# Mols

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This article is about the peninsula in Denmark. For the Mols settlement near Quarten, Switzerland, see [Mols, Switzerland](/source/Mols,_Switzerland). For the Dutch footballer, see [Michael Mols](/source/Michael_Mols). For Mutually orthogonal Latin squares, see [Mutually orthogonal Latin squares](/source/Mutually_orthogonal_Latin_squares).

**Mols** is a small [Danish](/source/Geography_of_Denmark) gathering of hilly [peninsulas](/source/Peninsula) in the southern part of the larger peninsula of [Djursland](/source/Djursland) on the east coast of [Jutland](/source/Jutland). The largest peninsulas of Mols comprise [Skødshoved](/source/Sk%C3%B8dshoved) to the west, and [Helgenæs](/source/Helgen%C3%A6s) to the east.

Mols' largest town is [Ebeltoft](/source/Ebeltoft), a town on the coast, noted for its historical town centre. Some residents of Mols or Ebeltoft[who?] will argue that Ebeltoft is not a town of Mols. The usually accepted [by whom?] compromise is that Ebeltoft is the market town of Mols, although not geographically situated in present-day Mols.[citation needed]

Hills in Mols rise to 137 metres, high by [Danish](/source/Denmark) standards. The highest points are [Agri Bavnehøj](/source/Agri_Bavneh%C3%B8j) (137 m), [Trehøje](/source/Treh%C3%B8je_Mols) (127 m) and Stabelhøjene (135 m & 133 m). In 2008 this hilly area, [Mols Bjerge](/source/Mols_Bjerge_National_Park) (*bjerge* translates to "mountains"), was declared one of the first Danish [national parks](/source/List_of_national_parks_of_Denmark). It has unspoiled country, farms, rolling hills that descend to the sea, and few large resorts.[citation needed]

People of Mols, called Molboer, are the subjects of *[Molbohistorier](/source/Molbo_story)* – ethnic stories told by the townsfolk of [Aarhus](/source/Aarhus) and Ebeltoft to ridicule rural people.[1] Three of the better-known stories are "The Stork in the Corn", "The Thirsty Tree", and "Black Pudding".[2]

## Tourism

Tourism is important on Mols, with multiple summer rentals, [marinas](/source/Marina) and a total of twenty-two popular sandy beaches in the general area of Djursland, all of which are public as almost all of Denmark's coastline. Denmark and Mols are not densely populated, compared to central Europe, making the area uncrowded. The summer climate is mild, and it seldom gets unpleasantly hot. Situated on the eastern side of Jutland, and part of the small shallow [Kattegat](/source/Kattegat) sea separating Denmark and Sweden, the seawater warms up fast in the summer and the coastlines are not exposed to rough tides and waves as normally experienced on the Jutlandic west coast.

## References

1. [*Beretning om de vidtbekiendte Molboers vise Gierninger og tapre Bedrifter*, 2. Opl., forøget og forbedret, (Viborg, Danmark, 1780)](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/783769246)

1. [*Old stories from Mols* illustrated by Axel Mathiesen, (Ebeltoft, Denmark: Kaj Elle,1952)](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19378722)

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