Skagen Beaches

With 5,000 miles of coastline, it's understandable that some people choose to vacation in the Skagen area so they can spend their days lounging on the beach. Skagen's shoreline is exceptionally beautiful, windswept, and forlorn. Denmark's northernmost point is the Grenen sandbar above Skagen. Many people comment on how beautiful the light is here. It is so particularly lovely, in fact, that the Skagen Painters, a 19th-century school of artists, focused all of their efforts here. The work of these artists can be shown at the local museum. The Rbjerg Mile, Denmark's largest moving sand dune, and a church completely buried in sand save for the scarcely visible steeple are both worth seeing.

The landscape of Skagen is among Denmark's most stunning. One of the country's most beautiful scenes is made up of white sand beaches, limitless grasslands, and immense woodlands. It's a terrific place to visit if you like quiet hikes, calm walks, and beach yoga to the hustle and bustle of big cities. Sand that reaches up to 35 meters in height covers an area of nearly two square kilometers.

Location: between the North and Baltic Sea on the Jutland peninsula, the north of Denmark

Highlights: the “Skagen yellow”, the Skagen Museum, The Open-air Museum, Skagen Denmark, ...

Best time to visit: November to February