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Getting There & Away
Løkken is on Rte 55, 18km southwest of Hjørring. Bus 71 runs frequently between Løkken
and Hjørring (Dkr40, 30 minutes), and Løkken and Aalborg (Dkr60, 70 minutes).
Løkken is also on the summertime bus 99 route.
WORTH A TRIP
RUBJERG KNUDE
About 13km north of Løkken (en route to the town of Lønstrup) is Rubjerg Knude, an area
of sand dunes that show just how Mother Nature calls the shots on this wind-whipped
coast. Rubjerg Knude Fyr (the lighthouse) stood 200m inland when it opened in 1900,
some 60m above sea level. Over time the sea moved closer, and by the late 1960s the
lighthouse had to be closed because frequent heavy sand drifts were making its light
near-impossible to see from the sea. In 1980 it opened as a museum with exhibitions
about the migrating sands, but had to close in 2002 as the sand drift was burying the mu-
seum buildings. Today it attracts tourists as a photogenic landmark and curiosity, partly
submerged in sand. It is expected that the lighthouse will fall into the sea in the coming
decade or so, due to coastal erosion. There's good information online at
www.rubjergknude.dk .
To reach Rubjerg Knude, take Rte 55 northeast from Løkken and turn left after about
6km, onto Lønstrupvej (signposted). It's quite a walk from the car park to the lighthouse
(a good half-hour). Summer bus 99 passes through the area.
Hanstholm
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Despite its interesting wartime museum and status as the northern boundary of one of Den-
mark's new national parks, modern Hanstholm is a charmless place - thanks largely to the
fact that a small, lacklustre shopping centre serves as the town's heart.
There's still plenty of fish-factory action down at the harbour, and some excellent places
to eat there, but overnighting is better down the west coast at Klitmøller or Nørre Vorupør.
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