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Blåvandshuk Lighthouse Blåvandshuk lighthouse is situated at Denmark's westernmost point and is a landmark for the whole area. The white lighthouse is 39 metres high. The lamp is 55 metres above sea level. The light from the lighthouse is visible 23 nautical miles (42km.) away.  The lighthouse was built in 1900 to replace a smaller lighthouse dating from 1888. Blåvandshuk lighthouse was built to warn the ships of Horns Reef, which extends 40 km. out into the sea west of Blåvandshuk. Hrons Reef used to be called "The devils horn" because the reef had claimed numerous sailors in bad weather and it was regarded as one of the most dangerous reefs in the world.  The lighthouse is still in operation and is now fully automatic. It used to function with the aid of a clockwork mechanism which can still be seen at the bottom of the tower. The four ton lens rotates in a bearing of mercury and the lamp's output is 1.000 watts. The light radiating through the lens is equivalent to the output from 180.000 small candles. Blåvandshuk lighthouse blinks three times every twentieth second
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Blåvandshuk lighthouse is open to the puplic
2.1-9.1 2011:
10.00-15.00.
10.1-30.1 2011:
Thur., Fri., Sat. and Sun.
10.00-15.00.
31.1-17.4 2011:
10.00-15.00.
18.4-23.10 2011:
10.00-17.00.
24.10-4.12 2011:
10.00-15.00.
5.12-30.12 2011:
Thur., Fri., Sat. and Sun.
10.00-15.00.
Admission: adults DKK 30 and children DKK 20. There are 170 steps from the bottom of the lighthouse to the top, where there is an awesome view over Horns Reef, Kallesmærsk Heath and the beach at Blåvand.
 The former lighthouse keeper's house is now used as a tourist information centre, with a display on the off shore wind turbine park, the world's biggest, at Horns Reef.
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Blåvand Nature Centre
Below Blåvandshuk Lighthouse is Blåvand Nature Centre, with a display on the landscape and the flora and fauna at Blåvandshuk with descriptions of the many different bird species found in the area. The display is open daily from 9.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. from easter to 1. November.
The Atlantic Wall  The area around the lighthouse has numerous bunkers from the Second Wolrd War-a part of the Atlantic Wall. The bunker position at Blåvand was called the Buffalo Postion and it functioned as a radar station. The bunkers can be examined from the outside. The bunker "Tirpitz position" now also functions as a museum.
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