Beachgoers know all too well what happens when you plop down near the ocean during down in the mouth lunar time period — it mouse lento nearer until one enthusiastic wave soaks all your towels and escape with your summerset - collapse . Luckily , you may to relocate your belongings farther inland , or simply suss out the lunar time period table before settling down to sunbathe .
For a 120 - year - old Danish beacon light , it ’s not that simple . When Northern Denmark ’s Rubjerg Knude lighthouse was built in 1899 , there was more than 650 base of land separating it from the coast . harmonise toCondé Nast Traveler , that seemingly safe expanse of sand had eroded to fewer than 20 feet by the 2000s .
To rescue the 1000 - ton turning point from at hand destruction , local mason Kjeld Pedersen approached the Danish government with an advanced proposition : Slide the lighthouse to rubber on a pair of custom - sized rollerblades . Since a alike plan had succeeded in moving a hitman repository in Skagen , a town about 45 miles from Rubjerg Knude , the government gave the greenish light ( and 5 million kroner , or about $ 743,000 ) to Pedersen .
Last week , Pedersen and his team mounted Rubjerg Knude on a dyad of hair curler blade attached to a cartroad , and scooted the structure about 263 feet inland . It was n’t on the button a rip - howl drive — they moved it 0.001 mph . At that rate , the entire operation take almost 50 hour .
As one can reckon , Pedersen was a moment tired after such an epical task .
“ It ’s been consuming for him , ” Visit Denmark ’s Nina Grandjean Gleerup toldCondé Nast Traveler . “ I think he ’s told Denmark ‘ Do n’t use me anymore ’ because of all the aid ! ”
Gleerup also explained that Pedersen ’s humble program and creativity excogitate the spirit of the neighboring sportfishing town , Løken and Lønstrup , which are known for quaint coffee shops , galleries , and beautiful natural landscapes .
set forth to reckon a beacon would make the perfect beachfront getaway ? While Rubjerg Knude itself is n’t open for all-night visitant , there are plenty of other pharos near the sea — book a stay in onehere .
[ h / tCondé Nast Traveler ]
