Skagen – on top of Denmark

We have just returned home after 3 beautiful sunny days in North Jutland – more specifically Skagen. My boyfriend’s family had rented a beautiful cottage a little outside the city of Aalbæk, which is perfect compared to the fact that there are only approx. 20 minutes drive to Skagen. The first day we spent enjoying the good weather in the cottage’s garden and a trip to the beach for a night dip at Aalbæk Strand.

Råbjerg Mile

The next day we started by driving a very short trip to the north to Denmark’s largest hiking clit – Råbjerg Mile.

For hundreds of years, the area around Skagen has been ravaged by sand escape, which means that the sand is moving from west to east and gathers in large dunes such as. Råbjerg Mile. In order to stop the ravaging sand escape, dune plantations were planted with, among other things. conifers.

Råbjerg Mile – sand, sand, sand … as far as the eye goes.

Back in 1900, the state bought the area around Råbjerg Mile and protected it, so it could be a monument to what the sand had previously caused by devastation for the area. Today Råbjerg Mile consists of 3.5 million m³sand and covers an area of ​​1 km. The mile moves 15 meters in the eastern direction every year, and in 100-200 years the main road to Skagen will be covered.

If you visit Råbjerg Mile in the summer, which came early in the morning. Then you avoid parking the car far away and can “almost” visit the mile. On windy days it is a good idea to use sunglasses and possibly. have a scarf over the nose and mouth.

The branch

After we got tired leg muscles from walking around the sand on Råbjerg Mile, we drove on towards Skagen and the branch. Here we parked the car and moved along the beach up to the top of Denmark – the branch. A walk of approx. 15 minutes. A tractor with a trolley also called the sandworm, runs in shuttle speed between the parking lot and the branch, so if you do not want to go to the top, you can be driven all the way to the branch.

The sandworm

The other times where I have visited the branch, it has been windy and out of season, which has also meant that the human amount on the branch has been relatively modest. But it was absolutely crazy how many people visited the branch at the same time. Several also chose to take a trip in the waves despite the fact that there is a bathing ban out there because of the strong undercurrents.

But despite the human being, we got the toes dipped in the relatively warm seawater.

Price for the return ticket with the sandworm:
Adult 30 kr. – Children 15 kr.

Skagen City Center & Amp; Shopping

After visiting the branch we drove in to Skagen City Center where we ate a really nice lunch at Jakob’s Cafe & Amp; Bar inside the pedestrian street. I have previously only visited Skagen out of season, so it was really nice to experience the city buzzing with life, and after lunch we spent a few hours shopping in some of the many charming stores.

Beach trip in the dunes

It takes a little persuasion before I jump in the wave blue, but with the fantastic summer we have had this year, a dip was after a long day of sights and shopping a must. We therefore drove to Hulsig Strand where we took a dip before driving home. 

Skagen painters & amp; Skagens Museum

Our last day in Skagen was used in self -closet with the Skagen painters. Skagen’s art museums consist of three museums; Skagens Museum, Ancher’s House and Drachmann’s house, and together they form the framework of the world’s largest collection of Skagen painters. The artist colony in Skagen was founded by young artists who all knew each other from the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen back in the 1870s.

Skagens Museum – Special Exhibition with Michael Ancher

We only visited the large Skagens Museum which is located just opposite the Brøndums Hotel. The museum was very bright, and up on the first floor there was a unique opportunity to see the paintings upside.

Although one is not the great art of art, many of the works are incredibly colorful and life-affirming, and you get a really good insight into how life has been at the top of Denmark back in the late 1800s.

Skagen Bryghus

Our visit to Skagen ended in a distinguished way with a visit to Skagen Bryghus. Here we enjoyed a delicious lunch in their covered farm. Unfortunately, I am not the big beer drinker, but some chose to buy a set of 5 different tastings at Skagen Bryg. A visit here is clearly recommended.

Skagen shot at Skagen Bryghus

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