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Here is the long awaited 3rd Edition of The Original Kiter's Guide
to Fanø for 1997. This will be the 13th International Fanø
Kite Fliers Meeting. This guide has been updated this year with a few improvements
to the 2nd edition, which I published in rec.kites in the spring of 1996.
For those of you who have read the 2nd edition, you will find this mostly
repetative. I highly recommend that you accquire the FANØ KITEMAGAZIN
as a companion to this guide. Please do not consider this guide as competitive
with FANØ KITEMAGAZIN. I would consider that both are supplements
to each other as both contain lots of information that the other does not
contain. With both in your hands you
should have a good time the FANØ Kite Fliers Meeting.
Many of you have wondered and many of you have been asking questions about
The Fanø Kite Fliers Meeting - 1997. I have attended already 7 of
the first twelve meetings. Through my experiences I will attempt to help
you in understanding what to expect and for the pessimist what to beware
of.
The Fanø Kite Fliers Meeting is said to be the largest meeting of kite fliers in the world. Festivals in Asia often attract more spectators but none seem to match Fanø in true kite fliers. Long Beach, Washington claims the record for almost 5,000 kites in the air at one time, but is it really a record. Come to Fanø and start counting for yourself if you really want to know. It may well surpass the 5,000 mark and maybe it will fall short of this record. Anyway, I would rather fly kites and talk with people then count kites. I am not one for records such as the most, the largest, the smallest and etc.
This is a kite fliers meeting and not a competitive kite fliers festival. This means kiters meet kiters. There are not any formal competitions. It is all Just-for-Fun. I hope you all take and accept it this way. For those who wish to buggy, PLEASE READ and OBEY the Buggy Regulations below
The kiters meeting this year is scheduled from 19 to 22 June.
Planned Events
The Organizers are:
Rainer Kregovski
Sievekingsalle 114d
20535 Hamburg
+49-40-21-38-48
and
Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig
Kaetnerweg 28
22393 Hamburg
+49-40-640-66-46
fax +49-40-640-00-00
So please be very kind to them and treat them as normal kiters. They
want to fly their kites also.
Highly recommended is the second issue of FANØ KITEMAGAZIN
that was recently released.
This magazine is published in German by the famous FANØ Kite Fliers
Meeting organisors Rainer Kregovski and Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig.
Within Germany, The FANØ KITEMAGAZIN is available at most
kite stores. You can also acquire a free German language copy within Germany
by sending a pre-stamped A5 envelope to:
Hans Soyka
Lindenstr. 18
D-12207 Berlin
Outside of Germany you can order this from Wolfgang. The price is DM15.00
which includes
the postage to your country.
The weather can vary from one extreme to the other, so be prepared for it. It is usually pleasant with mild wind. The average temperature in Denmark in June is 15.8C. The average fully sunny days in Denmark is 7.8.
Plan to bring:
And more to bring:
Types of kites needed:
Fanø is in area called West Jutland in Denmark. Fanø is an island located in the lower west corner of the country.
When you're heading for Fanø, look for Esbjerg on your maps. Trains, buses and foreign ferries go to Esbjerg but not Fanø.
The island is small, just a hoot and holler across the water from Esbjerg, just a kilometer west of the city Esbjerg, four kilometers by ferry route.
The only practical way to get to Fanø is by water. There are no bridges or roads to Fanø. If you have a sailboat then you could sail to Fanø. Nordby I believe is your only possiblity to anchor, but be careful, the tides are extreme.
If you are like me, you have a car full of kites that you must show off to the rest of the world's kite fliers. So how do you get there from Esbjerg?
There is a ferry from Esbjerg to Fanø and return, which is the only reasonable way to get to Fanø. Later I shall elaborate on the how to use the ferry and the expenses you can expect. So sorry, but it ain't cheap for this short trip.
So now you know how to get to Fanø from Esbjerg.
If your coming from outside continental Europe, then I suggest you consult your countries main kite club for special deals.
