Skagen, Denmark
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Top of Denmark. The end
is up and out to the right....
Even though most people probably think of sun and summer when they think of
Skagen,
the town has in fact much to offer the visitor all year round.
If the weather isn't suitable for outdoor activites (someone said: There is
no such
thing as 'bad weather', - only poor clothings...) - you could pay a visit
to
Skagen Museum to see the famous Skagen paintings in peace and quiet.
We did so, but also we went around in the area in what someone would call
'bad weather', and now we wonder why the museums and what else worth
paying a visit, are not open during the evening?
Why do we have to spoil a day inside (even if it is really worth doing so)
when you can enjoy the nature outside during the daylight hours?
We just wonder....
And so we do as 1 million other people do up here, we go and visit the end
of Denmark.
Of all tourist attractions in Denmark, Tivoli in Copenhagen and Legoland are
on top of the popularity-list. Then as number 3 comes Skagen and the top.
But when it comes to pure nature - Skagen is on the top.
Even when we were here late in October, tourists from Scandinavia, Germany,
Switzerland, UK and many other countries, were visiting the tip (top).
In the background you can see the 4 kilometer long reef,
extending from the tip towards East.
On this picture you can see the two oceans meeting.
Wawes and currents from Skagerrak (west) and Kattegat (east)
smashes into eachother.
Some times a small sandy island
comes up off the tip. That is the so called
'Seagull-island'. But soon, often after a few months, it dissapears into the
sea again.
The tip goes out into the sea as a long reef, which can easily be seen on
the
picture above showing where the two oceans meet.
You can also spot a seal trying to get around the tip. It had to swim out
quite a bit till the water was deep enough to come through into Kattegat.
Skagen Lighthouse were put up in 1858. Why not before?
There were no land to place it on...... (Skagen town in the background).
This is what you can find when you walk along the beaches on both
sides of the top. Just name a colour, and you will find it here.....
It's amazing.
