Mols Bolsjer

The restored battle frigate is the largest wooden ship in the world. Located in a large marine centre, renovating and displaying historic vessels. The world's longest wooden ship is resting its enormous keel solidly on concrete, within meters of the sea, where it once fought a battle against the Austro-Prussian fleet, on behalf of King Fredrik the 7th in 1864. Otherwise, its 25 year active life as a commissioned battle frigate of the Royal Danish Navy, the "Jylland" was mostly used to ferry royal parties throughout the Kingdom, including Greenland, and European capitals. In 1886 it made its last of 5 cruises across the Atlantic to the Danish West Indian islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John, at which time it had been rebuilt to become a Royal Vessel and the 15 ton cannon in the royal dining room was removed, having been part of the total complement of 30 cannons on board. From 1925, the once mighty pride of Denmark, had a varied life, serving variously as accommodation for students and barracks for soldiers. By 1974 it had gone through five preservation committees, the last of which, had it towed across Kattegat to Ebeltoft, where it sat rotting further until 1984. After a nationwide fund-raising campaign and a five-year rebuilding, the result is a unique monument to a proud seafaring nation. The multi-million-dollar job practically hand built all woodwork, including righting the warped keel with a technically challenging method. The Jylland now stands in all its 3-masted glory as a part of a major marine complex along the waterfront which is part of Ebeltoft city center, and includes other vessels of historic value. Also historic ship restoration workshops.

The town centre comprise a romantic fairy-tale like milieu of cobblestoned streets and stuccoed half timbered houses.

Many come year round to get married in the historic city hall and have pictures taken with the uniformed night watch men, who commence their evening walk-around at sundown, with lanterns and cat'o'nine tails, from the old stone steps, flanked by canons. Until the frigate's resurrection ceremony in 1995, the spired city hall was the City hallmark. The city hall now houses a museum

the old dye-works in the preserved original courtyard buildings including all the historic implements for dying cloth and yarn. Lovely garden attached.

Modern glass art in the old custom house Several glass artists have set up studios across town and have their own individual exhibitions as well. The Glass Museum is part of the marine complex also holding the frigate of Jylland.

The area was designated a national park by the Danish government in January 2008.