In the U.S.A., David Gomberg is thinking of organizing a trip. David told me. It is possible to go to Fanø on your own as a foreigner, but much easier to go with someone else. The cost of transportation, whether form Copenhagen or Hamburg is much less when shared. Besides, traveling is part of the adventure. Right? David lives in the Oregon, USA. You can contact him at:
email: dgomberg@orednet.org or
fax: (541)-994-9692
phone: (503)-996-3083
For those of you who are driving with a motor vehicle, below I am offering you a list of tips to insure that you have a pleasant trip
In Europe we are slowly but surely changing our freeway numbering to the EEC standard. Within Germany the Autobahn(Freeway) A7 will have various (E) number as it flows through Germany. In vice-versa a european freeway starting with E could have various country numbers as it flows through one or more countries. To help you out the best I can, I shall identify freeway in their national number first then in round brackets() the European number.
Genrally speaking, within Germany, there is no speed limit on the freeways(autobahns). Legally speaking if you are involved in accident and you are driving over 130Kmh, you could be held partially responsible for said accident.
Denmark has speed limit laws that are strictly enforced. All the general speed limits are posted at the border. The police often use unmarked police cars. These are the latest speed limitations:
This means from the start to the end of each. Signs indicating the start and end of the city are posted in ever city and town. The start is a sign with name of the city. The end is the same type of sign with a red stripe through it. Watchout for any special speed limit signs.
If you are caught doing 140 km/h on the freeway, be prepared to pay
a minimum fine of 2,000 Danish Krone (500DM) on the spot and loss
of your drivers license. Between 115 and 125km/h you can
expect to pay 1,000 Danish Krone.
Maximum 0.8 promille(0.0008%) and they are strict. There was talk about reducing this even more. Whether this has become law yet, I don't know.
Danish vehicle laws say, you must drive day and night with your headlights turned on throughout the whole year. The police are sometimes forgiving with cars from non-Scandinavian countries, but don't bet on it. The fine is very expensive if you are caught.
Seat Belts
Seat belts are mandatory at all times. This law is very strictly enforced. Violators wil be heavily fined.
Within Europe, you can sail, fly, drive, take a train or if your a super-sport ride a bicycle.
If you are flying then choose either Copenhagen, Denmark or Hamburg, Germany as your destination airports. Hamburg is much closer to Fanø than Copenhagen. Also, the Hamburg Airport is in Northern Hamburg, not too far from the Autobahn A7(E45) to Denmark.
You can rent a car, bum a ride with someone or take a train or bus to Esbjerg in Denmark then as described above take a ferry to Nordby on the island of Fanø.
If you take the train, then I suggest you to take a train to Hamburg there you can change to a train that will take you to Esbjerg. In Esbjerg you can take a taxi or bus to the ferry going to Fanø.
If you are driving, drive to Hamburg. Then take the A7(E45) from Hamburg to Flensburg. Shortly after Flensburg, you will cross the border into Denmark. From the border near Flensburg drive north on the E45 to exit 70 "Abenra (Åbenrå)". Take the highway 24, now max 80Kph, through Gabøl, Gram, Rebe on to Esbjerg. There are several Ferries leaving from Esbjerg to various European points. The last turnoff to ferries is the one to Fanø and it is marked clearly Fanø.
There is a beautiful alternative route from Hamburg to Esbjerg, when you have an extra hour or two. From Hamburg take the A23 (E??) from Hamburg in the direction Itzehoe from here the A23 will mix with Highway B5, via Heide, Husum and Niebuell to Danish border near the Danish city Tønder. At the Danish border, highway changes to highway 11. Here you drive north through Ribe and further north to where the highway 24 splits off the from the highway 11. Here you drive to Esbjerg where you can catch the ferry to Fanø as previously mentioned.
With the newly opened bridge/tunnel between Sealand and Fyn it now takes about 3 hours with train from Copenhagen to Esbjerg. A complete time table can be found at: http://www.dsb.dk
If you are coming from Great Britain, there are ferries to Esbjerg from Newcastle (18 hours) and Harwich (15 hours). There is another ferry from Norway leaving from Thorshaven which takes 33 1/2 hours. Of course all my kiting friends in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland know all of this better than I. Here are some of the Scandinavian contacts who may be able to assist you. All are expected at Fanø,
Denmark - Ralf Dietrich at email: RD@dk-online.de
Finland - Simo Salanne at email: salanne@csc.fi
Norway - Stein Hjelland at email: sailor@post4.tele.dk
Sweden - Peter Ulfheden at email: era_pul@hmab.se
Camping, if you bring your tent or mobile home, is cheap. Camping costs are 10-11DM per person per day on the average. Do Not Camp anywhere except in authorized camping areas. This even includes a several hours sleeping at parking places on the highways and freeways. The Danish police just don't like it and most likely you will be fined. Really it is forbidden.
