Påbegyndt 1904, indviet 1907
Skagen Havn var statshavn indtil 2001, hvor den blev kommunal selvstyrende havn. Havnen har indtil nu ikke givet underskud.
Skagen Havn er Danmarks største havn målt på værdien af landinger. Der er fortrinsvis udenlandske fartøjer der lander i Skagen - fra Norge, Sverige, Skotland og et par tyske. Skagen er faktisk også Sverige største fiskerihavn, idet svenskerne lander store mængder fisk i Skagen.
Skagen havn dækker et areal på 1.015.000 m2, heraf 646.000 m2 landareal (onshore) og 370.000 m2 vandareal (offshore). Pelagiske fisk (primært sild og makrel) samt jomfruhummere
Årligt passerer 100.000 skibe Grenen, heraf 60.000 handelsskibe - og så regner vi ikke fiskekuttere med.
8 bassiner, 6 km kaj, åben hele året
Fiskepakhusene - designet af arkitekt Thorvald Bindesbøll
Fiskerstatuen, 25 års jubilæum i 1932, model fra Hanstholm. Kunstner Anne Marie Carl Nielsen.
Havnemesterboligen - Ulrik Plesner
Marinaen - tæt pakket om sommeren
Skagen tidligere Rådhus
Den Svenske Sømandskirke
Karstensens Skibsværft, grundlagt 1917 indtil for nylig familieejet. Nu er der 5 ejere. 250 ansatte. Nybygninger og reparationer op til 135 meter
Jollehavnen, fritidsfiskere, lystbåde. købe fisk direkte fra båden
Den seneste havneudvidelse, nye 215.000 m2 areal. Kaj 10 forlænges til 170-200 meter. Ny kaj på 460 meter, 12-13 meters dybde og kan tage skibe op til 330 meter. Sten op til 3 tons fra Sverige - 80 meter i bunden for at bære vægten. Der bliver en appron (forplads) med faciliteter m.v.. Forventet værdig april 2015.
Oliebunker
Danish Yachts. Tidligere ejer Jesper Fauerskov - ville gå over til kulfiber. Dygtig håndværker. Overtaget af konsortium Jørgen Philip Sørensen Group4 i 2002 og i 2015 fusioneret med Karstensens Skibsværft
Sejlklubben
Haller til opbevaring af skibenes grej. Rederikontorer.
Elektromarine - el-tavler og arbejder off-shore
Skibene på reden - olie, proviant, ordre m.v.
Udsyn over Ålbæk bugten (og Klitgården)
Skagen Skipperskole - grundlagt 1921. Eneste skole af den slags i Danmark.
Skurbyen
Toldkammeret - nu nedlagt - arkitekt Hack Kampmann
Tidligere sømandshjem, nu ferieboliger for Krifa
Auktionshallen. Ubrudt kølekæde for fiskene.
Isværket
Skawlink både - bringer besætninger m.v. til og fra skibene på reden.
Skagerak Pelagic - en af fabrikkerne - den største sildeindustri, den af Skagerak Pelagic Group
FF Skagen - administrationsbygning. Fiskemel og -olie til mere end 60 lande.
Læsø Fiskeindustri (jomfruhummere - moderne anlæg til sortering og forarbejdning)
Skagerak Pelagic (i Hirtshals forarbejder de laks, i Skagen sild)
Engelsviken - krebsehaler, rejer og surimi (fiskenes "studenterbrød")
Udsigt til Sønderstrand, fyr og reden
Vippefyret (parkering ved det Hvide Fyr)
Oddens udvikling
Fyrenes historie
Vippefyret rekonstruktion - Sankthans
På vej til Grenen fortalte Hanne Aavang:
Noget om dannelse af Skagen Odde, første 20 km fra basislinjen mest landhævning og lidt sand. Sidste 20 km fra Aalbæk mest sand, sand og lidt landhævning.
1 million m3 sand årligt.
Skage - oldnordisk ord for hage, krog, gren - heraf Grenen og Skagen. Omgivet af 2 have.
Fyrtårne - Hvide fyr fra 1747, Grå fyr 1858 og Skagen Vest 1956.
Grenen vender ikke altid ens - som hundens hale. i 2004 til 2005 øgedes Grenen med 350 meter !!!
Grenen, Sandorm, Udkigspunktet, Drachmanns grav
Husk at skelne mellem turbussen "the coach" og Sandormen "The Tractor-bus"
Husk at angive tidspunkter og busnummer
Gør opmærksom på plancherne i Sandormen
Maks. 15 minutter på Grenen - samme Sandorm tilbage. Efter besøg på Grenen, hvor der ikke orienteres ret meget - måske en tegning i sandet med oddens udvikling, går vi til Kompasset og Drachmanns grav.
