Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Skagen, Denmark

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.9 km
Ascend 5 m
Descend 5 m

Explore Skagen in Denmark with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Skagen

Sight 1: Villa Pax

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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.

Wikipedia: Drachmanns Hus (EN)

528 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Skagen Church

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Skagen Church is a church located in the historic town centre of Skagen, Denmark.

Wikipedia: Skagen Church (EN)

921 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 3: Skagens Museum

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Skagens Museum

Skagens Museum is an art museum in Skagen, Denmark, that exhibits an extensive collection of works by members of the colony of Skagen Painters who lived and worked in the area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Important artists include Marie and P. S. Krøyer, Anna and Michael Ancher, Laurits Tuxen, Viggo Johansen, and Holger Drachmann. The museum also hosts special exhibitions. Its facilities include a café in the Garden House, an old building which for a while served as home residence and studio of Anna and Michael Ancher.

Wikipedia: Skagens Museum (EN), Website

287 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Skagen Bamsemuseum

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The Skagen Bamsemuseum was inaugurated in August 1998 and is Scandinavia's first and only Bamsemuseum. The Bamsmuseet consists of a small shop and two small floors with museum. The museum is made up of small booths, each of which tells a small story or shows an environment e.g. There is a construction site with shop, workers and a small mixing machine, or H.C. Andersen's adventure Emperor's new clothes in teddy bear form.

Wikipedia: Skagen Bamsemuseum (DA)

71 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Skagen Vandtårn

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Skagen VandtårnDe-okin 12:22, 28 July 2009 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The water tower in Skagen is a water tower in Skagen, designed by the company G.R. Øllgaard. The 34-metre-high tower was built in 1934 and could hold 150 m3 of water. Today, the tower serves as a lookout tower.

Wikipedia: Vandtårnet i Skagen (DA)

97 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Anchers Hus

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Anchers Hus is an art museum and gallery situated in the former residence of the painters Michael and Anna Ancher in Skagen, Denmark. Anchers Hus is located on Markvej in Skagen, Denmark.

Wikipedia: Anchers Hus (EN)

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