You don't have to go to New Zealand: Visit the East Jutland inspirations for 'Lord of the Rings'

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You don't have to go to New Zealand: Visit the East Jutland inspirations for 'Lord of the Rings'

The world-renowned author J.R.R. Tolkien never visited Jutland. Still, his epic works “The Lord of the Rings,” “The Hobbit” and “The Silmarillion” are interspersed with East German place names. This is far from a coincidence, believes Casper Clemmensen, historian and author of the book “Tolkien and the mythical Jutland”..