Camping bungalows are not that cheap, unless you get them via Wolfgang and Rainer.
Houses can be rented for reasonable rates, however most are already rented by the start of this year. Most houses are only rented from Saturday to Saturday or Sunday to Sunday. Very few are available anymore, say from Wednesday to Wednesday, unless you want to pay the extra days, say from the proceeding Saturday to the following Saturday, which means two weeks.
The Fanø Tourist Office at +45-75-16-26-00 or Fax +45-75-16-29-03. They are open from 0830 to 1730 Monday through Friday and Saturday from 0900-1300 until the first of June. As of June they are open 0830-1830 Mon-Fri, 0900-1900 Sat. and 0900-1700 on Sun. They will either lead you in the proper direction or handle the accomodations for you.
There are 10 camping Sites:
Fanø Bad/Rindby area: Feldberg Strand Camping Tel. +45-75-16-24-90 Feldberg Familiecamping +45-75-16-36-80 Rindby Camping +45-75-16-35-63 Ro-Land Camping +45-75-16-32-36 Rødgård Camping +45-75-16-33-11 Tempo Camping +45-75-16-22-51 Sønderho area: Camping Klitten +45-75-16-40-65 Sønderho Ny Camping +45-75-16-41-44 Other: Schmidts Camping, Strandv. +45-75-16-31-60
Hotels are expensive.
There are 12 hotels in Fanø. It is best to contact the Fanø Tourist Office for these accomodations.
During the day it runs most of the time every 20 minutes e.g. 0900-0920-0940. The schedule varies during early and late hours. Plan to wait a long time if you arrive Friday, Saturday or Sunday or if you depart Saturday, Sunday or Monday during the kite meeting.
My good friend Hans Soyka started the original ferry action about seven
or eight years back.
For the second year in a row there are two ferry actions being offered.
The prices for both should be about the same in the range of DM48 for a
normal auto.
This is quite a savings on the normal fare. I believe this includes all
passengers.
For more details consult the related WWW pages below or contact one or
both of the following parties:
Hans Soyka
Lindenstr. 18
D-12207 Berlin
Germany
Tel.:+49(0)30-71 38 90 56
Fax: +49(0)30-71 38 90 57
Email: kiter@berlin.snafu.de
WWW: http://www.kiter-onleine.de/fano/index.html
or
Klaus-P. Berthold
Koenigstr. 13
14109 Berlin
Tel.: +49(0)30 805 97 59
Fax +49(0)30 805 97 59
Email: kpberthold@aol.com or kpberthold@compuserve.com
WWW: http://www.snafu.de/~thomiru/ferry_dcb_germ.htm
Buggying in Fanø is restricted to the Wind Surfers beach which
is a small area several kilometers south of Rindby Beach. Persons caught by the police, violating the regulations will be fined. The police were not hard on this last year, but it is understood that they will enforce the regulations this year. This regulation is the result of several serious and foolish buggy accidents that involved non-buggying persons. You could probably get away with buggying in other areas if you use a bit
of common sense like staying away from people and cars.
There is a kite store called DRAGELAND on Hovedgaden 34 in Nordby and it has a reasonable selection of kites and some parts. Their opening hours can be a bit irregular. Typical kite fliers, you know these kind of people. Plan to bring any spare parts you might need, with you. The selling of kites and any related items is legally not permitted on the beach, unless a permit has been issued. Don't expect to find parts or kites for sale on the beach.
If you have one, if possible bring it. Otherwise you can rent them for a reasonable price. Fanø is flat and there is plenty to see. You can even take the ferry back to the main land, where there is even more to see. Renting..... There are six places that I know of on Fanø. Prices start at 10-15DM per day and about 40DM per week.
Contact one of the bicycle shops. They are the best prepared for this.
Call 75 16 62 00
CALL 112
Whether you want the police, fire department, ambulance or any other emergency service.
Fanø Apotek, Hovedgaden 84 in Nordby
Kragh - Rahbek - Sidelmann Hovedgaden 97 in Nordby Call 75 16 32 22 (also for emergencies)
Call 75 16 20 37
or Esbjerg
75 12 46 66
In case of an emergency small aircraft can land in Sønderho.
