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The Best Attractions In Skagen

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Skagen Denmark is the name given to a brand, initially of watches produced by Skagen Designs Ltd. , that has grown into being a wider American contemporary accessories brand based on Danish design. As of spring 2015, its product lines include its signature founding line of watches, and further lines of handbags, jewelry, and other durable personal goods. Named for Skagen, a Jutland peninsula and Denmark's northernmost town, Skagen Designs Ltd.'s stated corporate aim was to present honest, simple, purposeful designs and thus share Danish ideals globally. Skagen Designs Ltd. was purchased in 2012 by Fossil, for stock and cash in transaction totaling appr...
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The Best Attractions In Skagen

  • 1. Skagens Museum Skagen
    Skagen is Denmark's northernmost town, on the east coast of the Skagen Odde peninsula in the far north of Jutland, part of Frederikshavn Municipality in Nordjylland, 41 kilometres north of Frederikshavn and 108 kilometres northeast of Aalborg. The Port of Skagen is Denmark's main fishing port and it also has a thriving tourist industry, attracting 2 million people annually. Originally the name was applied to the peninsula but it now usually refers to the town itself. The settlement began in the Middle Ages as a fishing village, renowned for its herring industry. Thanks to its seascapes, fishermen and evening light, towards the end of the 19th century it became popular with a group of Impressionist artists now known as the Skagen Painters. In 1879, the Skagen Fisherman's Association was est...
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  • 2. Grenen Skagen Skagen
    Grenen is a long sandbar spit at Skagen Odde , north of the town of Skagen.
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  • 3. Rabjerg Mile Skagen
    Råbjerg Mile is a migrating coastal dune between Skagen and Frederikshavn, Denmark. It is the largest moving dune in Northern Europe with an area of around 2 km2 and a height of 40 m above sea level. It is also the only major stretch of migrating dunes in Denmark. The dune contains a total of 4 million m3 of sand. The wind moves it in a north-easterly direction up to 18 metres a year. The dune leaves a low, moist layer of sand behind it, trailing back westwards towards Skagerrak, where the Mile originally formed more than 300 years ago. Over 250,000 people visit the dune every year.
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  • 4. Town of Skagen Skagen
    Skagen Town and Regional Museum is a private museum in Skagen in the far north of Jutland, Denmark.
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  • 6. Anchers Hus Skagen
    Anchers Hus is the former residence of the painters Michael and Anna Ancher in Skagen, Denmark. They were both central figures in the artist colony of Skagen Painters who lived and worked in the town during late 19th and early 20th century. They lived in the house for five decades and in 1913 expanded it with a studio annex designed by Ulrik Plesner, another member of the colony. Their house now serves as a historic house museum and displays a large numbers of their own works and their personal art collection. In 1989 the museum was expanded with the neighbouring home of the Saxild family, which is used for museum café, art storage and a historical photo exhibition.
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  • 7. Skagen Kirke Skagen
    Skagen is Denmark's northernmost town, on the east coast of the Skagen Odde peninsula in the far north of Jutland, part of Frederikshavn Municipality in Nordjylland, 41 kilometres north of Frederikshavn and 108 kilometres northeast of Aalborg. The Port of Skagen is Denmark's main fishing port and it also has a thriving tourist industry, attracting 2 million people annually. Originally the name was applied to the peninsula but it now usually refers to the town itself. The settlement began in the Middle Ages as a fishing village, renowned for its herring industry. Thanks to its seascapes, fishermen and evening light, towards the end of the 19th century it became popular with a group of Impressionist artists now known as the Skagen Painters. In 1879, the Skagen Fisherman's Association was est...
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  • 12. Hulsig Kirke Skagen
    Hulsig is a settlement and area of moorland and grey sand dunes in the Råbjerg Mile of the Skagens Odde peninsula, in northern Jutland, northern Denmark. The village lies along the Danish national road 40, to the southwest of the town of Skagen. The rugged heath area is protected under the title Hulsig Heath . Hulsig Station and Hulsig Church are located in the area. Hulsig is home to one of the country's few remaining flocks of dune sheep.
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  • 14. Drachmanns Hus Skagen
    Drachmann's House , also known as Villa Pax, is one of the major houses of Skagen, northern Denmark. Located on Hans Baghs Vej towards the western side of the town, it was built in 1829 and is now a museum. It is a writer's home museum dedicated to the writer and marine painter Holger Drachmann who lived in the house from 1902 until his death in a sanatorium in Hornbæk in January 1908. Drachmann had regularly visited Skagen from 1871.
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