West Jutland's nature through an artist's eyes when Laura Windfeld-Høeberg opens the doors to HKT's artist residence at Æ Gammel Havn 9. Here you can meet the artist behind the expressive landscape paintings and gain insight into her cr...
Foto: Sarah Rønholt
14 May
Æ Dabs Day
Join us on Ascension Day, when we in Hvide Sande, true to tradition, close off Metheasvej and serve free samples of our beloved local delicacy, dried dabs. There's live music over lunch, and all shops are open.
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16 May
Meet artist Annette Lück-Lerche at ART56°
Experience art that gives form and voice to nature's destruction when German artist Annette Lück-Lerche opens the doors to ART56°. With paper as her primary material, she creates objects and paintings that balance between abstraction and nature, b...
Foto: Inger Weidema
30 May
Meet artist Inger Inanna Weidema at ART56°
Experience art where science meets textile and nature when Inger Inanna Weidema opens the doors to ART56°. With a background as a biologist and nature conservationist, she creates sculptural works exploring life's cycle – growth, decay, and entang...
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05 Jun
Constitution Day Church Service in the Auction Hall
Join us on 5 June for a Grundlovsdag (Constitution Day) service unlike any other — held in the working heart of Hvide Sande's fishing harbour, with a well-known Danish artist providing the music and free coffee and home-baked treats to follow.
Foto: Motionscykelløbet Fjorden Rundt
06 Jun
Around the Fjord 2026
Around the Fjord is a 105 km cycling race around Ringkøbing Fjord, with starting points in Skjern, Bork, Hvide Sande and Ringkøbing. The race is for both experienced cyclists and casual riders.
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27 Jun
Artist Angelica Vanasse at ART56°
At the end of June and into early July, ART56° welcomes Angelica Vanasse – a visual and participatory artist whose practice is rooted in nature, creativity and the spaces where communities come alive. Her open studio is exactly that: open. Come as...
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05 Jul
Open Harbour in Hvide Sande
Experience the vibrant harbour of Hvide Sande: Open Harbour offers authentic harbour experiences for the whole family, live music, fish auction for everyone, guided tours, working workshops and open boats, and it's all free!
Foto: Boldklubben Klitten
07 Jul
Æ Hawfest in Hvide Sande
Week 28 means one thing in Hvide Sande: Æ Hawfest. Boldklubben Klitten brings the whole town to life with music, activities and great company — from a flea market and kids' day to the legendary local revue and a proper end-of-week dance party.
Foto: Jakob Gjerluff Ager
12 Jul
Fish Auction for everyone in Hvide Sande
Every Sunday in July and August, as well as one Sunday in October
Experience the heart of the fishing village beating in time with the waves! Join us at our exciting tourist fish auction in Hvide Sande, where you can bid on fresh catches straight...
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Foto: Hvide Sande Bæredygtighedsfestival
02 Aug
Church service for tourists in Helligåndskirken
In August, Hvide Sande Church welcomes visitors to four special tourist services featuring community singing, music, and simultaneous translation into German. An international church experience in the heart of the summer holidays.
Foto: Jakob Gjerluff Ager
02 Aug
Art exhibition in the Lock
This distinctive exhibition brings contemporary art out of traditional polished gallery spaces and into the mechanical heart of Hvide Sande itself: the 120-meter maneuvering corridor that houses the lock's wire winches.
Foto: Jazz Dippers
03 Aug
Jazz Dippers Open Jazz Days
When Jazz Dippers kick off Jazz Days '26 on Monday, August 3rd at the outdoor stage on Stormgade, you're guaranteed good vibes. The popular orchestra delivers classics from New Orleans to Denmark – and it's all free for everyone.
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08 Aug
Artist Britta Enemark Olsen at ART56°
This August, Britta Enemark Olsen opens her studio doors at ART56°, spending two weeks painting the kind of social-realist oil paintings that draw you into the pulse of everyday life – from the west coast of Denmark to the streets of Mexico City a...
Foto: Late Summer Festival
10 Aug
Late Summer Festival
Every year in August, Hvide Sande welcomes visitors to a week of classical music at the Late Summer Festival.
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04 Sep
WATERZ Water Sports Festival
WATERZ is Scandinavia's largest water sports festival with activities and competitions for everyone in windsurfing, kitesurfing, surfing, wakeboarding, SUP and kayak.
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05 Sep
Meet visual artist Lars Kristian Hansen at ART56°
This September, visual artist Lars Kristian Hansen takes up residence at ART56°, bringing an abstract expressionist practice where every painting is a new story – never a recipe. He paints what he feels: contrasts, movement and the life that lives...
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19 Sep
Meet artist Trine Kent at ART56°
In September, painter Trine Kent takes up residence at ART56°, bringing her singular gift for capturing light, life and the present moment. Her sensory, layered canvases invite you to pause, look closer and feel at home. Open studio Saturday to We...
Foto: Jesper Graakjær
17 Oct
Meet artist Jesper Graakjær at ART56°
This October, Jesper Graakjær from Skjern brings the 2026 season at ART56° to a close – a life in art that has wound from a pig farm and a draper's shop to life drawing at Aarhus Academy of Fine Arts and paintings that emerge from the happy accide...
Foto: Jakob Gjerluff Ager
29 Nov
Arrival of the Christmas Ship and Christmas Tree Lighting
One of the year's most beloved traditions. The arrival of the Christmas ship is more than just an event – it's the moment when the Christmas spirit truly takes hold of Hvide Sande.
Foto: Ralf Andersen
31 Dec
Søndervig Winter Bathing Festival 2025
Most people know the New Year tradition of jumping off a chair and into the new year. Again this year in Søndervig it is possible to turn the traditional small jump into a big cold splash - with a jump directly into the North Sea.
Foto: Holmsland Klit Turistforening
27 Mar
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27 Oct
ART56° artist residence
In 2027 too, you can visit ART56° and meet rotating artists-in-residence, who for 14 days at a time have the opportunity to present their works and share their artistic practice in the open studio.