Det Hvide fyr 1747 - første murede fyrtårn i Danmark
Det Grå fyr 1855-1858, Nebelong. 140.000 sten fra Holland. Linsefyr. 3 mand på skift, Fyrmester, Fyrpasser og Fyrassistent. Egen kost, holdt køer, får og gæs. 50% af alt til Mester og 25% til hver af de andre. Bygningerne fredet. Under fyret (linsen) 400 liter kviksølv, båret ned i 10 liters spande. 210 trin.
Plan om Fuglestation i april 2016. Naturstyrelsen, DOF (Dansk Ornitologisk Forening) Turisthus Nord og Frederikshavn kommune. Fugletræk - vand- og landfugle.
Skagen Odde Naturcenter - droppet
Lidt om formålet
Utzon - arkitekter
Ørkenfort
På vej tilbage:
Vippefyret - rekonstruktion 1958
De gule huse med røde tage og hvide kanter
Vandtårnet mellem Anchers Hus og Skagen Museum
Sct. Laurentiivej efter Sct. Laurentius - skagens helgen
Ned omkring Havnen (mod By- og Egnsmuseet - Skagen Odde Naturcenter droppet)
Havnen - auktionshallen
Marinaen - op til 1.000 både på en gang
En af 3 glaspustere
Svenske Sømandskirke.
Skagen By- og Egnsmuseum
Sammenlægning af Kystmuseet, Bangsbo Museum, Sæby Museum og XX
Skagen by- og egnsmuseum, start 1927 på Oddevej, 1938 på Svallerbakken.
Beskriver primært perioden 1830 - 1850
Lise Hellum (i 2014) fortalte om:
Redningsstationen (en kopi)
Båden fra Kandestederne 1924 - original
Sidst i 1840 - Claudi fra vestkysten - studerede redningsvæsen i England. Redningsvæsnet etableret i 1852 - Claudi bestyrer.
12 redningsmænd pr. båd - det var svært at skaffe i Skagen. De skulle være ædruelige, store robuste mænd som var villig til at risikere livet for andre. Lille løn - mest æren. Pladsen gik ofte i arv til sønner. Fiskerne hjalp ved redninger med sine små både, men ikke uddannet til det.
Båden stikker ikke dybt for den skulle søsættes fra stranden. Selvlænsende, redningskrans om båden med kapok - også i veste. Bedre end kork som optager sand og mister flydeevne. Vestene blev tjæret.
Man skulle være over 18 år med der var ikke nogen øvre grænse. Bådførerens ord var lov.
Pligthuggeren skulle kaste linen til de nødstedte som skulle binde den om livet og springe i vandet.
Raketten - svær at styre - det var mest båden der anvendtes.
1350 redninger og 50 redningsfolk gik til.
Mindehallen
Skagens næstældste bygning (Sct. Laurentii kirke er ældre) - fra 1747
Brugt til opbevaring af både og ligkister - flyttet flere gange.
Daphnes forlis - Lars Kruses medalje (historierne, se andet steds)
Den rige fiskers hus
Murersten en mangelvare.
Saltkar - fiskene skulle hænge en uge på hjeldene - ind i regnvejr
Trangryder - fra torskelever - brugt til støvler og tøj, heraf "olietøj" og til belysning
Komfur og bilæggerovn.
Dækket op til gilde (bådlaug tradition 2. juledag)
Den fattige fiskers hus
26 m2 til 9 personer (familien Richardsen)
Ud at arbejde som 10 årige.
Damstederne (droppet i 2014), Gammel Skagen, Tilsandede Kirke
På vej til Gammel Skagen - Højen
Skagen købstad - isoleret fra landsiden, men centrum for skibsfart - første og sidste sted på ruten.
Oplæg til den tilsandede kirke - sandflugt.
I Højen
Høwboerne syntes Skagenfiskerne var kællingefiskere. Søskendeforhold - indbyrdes stridighed men sammenhold udadtil.
Efter ferieloven 1938 sommerpensionater og hoteller frem til 1960 - så Timeshare som blev en succes her.
Rævehulevej - dyr adresse - dyre huse på Top ti listen.
Sømærket
Ruths Hotel - almindeligt hotel - ikke timeshare. Ombygget for 80 mill. kroner. Lejligheder til 16-20.000 pr uge.
