Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Skagen, Denmark

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 3 km
Ascend 9 m
Descend 8 m

Experience Skagen in Denmark in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Skagen

Sight 1: Skagens Vippefyr

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Skagens Vippefyr Henrik Jessen / CC BY-SA 2.5

Skagen's Vippefyr is a navigational light mechanism located in Skagen in the far north of Jutland. The original vippefyr, the first of its kind, was built in 1627. A faithful copy now stands on the same site. It replaced an earlier parrot light (papegøjefyr) and served until 1747 when the White Lighthouse was brought into operation.

Wikipedia: Skagen's Vippefyr (EN)

383 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Hvide Fyr

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Hvide Fyr Arnoldius / CC BY-SA 3.0

Skagen's White Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse just north of the town of Skagen in the far north of Jutland, Denmark. It was operational from 1747 to 1858 when it was replaced by Skagen Lighthouse.

Wikipedia: Skagen's White Lighthouse (EN), Inscription

673 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Skagen Bamsemuseum

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Skagen Teddy Bear Museum was inaugurated in August 1998 and is Scandinavia's first and only teddy bear museum. The Teddy Bear Museum consists of a small shop and two small floors with a museum. The museum is built up of small display cases, each of which tells a little story or shows an environment, e.g. there is a construction site with a shop, workers and a small mixing machine, or Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes in the shape of a teddy bear.

Wikipedia: Skagen Bamsemuseum (DA)

93 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: 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)

97 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)

291 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: 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

921 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 7: Skagen Church

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

Wikipedia: Skagen Church (EN)

528 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: 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)

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