Stavns Fjord
A shallow, sheltered inlet on the east coast, broken up by low islets and sandbanks. On the map it forms a delicate cluster of shapes against the smooth outline of the rest of the island.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Denmark
55.8835° N / 10.6045° E
An hourglass island in the Kattegat, hilly in the north and pinched at a narrow waist beside a sheltered fjord.





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Tabula
Samsø lies in the Kattegat, roughly midway between Jutland and Zealand, and from above it looks like an hourglass. A broad southern body of farmland meets a narrow isthmus, then widens again into a compact, higher northern end. On the east side the shore opens into Stavns Fjord, a shallow inlet scattered with small islets. The western coast runs long and fairly straight toward the ferry landings.
The road network is rural and sparse. A spine road runs north to south, lanes branch off to small villages, and field boundaries give the southern half a patchwork texture. Tranebjerg sits near the centre and Nordby clusters at the top of the island. The harbours on each coast show up as short breakwaters. A Samsø map poster keeps all of this legible at a glance, even at the smallest print size.
The island is widely known for its energy transition. In the early 2000s it became a reference case for community-owned wind power and renewable heating. Much older is the Kanhave Canal, a Viking-age channel dug across the narrow waist so that ships could pass between the fjord and the open sea. Across Denmark, Samsø is also known for its early new potatoes, which reach shops at the start of each summer.
A shallow, sheltered inlet on the east coast, broken up by low islets and sandbanks. On the map it forms a delicate cluster of shapes against the smooth outline of the rest of the island.
Midway up the island the land narrows sharply. This is where the Kanhave Canal was cut in the Viking age, and it gives the whole outline its hourglass silhouette.
The top of the island rises into a rounded, hillier landscape around Nordby, where roads bend and loop instead of running straight across open farmland.
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Cur Samsø
For many people Samsø means summer: bicycles, ferries, new potatoes and long evenings by the water. They hang this map to keep a family holiday house or a first trip across the Kattegat close at hand, and the hourglass outline stays clear even on a small print.
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