I have not ever been to the island itself, we been close on fishing boats off the North end, and the ferries i worked on in the 90ties passed south of the island 4 times on every workday.
we used the light house on the south end as a mid way point between Julsminde in the west and Kalundborg in the East, so when we was south of the light house you either went up to the wheelhouse to do lookout or down to the mess that was the starting point for your fire-watch duties.
Meanwhile the other 2 sailors was sleeping and getting paid for it too
They got to be close to 100% sustainable energy over there now
the new ferries they got even run on biogas they make them self
If they only had fiberoptic internet over there i would move over there in a heartbeat, ATM they even have DEMO houses people can try for a few months to see if life on a island is something they might like.
If i moved there i would have to dust off all my fishing rods thats for damn sure
and it will probably end my dashcam addiction as there is little need for a car over there.
After all the little island is just 26 Km on the long end ( around 15 miles i think ) and on the most narrow spot you can almost spit from one side to the other if you have the wind at your back.
My birth town of Aarhus is a few KM to the Northwest of samsø, no problem seeing it from the harbour or the beach south of Aarhus when i was fishing.