Protect nature and help Lillebælt to a future in balance

Lillebælt is a unique piece of nature and contains one of Denmark's largest nature parks with one of the world's densest populations of porpoises. Unfortunately, the Little Belt ecosystem is out of balance. Severe oxygen depletion threatens and life is dying below the surface. The eelgrass is dwindling. Crabs are in the majority. Some fish species are endangered and porpoises have to work hard to find food, and unfortunately the number of porpoises has declined in inland waters.

Help the marine environment in Lillebælt

The marine environment in Lillebælt is challenged, but as a tourist you can make a difference by actively contributing to restoring the ecological balance.

See how you can help as a guest

Visit, experience and preserve

As a guest in the nature park, you now have the opportunity to actively contribute to the restoration, helping the vulnerable nature on its way while enjoying a number of unique experiences that benefit nature in and around Lillebælt. Enjoy a trip on the water, experience porpoises frolicking in the water and help one of the world's densest populations of porpoises one step closer to a good life. Do it and get meaningful experiences. Unique experiences that matter. Both for you and for the nature park.

Together with the nature park's local enthusiasts, you can help plant eelgrass, remove crabs, build fish nurseries and create better spawning conditions for sea trout in rivers and streams. These are all efforts that reinforce each other and help move back towards a better balance. In return, you get a unique nature experience and give something back to nature at the same time.

Sustainable and regenerative activities in Nature Park Lillebælt

In collaboration with local enthusiasts, Lillebælt Nature Park has developed a number of activities that have regenerative potential. Individuals, tourist groups, schools and companies that want to make an extra effort for nature can actively contribute to restoring the balance of the Little Belt ecosystem.

Catch crabs in droves

There are far too many crabs in the Little Belt. By removing them, you benefit the ecosystem in the belt. Whether you catch them directly from the beach or pull them up from a boat, you're guaranteed a catch.
Read more about catching crabs

Taste a crab pizza

It may sound a bit wild, but crabs and seaweed are a delicacy in nature's pantry. Crab meat, seaweed and other local ingredients can be used to make the ultimate pizza.
Read more about crab pizza

From ocean waste to cocoa

Children can pick up a bag at the reception at Gl. Ålbo Camping, and if they hand in a full bag of collected marine litter, they get a free cup of cocoa from the camping dad in exchange.
Learn more about collecting marine litter

Plant an eelgrass lawn

Eelgrass is a unique marine plant. Eelgrass provides food, habitat and hiding places for the belt's small fish and plays a crucial role in marine biodiversity.
Read more about planting eelgrass

Build a fish nursery

A fish nursery contributes to greater biodiversity as the fry of different fish species can better hide from predatory fish and crabs, increasing the possibility of survival.
Read more about fish nursery

Spawning gravel on the water

By establishing more spawning grounds in collaboration with Havørred Fyn, local anglers and other nature enthusiasts, new life has been created in the river and more trout in the belt.
Read more about spawning grounds

Lillebælt Nature Park focuses on four main efforts that mutually reinforce each other:

We remove crabs because they destroy eelgrass and eat small fish and fry
We plant eelgrass to help fish fry survive
We create better spawning conditions in rivers and streams to ensure more sea trout fry
We build fish nurseries to help fish fry hide from predators and birds

What is REBOOT NATURE?

REBOOT NATURE is a community where we fight together for a balanced nature and where we work to make the world, nature and life a little better. In Naturpark Lillebælt you will meet local enthusiasts who all have a close relationship with the area's nature and cultural history and who know every bay, every plant and every animal in and around Lillebælt. You will hear their personal experiences and feel that the area is their lifeblood.

REBOOT NATURE gives you access to unique nature experiences. You can visit, experience and help preserve vulnerable nature at the same time.
Become an active part of Denmark's most beautiful nature park and experience a strong and locally based community that makes you wiser about nature.

REBOOT NATURE gives you the opportunity to give something back to the nature that we as humans have long starved. You'll work together with others on meaningful activities. You'll discover that a few days in Nature Park Lillebælt is not only good for nature. But nature is also good for you.

A belt in balance

The Little Belt is a unique piece of nature. But the Little Belt ecosystem is in trouble. And right now, the ecosystem is out of balance. Severe oxygen depletion threatens.

There are no cod or flatfish. Crabs are badly outnumbered. The eelgrass is dwindling and without eelgrass, the fish fry have a hard time. At the same time, generations before us have removed many stone reefs in the belt. When the big fish are missing, crabs, for example, have no natural enemies and porpoises have difficulty finding food. It's a vicious circle that we can help to break, even with small measures. For example, when we work together to plant eelgrass, regulate crab populations, re-establish stone reefs, build fish nurseries and create better spawning conditions in rivers and streams.

Regenerative tourism on the world map

Nature Park Lillebælt has put regenerative tourism on the world map. The nature park is working hard to become a beacon for outdoor tourism, and sustainable tourism means that guests help improve and restore the conditions in Nature Park Lillebælt Regenerative tourism means that the nature park's guests through unique nature experiences contribute to regenerating nature where it is challenged, while adding more value to the local area. Read more about Regenerative Tourism

Give something back to nature

We stand on the shoulders of the generations that came before us. And our children must live in the world we leave for them. Today, we humans have the power over nature. We influence the ability of all other living beings and systems on the planet to survive in the future. It's a huge responsibility that we haven't managed very well so far. We have consumed and taken from nature. It's time to give something back again.

A strong local identity

The backbone of the effort is found in the area's strong local identity. It is supported by volunteers, socio-economic activities and strong communities for the benefit of nature.
Local volunteers contributing to a living cultural history. Here you don't just encounter local culture and character. By participating in and supporting local events, you're helping to strengthen both nature and the social and economic balance of the area.