Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Skagen, Denmark
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1.9 km
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 SkagenSight 1: Villa Pax
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.
Sight 2: Skagen Church
Skagen Church is a church located in the historic town centre of Skagen, Denmark.
Sight 3: 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.
Sight 4: Skagen Bamsemuseum
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.
Sight 5: Skagen Vandtårn
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.
Sight 6: Anchers Hus
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.
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