Denmark

In Denmark, a lone church tower rises from the sand where a church once stood.

As drifting sand began to take over the area, the congregation had to dig their way to the church door before services. For twenty years, they fought the sand.

In the end, they gave up. The church closed in 1795 and was demolished, but the tower was spared as a landmark for ships. Its whitewashed tower still stands among the dunes.

When the church was torn down, only what rose above the sand was removed. Beneath the dunes, the church walls still stand, up to three metres high, around the floor and the baptismal font.