DISCOVER JANUM KJØDT!

Near Brovst is Jutland's largest hiking block. A migratory boulder is a type of rock that is only found as bedrock in a small area, and which has been carried away by the ice sheet during the Ice Age.

Janum Kjøt consists of gneiss and granite. It measures 7 meters in length, 4 meters in width, and the maximum height is 3.5 meters.

A legend tells that a troll from Øland got so angry about the construction of Lerup Church that he went to the Limfjord and found the biggest stone he could find, and then threw it at the church.

The reality, however, is different. The stone is believed to have been brought to Denmark from Norway during the last ice age. If you look carefully at Janum Kjøt, you will find cushion-grain lichen (Stereocaulon evolutum), which is very common on rocks in Norway and Sweden respectively, but is found in only a few places in Denmark.

The origin of the stone can therefore be traced quite accurately. In the early 1960s, the stone was supposed to be blown up to be used for shards, but thanks to the initiative of a local school teacher, it was saved and completely excavated in 1963.

Source: VisitJammerbugt.dk