Blogs from Skagen, Region Nordjylland, Denmark, Europe
May 10th 2011
Motorhome News from Europe 44 'Why are you going on holiday to Denmark?' 27th April - 6th May 2011 'Why are you going on holiday to Denmark?' a lady at the golf club recently asked. I guess one might be forgiven for asking such a question; after all, how many people do you know who have set off on holiday from the UK to Denmark for anywhere other than Copenhagen? We missed the obvious answer, 'We've been everywhere else,' and opted for the, 'To see the spring bird migration.' To be perfectly honest, it's more that. Whilst we have both been to some of the major ports of call in Denmark, we feel we don't really know it. ' We'll see if we can find one or two more answers to this question over the coming ... read more
Skagen / Grenen Northern tip of Denmark
Published: June 22nd 2010Europe » Denmark » Region Nordjylland » Skagen
June 22nd 2010
Weather forecast was excellent. Woke up expecting blue sky but found grey all over. It did improve later and we saw some blue sky but the wind increased through the day and the wind was icy. So that was summer then ! Used the motorhome to go out for the day as a bit too far for the scooter and that was an excellent decision as we would have frozen in that afternoon wind. Did our first shop of the trip using two supermarkets in Sindal. Had to ask another shopper which was cream (good thing everyone speaks English) as when we were in Hungary I mistakenly bought cream cheese instead ! Surprised to find beer and wine (and indeed the food) at quite reasonable prices - had been let to believe it was mega expensive. ... read more
November 18th 2008
Copenhagen - Skagen Thursday 11th September (Day 17) Today we said goodbye to the nice people at the B&B, & headed into the main city train station for our trip north. We had decided to get a rail pass to travel around Denmark as it was relatively cheap, and also easier, since we didn’t really have any idea where we were going (as usual). Denmark is actually made up of three main islands - Zeeland (where we currently were in Copenhagen), Funen (in the middle) and Jutland (the biggest and northernmost island). Today we were heading for Skagen, at the northernmost tip of Denmark. We had chosen to visit here to see more ‘natural’ Viking territories, and the place where the two seas collide - the North Sea on one side and the Baltic Sea on ... read more
September 21st 2008
HI everyone! I just got home from Skagen with my host family! It was so beautiful and one of the most beautiful places i have ever seen! It took about three hours to drive there, but it was completely worth it. By the way, Skagen is a town located on the most northern point of Denmark. Its a place where you can see the East and Noth sea collide together. We left friday after school and arrived later in that afternoon. All of the houses are yellow, with white trimming, and white fences. It was kind of scary because every house and shop looked the same as the other, but it was still pretty cool. We stayed in a light house located right on the beach and it was the coolest place i have ever spent ... read more
June 19th 2008
Tag 17: Hirtshals - Skagen, 64.15 km, Fahrzeit 3:32, Durchschn. 18.07 km/h, Gesamtstrecke 1246 km Morgens beim Zeltabbau macht es plötzlich "Knack", und ich habe statt drei Zeltstangen plötzlich vier. Ich bin mir nicht mal bewusst, die Stange ungewöhnlich belastet zu haben. Den Bruch kann man mit der mitgelieferten Reparaturhülse rech gut provisorisch beheben, aber wenn das nochmal passiert, habe ich ein Problem. Die gestern durchgeführte provisorische Reparatur der Umlenkrolle am Fahrrad mittels eines Gummiringes ist ein mittelmässiger Erfolg. Wie erwartet läuft das Rad wieder schön leise, leider ist Gummi nicht ölresistent, und in Verbindung mit der machanischen Belastung durch die Kette gibt die Konstruktion nach etwa 50 Kilometern den Geist auf. Zweimal am Tag einen neuen Gummiring aufziehen, damit könnte ich leben - der Fahrradschlauch gibt ja einiges her. Abe... read more
