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Overall, the paintings here evoke a sense of place and demonstrate a real community of
artists in Skagen who worked and played together. The gallery also houses the former din-
ing room of the Brøndums Hotel, one-time hang-out of many of the Skagen artists. The
portrait-filled room was moved in its entirety in 1946 from the hotel across the road.
Grenen
OUTDOORS
Appropriately enough for such a neat and ordered country, Denmark doesn't end untidily
at its most northerly point, but on a neat finger of sand just a few metres wide. You can ac-
tually paddle at its tip, where the waters of the Kattegat and Skagerrak clash, and you can
put one foot in each sea - but not too far. Bathing here is forbidden because of the fero-
cious tidal currents.
The tip is the culmination of a long, curving sweep of sand at Grenen, about 3km north-
east of Skagen along Rte 40. Where the road ends there's a car park (Dkr13 per hour), ex-
cellent restaurant and small art gallery. From the car park the 30-minute walk up the long,
sweeping stretch of sand passes the grave of writer Holger Drachmann (1846-1908).
The tractor-pulled bus, the
Sandormen
(adult/child return Dkr25/15; Apr-Oct)
, can take
you out to the point; it leaves from the car park at Grenen from 10am daily and runs regu-
larly all day, according to demand.
Gammel Skagen
VILLAGE, BEACH
There's a touch of Cape Cod in refined Gammel Skagen ('Old Skagen', also known as
Højen), renowned for its gorgeous sunsets, upmarket hotels and well-heeled summer resid-
ents.
It was a fishing hamlet before sandstorms ravaged this windswept area and forced many
of its inhabitants to move to Skagen on the more protected east coast. It's a pleasant bike
ride 4km west of Skagen: head towards Frederikshavn and turn right at Højensvej, which
takes you to the waterfront.
Skagen By- og Egnsmuseum
MUSEUM
