Audio narration for the trip - Hærvejs stage Skodborg-Jels

If we go back a few hundred years, travelers on the Hærvejen encountered an obstacle in the form of a huge forest. It was called the Farris Forest and stretched from the Little Belt in the east to Ribe in the west. It was about 60 kilometers wide and 11 kilometers long. The Jels area was thus covered in forest. It was difficult and potentially dangerous here - wolves and perhaps robbers hid in the dense undergrowth. Some probably chose to cross through the forest, while others chose a major detour on one of the branches of the Hærvejen further west. 

If we travel even further back in time to when the ice in the last ice age retreated, there was tundra here at Jels. This is where the reindeer came, and after them came reindeer hunters. Some of the first people in Denmark came here to Jels to hunt the reindeer - the tunnel valley, where the lakes are today, created a good area to kill the animals. 

The audio narration is best suited for the stage between Skodborg and Jels, so if you listen to it on the Hærvejs route, we recommend that you listen to it on this stage.