▁fer ry ▁estate , ▁situated ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁water ▁front , ▁has ▁provided ▁shelter ▁for ▁many ▁a ▁famous ▁person ▁waiting ▁for ▁a ▁safe ▁fare ▁to ▁F yn , ▁not ▁least ▁many ▁Dan ish ▁Kings . ▁Hans ▁Christian ▁Anders en , ▁the ▁world - f am ous ▁writer ▁of ▁fair y ▁tales , ▁noted ▁his ▁stays ▁in ▁A ar ø s und ▁in ▁his ▁travel ▁di aries . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁King , ▁Christian ▁IV , ▁planned ▁construction ▁of ▁a ▁ship ▁in ▁Had ers lev , ▁but ▁with ▁the ▁f j ord ▁being ▁sand ed ▁up , ▁he ▁instead ▁chose ▁A ar ø s und ▁as ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁construction . ▁ ▁The ▁land mark ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁is ▁the ▁l ighth ouse , ▁seen ▁here ▁on ▁the ▁right . ▁The ▁current ▁l ighth ouse ▁was ▁constructed ▁during ▁the ▁German ▁occupation ▁of ▁S ø nder j yll and ▁ 1 8 6 4 - 1 9 2 0 , ▁but ▁the ▁first ▁l ighth ouse ▁was ▁set ▁up ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 7 7 7 . ▁ ▁Trad itionally ▁the ▁village ▁attract ed ▁scores ▁of ▁tour ists ▁in ▁the ▁summer , ▁Dan ish ▁and ▁foreign ▁al ike ▁( in ▁particular ▁German ), ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁char ming ▁fish ing ▁village ▁atmosphere , ▁but ▁numerous ▁reconst ru ctions ▁of ▁the ▁har bour ▁has ▁left ▁the ▁water front ▁less ▁attract ive ▁than ▁before . ▁It ▁is ▁still , ▁however , ▁considered ▁a ▁prime ▁site