Skagen

Stand with one foot in the North Sea and one in the Baltic and watch the waves collide.

The painters who came for the light in the 1880s and never fully left.

A migrating sand dune the size of a small desert, walking inland a few metres a year.

A tower sticking out of the sand — the rest is under the dune.

Denmark's biggest fishing port lands your dinner an hour before you eat it.

Aalborg (AAL), then 90 minutes north by train — the line ends in Skagen.

Bus to Aalborg station, then the direct train up the peninsula.

Bikes. The town, the beaches and Grenen are all flat and close.

Jun & late Aug–Sep

Oct–Apr (much closes)

Jul