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Læsø is the largest island in the Kattegat, and is located 19 kilometres off the northeast coast of Jutland, the Danish mainland. Læsø Municipality is the municipality of Denmark on the island. The is
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A particular feature of Læsø is its seaweed roofs: half-timbered houses thatched with eelgrass
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Seaweed roofs on Læsø
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Seaweed roofs on Læsø are roofs made of eelgrass on some houses, built with a type of vernacular building technique, on the Danish island of Læsø. The tradition goes back to the 17th century, and was
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…was banned. Since the end of the 1980s it has been resumed on a small scale as an archaeological experiment and a tourist attraction. The traditional seaweed roofs on Læsø were constructed from the 17th century onwards, as a result of a lack of roofing material due to the salt industry; instead, the inhabitants started…
A house with a seaweed roof on Læsø
An example of a seaweed roof on Læsø, with its distinct, oversize gable
Museumsgården, one of two houses with seaweed roofs on Læsø that is open to visitors