To the west of Tisvildeleje, running alongside Tisvilde Hegn, Denmark?s fifth largest forest, stretches a kilometre of white, child-friendly sandy beaches lapped by clean salty waters, and fringed by dunes and forests.
The natural surroundings here are exceptionally
clean and charming, open and unspoilt.
Tibirke Church was built on the site of a prehistoric ?vi? or place of heathen sacrifice at which human victims were offered.
At the foot of the church near Bækkebrovej is a spring which may have been the place where pilgrims came in days of old. The name means ?dedicated to the god Tyr?: Ti?s vælde. Hence the name Tisvilde.