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I recommend a visit to nearby Râbjerg Mile, the largest shifting sand dune in Northern Europe. One can easily imagine that one is Lawrence of Arabia on the hilly dunes, and they are a great place to fly a kite because of the ever-present wind. The dunes are close to [Skagen]'s Grenen, a steadily expanding finger of beach at the very top of Northern Jutland where one can stand with one foot in two different seas, the Skagerrak and Kattegat.
The most famous artist in this group was Denmark's P.S. Krøyer, whose paintings are among the most-loved in Scandinavian art. (Oneof his paintings completed in 1888 called "Hip, hip hurrah!" portrays a festive picnic, which is the inspiration of a 1987 film of the same name about the Skagen colony, staring Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård).Historians and tourism promoters may talk about the divine light in the Skagen area as a key reason for the 19th century artistic movement. Indeed, the luminescence at the shoreline can be bewitching, and both sunsets and sundown over the water are breathtaking. But I wouldn't be surprised if the real reason the artists came to Skagen in the first place was the tasty fish.See the full content of this document
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Land of Light
Skagen, the northernmost town of Denmark, has been one Scandinavia's most popular tourist destinations for generations. But why should millions of people travel each year to what is essentially a picturesque fashing village? The fact that there are some 60 km ...
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