Skagen is also home to some huge moving sand dunes that scour the ground behind them stripping it down to rock or even ground water. Many of the buildings that once lined the coastline, such as lighthouses, are at risk of being buried or falling into the sea due to erosion.
Finally, Skagen made up part of the northern Nordic defences and has some World War II bunkers.
Skagen was about an three hour drive north of Billund and Legoland.
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| Heading up the sand hills to Grenen Beach |
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| The grave of Holgar Drachmann a famous poet (1846-1908) |
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| World War II bunker |
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| Beach walk at Grenen |
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| Container ships traveling between the seas |
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| Panoramic view of Grenen beach |
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| Panoramic view further along |
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| A bunker |
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| The seas meet |
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| The seas meet |
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| Us at Grenen where the seas meet |
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| The bunker and one of Grenen's lighthouses - The Grey Lighthouse |
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| The Bascular Light - built in 1626 this lighthouse can be levered down to fill the bucket and the bucket set on fire and raised |
After exploring the beach we headed to Den Tilsanded Kirke (Sand Covered Church, Buried Church or the Church of St Lawrence).
The church was built in the late 14th century. In the 18th century it began to get buried by sand dunes and parishioners had to dig in order to attend the church. It was eventually abandoned in 1795. The church was demolished and only the gable remains.
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| Den Tilsanded Kirke |
After that we headed to Århus where we were due to catch a ferry back to the Zealand island and from there drive home.
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| Church in Århus |
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| Side wall of the church |
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| Doorway of church |
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| Market road in Århus |
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| Århus |
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| Another Århus church |
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| Art center in Århus |
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| Dragon on the roof |
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| Old houses in Århus |
We waited at Århus until almost 7pm for our ferry. When it was time we drove to the ferry stop but it rejected our tickets. I had previously booked a ticket from Århus to Zealand for 240 DKK (about $50) for the five of us and our car - not bad. It was about the same time as driving (70min) but would give us a break (we'd been driving 5 hours at this point) and save petrol.
When I clicked to confirm the ticket purchase the page failed to load and I had to refresh it. It seems that reset the direction so I'd booked Zealand to Århus. Kris and I had checked multiple times before the page failed to make sure.
Since we booked a non-flex ticket it was 100 DKK to change it and the trip was actually 600 DKK at this time and at the book at the ferry rate (about $125). So our cheap ferry trip ended up not being so cheap. I joked to Kris that this time we avoided a traffic infringement so its only fair we copped some other fine.
It was dark when we boarded the ferry and the ride was quite smooth. We landed uneventfully on Zealand with our wallets a little lighter and then drove back past Roskilde, across the Oresund bridge and back home, getting home around 10:30.
The first night Kris and I sat up until 1am sorting the Legoland pictures. The second night (Tuesday) I was up until 1am trying to sort all of the miniland photos into their sections. The same with the next night as I finished sorting and started writing. It's now Thursday, 10pm and I have finally finished.... Until our next trip...
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