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Bring Ærø home with you
BRING ÆRØ
HOME WITH YOU
DEN GAMLE KØBMANDSGAARD IN ÆRØSKØBING
SHOPPING IN CHARMING SURROUNDINGS Ærø hosts a wide variety of shops, which means there is every opportunity to find something special to bring home from your holiday on the island .
Moreover, many of the shops themselves are a delight to behold . While roaming the cobbled streets of Ærøskøbing, look out for the authentic, intricately worked mediaeval doors that lead you up a step, or down into a cosy basement, where you will find yet another atmospheric shop . Take time to browse the wares and to select the perfect holiday souvenir or Christmas gift to surprise and delight someone dear to you . Of course, there is every chance that you will find something special for yourself as well …
UNIQUE GIFTS AND FINE DESIGN In addition, the island is home to more than a few creative firebrands whose production of authentic arts and crafts items – warm woollen goods, for example, or delightful natural soaps and skin care products, fine ceramics and solid leather goods – gives you the opportunity to bring something unique home with you .
The cobbled streets of the towns on Ærø are otherwise lined with charming shops selling a wide range of clothes, jewellery and interior design items from familiar brands – always with a helpful Ærø shop assistant ready to help you .
ROADSIDE STALLS Few things are as convenient and authentically summery as roadside stalls, and on Ærø you will have every chance to stop at a variety of them . Many of them are open all year round . In line with tradition, the people of Ærø sell plenty of home-grown fruit, vegetables and herbs, and many of them also put their bricà-brac up for sale, so you may well find a real bargain or two . At other roadside stalls, you can fill your basket with home-made jams and honey, neatly packaged cookies or home-pressed apple juice .
BRIC-À-BRAC STALL IN ÆRØSKØBING
ÆRØ SOAP COMPANY IN BREGNINGE
If you want to take something unique home with you, make sure to visit jewellery designer Pia in Marstal and check out her own brand: YourDesign-Nordic. Pia creates unique, handmade items in close consultation with the customer, using the ancient cire perdue (lost wax) technique .
What to read on your holiday on Ærø? The shelves of the bookshop Creutz’s Boghandel on Vestergade in Ærøskøbing are wellstocked with literature that the owners have selected with care . In addition to books with a story to tell, the store sells toys, games, stationery and top quality paints, as well as a variety of wines .
Just outside Søby, you will find Solbo Grønt, a fully organic, manually worked dogma farm, combined with pure, rural idyll that seems to have been lifted from a Thomas Hardy novel . The farm primarily sells homemade preserved goods from its roadside stall, so knock on the door for a chat if you would like to buy vegetables as well .
At the Ærø Soap Company in Bregninge, make sure to swing by the charming shop that is located right next to the soap-production facility . Sniff your way around the tempting display of soaps, oils, brushes and wonderful woven goods that include scarves and luxury tea towels . Ask for tips and hints from the helpful Susanna; it’s hard to leave the shop without at least one bar of soap in your basket .
A fly net to cover your lunchtime spread? Brushes for cleaning fish? A sunshade to take to the beach on hot summer days? Or a wax tablecloth for your garden table? Whatever you need, drop by Bille Knudsen on the pedestrian street in Marstal. This specialist merchant can supply pretty much everything you need – including helpful hints and advice .
Don’t forget to stop at Den Gamle Køb-
mandsgaard (the Old Merchant’s Villa) in
Ærøskøbing. Here you will find a range of unique products made locally on the island: soap, Ærø t-shirts, fine whisky and delightful knitwear . If you don’t have time to visit the producers individually, you will find much of what they make here .
On the outskirts of Søby stands the typical Ærø village store Herremark, all on its own and with a magnificent sea view . The shop sells a neat mix of unique applied art, skin care products, ceramics, children’s clothes and interesting bric-à-brac, often decoratively and temptingly presented in attractive displays that match the season .
For a list of all the unique shops on Ærø, see visitaeroe .com/shopping
