Middelfart's most famous neighbours are often heard before they are seen. Øret i Havet—the Ear in the Sea—is a listening station connected to an underwater microphone in the Little Belt.
Harbour porpoises use rapid, high-frequency clicks to navigate and hunt. At the listening station, those underwater signals are translated into an experience human ears can follow. What sounds like tiny knocks is part of a sophisticated acoustic picture of the world below the surface.
The installation belongs to the wider story of Naturpark Lillebælt, where conservation, research and public access meet. After learning about Middelfart's historic porpoise hunt at Henner Friisers Hus, this is a striking modern counterpoint: the animal encountered through observation and listening.