• Doing nothing
• Meeting new people
• Enjoying freetime with your children
• Making new friends …and perhaps having a summer romance
• Falling asleep under the stars
• Experiencing one of the most beautiful sunsets …and perhaps the sunrise too
• Relaxing
• Chatting through the night
• Making popcorn, and singing or playing guitar around the campfire
• Sailing, swimming, playing games, cards …
• Having new insights to life

...and so much more!

A letter from a Dutch after a visit on the island

We prepare our meals in the the so-called Horseshoe - a treeconstruction covered with tarpaulins - with a view of the camplife.
If it rains we find cover in the horseshoe, or else we usually garther around the open fire.
There are gas ovens and stoves, one gas refridgerator, cool boxes, kitchen utensils/equipment, paraffin lamps, tables and benches.
We also have lots of different games, songbooks, playground equipment, dinghies and surfboards.

We have a sauna, and solar powered hot water, so you can take a lukewarm shower.
The toilets we use work on the compost principle.

We sleep together in large tents. Some like to pull their airbeds, and sleep with the star-filled sky as a roof. If you wish to, you can even build a bivouac in the trees just outside the camp and sleep in there.

Some travel to Vejlø on their own, som with friends, some with children, some with partners etc.
You can meet new friends at Vejlø by simply sitting next to them - or, better if you're a bit shy, join the cooking team, help to wash up the dishes, participate in the campactivities; then you will automatically get to know some of the other Vejlønitter.

When the summer is over, a lot of us miss eachother to much to wait for next summer. So we meet a couple of times - in august at Gråbrødre Torv in Copenhagen, in autumn and spring in a boyscoutcabin in Nordsjælland for a whole weekend, in december to a traditional danish christmas-lunch a.s.o.
Our local friends from Vejlø, are of course also invited to these get-togethers.

Vejlø is owned by the sister Anita and Linda and Linda's husband Anders. They don't live on the island permanently, but in the the summertime they are almost always there.
They run a little shop in the courtyard where you can buy sweets, beverages, cigarettes, toothbrushes, batteries, tampons and so much more. It is therefore not allowed to bring your own beverages to the island, we buy everything we need in the little shop.

Often you'll find locals, from Nakskov and around, in the courtyard. Also Vejlønitter stays here for a drink or two, chatting, on their way to or from the beach.
You can also play petanque in the courtyard and meet hens, ducks and lots of the many other farmyard animals.

At the beach we play, enjoy the sun, swim, go out for a sail - or say hallo to the new visitor, or goodbye to new friends leaving the island.

The summer is devided into weeks from Saturday to Friday - but that should not stop you from arriving a Wednesday, or leaving a Monday. All summer it is possible to learn a bit about sailing, and trying different boats out. Every week has a sail-coordinator or two, who will gladly help you get going.

Some weeks have a special theme, and for this purpose we also have a co-ordinator. In 2008 we have a week of poker-game.

It is up to you to decide how much, or little, you want to participate in these activities. Some like to try a lot, some like to do just about nothing at all.

You may not bring your own tent, or have pets with you.

There's no electricity on the island, so it gets really dark at night. It's a good idea to remember a torch, so that you can find your sleeping bag in the dark. Remember to also bring an airbed/sleeping mat, sleeping bag and warm clothes for the evenings. And bring your musical instrument too.

Children under 15 years of age can only come to the camp without an adult, if at the time of enrolment they have written permission from their parents or guardian.

You are always welcome at Vejlø, but we would appreciate it, if you called (Tel.no. (++45) 54 93 12 99) or e-mailed a couple of days before your arrival - mostly so we know how many to buy food for.

Take the train from Copenhagen to NAKSKOV - you will probably have to shift trains in Nykøbing Falster.
You can walk to pier from the station. Walk straight ahead, same direction as the train, turn to the left at the trafficlights, and walk approximately 350 m along the pier untill you stand in front of Havnegade no. 29. At the opposite side of the road you'll find the boat "Vesta" - she brings out the post to all the islands in Nakskov Fjord, and she'll also bring you to Vejlø.

N.B. The post boat does not take cars or bikes. They can be left at the pier in Nakskov.
* : If you want to travel with the early boat, it is a good idea to call Michael, whos sails the boat, and book a seat. His phoneno. is: 40 83 38 69

A preliminary paper on the hominid inhabitants of Vejlo, Denmark

Shortly before their return to Utrecht, The Netherlands, European mainland, first decade of 21st century, Pauline Bouman & Paul Bouwmeester discovered a group of Hominid animals, as of yet unknown to the scientific society:

• The manner of transportation is bipedal and up-right as in modern humans;
• The methods of fire handling are well known. The fire as an object must be very dear to them: even most individuals smoke by themselves. We believe this smoke is some kind of totem, probably derived from a successful struggle (with the use of fire) for possession of the island with other creatures (four-legged mammals still exist in the neighbourhood, but are on the verge of extinction) or rivals (a hunter-gatherer human, also a specimen of unknown origin, still survives on the island and is tolerated by the Vejlo Man thanks to his delivery of ale);
• Though speech has been developed, it is mostly used at night. This exquisite use of social skills suggests strongly that these People descend from a group of hominids that deserted the thick and dark forest trees significantly later than the predecessors of Neanderthals or Modern Humans did.
• Some social contact with the Denmark mainland has been established and maintained. In some occasions nutrients (such as Salmon) have been acquired on the mainland from local Modern Human entrepreneurs. The method of trade may be some kind of exchanging articles (such as grain stolen from the hunter-gatherer) or may be sexual favors.
• Most interesting is that the group seems to know some of the advantages of modern society of modern humans: most of them are in some rudimentary way clothed some utensils are being used, such as an oven, a shower, a toilet and cupboard. Even a feather acted as a microphone and amplifier. Some have found a telephone and learned how to use it too: they can mimic Human behaviour, a magnificent feat for these friendly uncomplicated people. This probably indicates that, as a group or as individuals, these Hominids have been in close contact with modern humans. This poses two problems: 1. Why then does scientific society not know about these primates? 2. Why did they not integrate (fully) within the modern society?
• Traditionally, individualism seems to invite negative emotions and is being strongly discouraged. However, during our visit a revolution took place: one particular cult had made some forbidden modifications to their den, enhancing its beauty and emphasising their need for making a statement. A full-scale integrated tribal meeting was being held, and after all the totems was accepted. Some, though, carried resentment about the totems remaining in place.
• Cultural development has progressed as far as Stone Age type of paintings on all of the hygiene facilities: an interesting choice of spaces for artistically expression. Perhaps it signifies some awe and fascination for the modern society in which these facilities are more sophisticated.

All in all we come to the following conclusion:

• Vejlo Man is the product of a recent evolutionary step, a mere 0.5 or 1 million years ago. It has had close contacts with Modern Man, but its relatively short experience and limited intercultural skills have thrown it back in some more regressed and smaller, less complex type of society with characters of medieval age and of later periods.
• As to the question of why science did not earlier know about Vejlo Man: we simply do not know. We hope that Vejlo Man can read (some of them have been found with an old newspaper, presumably found on the beach) and wish them a long life span, an inspiring societal life, tribal prosperity and a resourceful gene-pool.

We are thankful of the opportunity to establish contact with these creatures. Next time we visit Vejlo Man we shall definitely measure brain sizes, do some genealogical research and excavate the south end of the island and at the horseshoe tribal place, where most of the occult rites take place. We expect to find evidence of cannibalism and tribal-wide orgies.

Pauline Bouman & Paul Bouwmeester