There's no official dress code at this pop-up seafood experience in Denmark's Limfjorden, but no one's going to turn you away in a pair of fashionable waders.
Tide tables —
There's no official dress code at this pop-up seafood experience in Denmark's Limfjorden, but no one's going to turn you away in a pair of fashionable waders.
Limfjorden, a shallow sound in the northern part of Denmark's Jutland peninsula, is home to the largest remaining wild population of prized European flat oysters.
Rare treats —
Limfjorden, a shallow sound in the northern part of Denmark's Jutland peninsula, is home to the largest remaining wild population of prized European flat oysters.
Kasper Fogh
Most fishing boats operating in the area export their catch to southern Europe, but oyster safaris in the water off the windswept beach at Gjellerodde use orange underwater viewers to track down the shellfish.
Hand-caught —
Most fishing boats operating in the area export their catch to southern Europe, but oyster safaris in the water off the windswept beach at Gjellerodde use orange underwater viewers to track down the shellfish.
Kasper Fogh
"These trips bring out the hunter-gatherer gene in people," says Michael Madsen from the Jutland Aquarium, which started the oyster safaris about three years ago.
Three feet high and rising —
"These trips bring out the hunter-gatherer gene in people," says Michael Madsen from the Jutland Aquarium, which started the oyster safaris about three years ago.
One Limfjord oyster can cost as much as 60 Danish kroner ($8.85) in a Copenhagen restaurant.
Sunken treasures —
One Limfjord oyster can cost as much as 60 Danish kroner ($8.85) in a Copenhagen restaurant.
Kasper Fogh
Oyster safaris in Denmark started further south on Jutland's west coast with a different target in mind --invasive Pacific oysters that thrive in the Wadden Sea national park.
Fanoe foraging —
Oyster safaris in Denmark started further south on Jutland's west coast with a different target in mind --invasive Pacific oysters that thrive in the Wadden Sea national park.
Kasper Fogh
Jesper Voss is the self-anointed Fanoe Oyster King. He guides safaris off the island's coast.
Oyster King —
Jesper Voss is the self-anointed Fanoe Oyster King. He guides safaris off the island's coast.
Kasper Fogh
The wild oysters caught on safaris in the Wadden Sea and in the bays of Limfjorden are only for private consumption, due to regulations limiting their sale.
There's a catch —
The wild oysters caught on safaris in the Wadden Sea and in the bays of Limfjorden are only for private consumption, due to regulations limiting their sale.
Colin John Seymour Jr.
The generous ecosystem of the Wadden Sea has gifted chef Jakob Sullestad an exciting larder of rabbits, beach herbs, oysters and lamb.
Oyster dishes —
The generous ecosystem of the Wadden Sea has gifted chef Jakob Sullestad an exciting larder of rabbits, beach herbs, oysters and lamb.
Kasper Fogh
Sullestad's outstanding dish is lamb tartare, made with trimmed leg meat of salty marshland lamb, chopped oyster and zingy horseradish.
Lamb tartare —
Sullestad's outstanding dish is lamb tartare, made with trimmed leg meat of salty marshland lamb, chopped oyster and zingy horseradish.
Colin John Seymour Jr