Yes, you can rent horses. There are at least four different Riding stables on Fanø. Some or all offer renting. The Farmen in Sønderho is recommended for pony riding.
Movies, Golf, Mini-Golf, Amusement Hall, Tennis and Squash
In Nordby you will find several museums. Among these are:
The church in Nordby is a Church from 1786, and it is decorated with beautiful model sailing ships. A wonder trip through the side streets of Nordby is something you will never forget.
Sønderho has:
Don't miss Sønderho, you will never forget this visit.
If you get in the right click then there are plenty of private parties going on at Fanø.
I only know one at the moment.
The area called Døren Jeesens Sand on the north-north-west end of Fanø can be dangerous when the chance of fog exists. You can easily loose your directions and the tide is normally 1.5 meters withsome areas up to 3 meters under water. Before going into this area take all the proper precautions, reading all you can about this area. Monitor the weather very closely and talk to the local people about any additional precautions to take. Most speak good english.
Tours are available to many places, e.g. Copenhagen and LEGOLAND Park. LEGOLAND Park is Denamark's largest family attraction. At LEGOLAND Park you will be fascinated as fall into the world of Legos. Over 40,000,000 lego pieces have been used to build this park. Lego is derived from Danish word Legeto which means toy in english. LEGOLAND Park even has it's own Hotel. It should be open from 1000-2000 daily from 30/3 to 30/6/97. The schedule varies for the rest of the year.
There are to private repair shops on the island but official dealers can be found only in Esbjerg e.g. VW/AUDI. I would suggest getting a ADAC Euro-brief (extra towing insurance) or similar that pays the extra transport costs such as towing and ferry to the authorized garage in case of a repairs e.g. your auto is still under warranty.
The only two petrol stations on the island handle:
The gasoline/diesel prices are up and down. Gasoline is generally cheaper and and diesel a little more expensive as compared to Germany. Guess I will tank in Germany. I drive a diesel.
Here you can plan to pay at least 50% more than Germany, for your cigarettes.
Mostly are expensive but look around there are some good prices particularly if you like fish.
At all restaurants, bars and etc, watch out for the alcohol, it is very expensive and can easily cost more than your meal.
The Danish hotdog is one hotdog you will never forget. It really tastes good. It is made from the following ingrediants:
Restaurants: ------------ 5 - Nordby 5 - Fanø Bad 3 - Rindby 4 - Sønderho Cafe, Pubs and Grill Bars ------------------------- 8 - Nordby 5 - Fanø Bad 6 - Rindby 3 - Sønderho
Many food and drink products are expensive so plan your eating habits to match your budget..
It is bright from about 0230 to 2200. The darkest, though still slightly light is from 2300 to 0130. It take a long time to get dark but there is night flying. Even in the darkest hours you can see your way around when is dark and the skies are clear of clouds.
Banks in Denmark are open 0930 to 1600 Mon-Fri. Thu 0930 to 1880.
Nordby
Sønderho
The Danish Krone is the accepted currency though German Marks are sometimes accepted. At the auction German Marks are preferred. Pins and official sweat shirts should be paid in German Marks. Eurocheques are accepted overall. Visa and MasterCard are accepted well, even more often than in Germany. Other major credit cards are often fround upon(e.g. AMEX).
The currency is the Danish Krone (DKK or Dkr). The exchange rate is relative constant at 0.26DM to 1 DKK = 100 Øre. The Danish bank notes are: 1000, 500, 200, 100 And 50 krone. The Danish coins are 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 Krone and 50 and 25 Øre. New this year is the 200 Krone bank note.
Have a good time in Fanø, and look me up when you have a chance. I will be in the group of four line fliers near Fanø bad most of the time. Unfortunately I will not arrive until 23 June, 1997 due to Sport Kite competitions at the North Sea Cup in Holland.
I wish to Thank every one who has contributed to the kiter's
guide for 1997.
A special Thank You goes to Simo Salanne for the original html version.
You are welcome to copy and distribute this article as much as you want. I just request that you leave it in its original form with the copyright notices. If you wish to translate this article into another language, you may add your name beside mine on the copyright of the translated text.
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Colors of the wind,
John Mitchell
Munich, Germany
1996 European Quadline Champion
1996 STACK German Quadline Champion
1996 DCD German Quadline Champion
Member of STACK and DCD
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