We’re on vacation close to Holstebro and keep seeing these. What are they?

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  1. Sail markings. There are 2 of them. One close to the water and one further in at land, and you are supposed to sail towards them while they line up, then sail after the next pair.

  2. They’re old seamarkings. In danish “Båker”.

    They were erected back in the day so you could identify them from sea and know your position. If two or more are on the same stretch of shoreline, their physical appearence would be different so you could identify them from each other.

    I believe they’re kept up as they’re deemed preservation worthy. They have no practical function any more.

  3. A satanic effigy.

    People are generally satanic in the western part of Denmark. Some call them heathen.

    They like to go into the woods and sing songs around a bonfire. You can hear them if you take a walk yourself.

  4. They are for the annual rød pølse festival. People gather around, fill them up with røde pølser, and then light them on fire.

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    Hot røde pølser for everyone. Lovely. Very hyggeligt.

  5. Those are monuments to especially memorable [Thorsfejder](https://www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/comments/7g3ubn/my_danish_boyfriend_invited_me_for_christmas_with/dqgbcgv?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)

    They were mostly erected near the sea, because when returning from raids you would know before reaching land and could prepare suitable congratulations to the participants.

    Sadly, when Danes stopped traveling by ship for many purposes the tradition was stopped. Today, the knowledge of decoding the monuments has been mostly lost among common folk.

  6. Ancient Viking burial grounds. As a foreigner I would stay clear of these as they would be a bad omen. Also the indigenous people of Denmark wouldn’t take too kind of you walking near our holy grounds. Be careful.

  7. Tombstones from ww1 nah im joking they are light towers that light up at night to tell ships that they ste closr to shore. Well they used to they dont fo that anymore

  8. It’s signal fires, to warn us of an impending attack from our neighbours.
    Then the 20 strongest men gather with their shields and axes/swords and send them to valhalla

  9. Ṯ̶̙͈̅͑h̵͕̺͇͐͂̅̄́ḙ̴̭̳̤͗ ̷͙̙̹͉̙͊̀̌͂͒̂ǵ̸̛̼̊͒r̴͙̀̕͜ȩ̶̰͈̣̱́̌͝a̵̢̍̈̈t̵̫̪̱̦̍͊̒ ̸̠͕͙̭̙̖̈́́̽̂͆o̴͇̺̮̊̓̉l̸̛̞̙̣͍̇̀d̵͓̔̾̏̚ ̸̘̀ơ̵̧͓̟̖̥̎̄͆n̷̢̯̈́̋̄̉̔͝é̸̥̅̾̈́̎̕ ̵̡̨̝̙̣͗̍̓͗ͅ

  10. They keep Cthulhu from raising from the sea. Sometimes we have infestations of Deep Ones. But these sigils holds back the Great Old Ones from our coasts.

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