Strandhotellet - del af Ruths koncernen
Solnedgangspladsen - se og blive set. Klappe af solen
Den tilsandede Kirke
Markeringer af kirkebygningen. Der skal "sælges" så de ikke bliver skuffet over attraktionen.
Hulsig Hede
Vegetationen ved Plantagen (til dæmpning af sandflugt og basis for jernbanen)
Østrigske fyrretræer som nu fældes for at bevare den lokale vegetation.
Heden holdes "ren" for træer - også skolebørn måtte hjælpe til.
Lyset på grund af
den smalle odde
reflektioner i søgangen
saltvand - saltpartikler - prismer
Hulsig.
Sig betyder vådt område - altså et vådt hul
Hulsig kirke - Arne L. Hansen
Hirtshalsvejen som klimagrænse (godt vejr nord for)
Ørnereservatet - show kl. 15.00
Næsten al information er på dansk og showet er også på dansk.
Flot show med falke og ørne.
Råbjerg Mile og retur til Skagen
Fra SkagenNU.dk
Gammel Skagens historie
Gl. Skagen, som også kaldes Højen, var stedet, hvor det oprindelige Skagen opstod som et lille fiskerleje. Det ligger lidt vest for Skagen by. Gl. Skagen er indbegrebet af uspoleret natur og havets brusen. Det er et fashionabelt feriested, der hver år besøges af rigtig mange turister, hvoraf mange vender tilbage år efter år.
Da jernbanen blev indviet i 1890, stod Højen Station også færdig. Hertil ankom den stadig stigende strøm af sommergæster, der havde opdaget Skagen. En særlig festdag var det når Kong Christian X. og hans dronning, Alexandrine ankom til Højen Station, for at tilbringe sommeren i deres sommerresidens, Klitgården, som Chr. X. overdrog sin dronning som bryllupsgave i 1914.
Der er meget idyllisk i Gl. Skagen. Året rundt giver naturen mange muligheder for oplevelser. Man kan bl.a. nyde det, der måske er Danmarks bedste havudsigt. Blandt de yderste klitrækker, kun et stenkast fra Vesterhavet, ligger Solnedgangspladsen. Herfra kan man nyde de fantastiske solnedgange, som Gl. Skagen byder på. Mange skønne restauranter og hoteller finder man også i Gl. Skagen. Og er man til kunst og kultur, er der også meget at at se i Gl. Skagen.
Den tilsandede Kirke
The Grey Lighthouse
The Grey Lighthouse was lit for the first time in 1858 and is built of 140.000 bricks imported by sea from The Netherlands. It is at dioptric light and the light house replaces the White Light house, which was a catoptric light.
In the old days, there were 3 employees - the light house master, the keeper and the assistant. They worked in shifts 24/7 all year round. They all lived by the lighthouse, and they kept cattle, sheep and geese. In old drawings we can see that the lighthouse master in all respects had twice as much space as the others.
2013 during rebuilding they found that underneath the dioptric light there was a device containing 400 liters of mercury. This was carried down the 210 steps in 10 liters buckets. Today it is still the old dioptric light and it is still in use.
The lighthouse and the buildings are protected for conservation - no changes are allowed without the approval of the authorities.
The Bird Station
The former owner of the Grey Lighthouse - the Danish Maritime Authority - has sold the lighthous and buildings to a realestate company who specializes in investing in historical and protected property.
The buildings will be made into a bird station and information center about migrating birds, seals, ships and the lighthouse. This sight will open i 2016.
Town hamlets - Højen
The town was divided into three parts. On the west coast lay Højen with a few families that lived off fishing and agriculture. On the Kattegat side lay the parts of the town called Østerby and Vesterby
The people in Højen would name the other fishermen for sissies, because they fished in calm waters. They had a sister and brother relation, but would stand by each other in thirdpart matters.
After the building of the harbour, fishermen from Højen moved to the other side.
When the Holiday act was passed in 1938 guesthouses and hotels popped up in Højen. 1960 the concept of Timesharing was very popular and became a success here.
House prices are extremely high in this area - some of the most expensive houses you will find on these adresses.
Ruths Hotel - not timeshare, but ordinary hotel - renovated and rebuild for 80 mill. kroners recently. Apartments cost up to 20.000 crowners a week in rent.
Solnedgangspladsen - here it is very popular to watch the sun set. When it does, the audience applauses, but so far there has been no encore.
Port of Skagen (Harbour)
Skagen port was built 1904 - 1907. Until then the fishermen were fishing from the beach and had to haul their boats up onto the shore (beach). The harbour has been enlarged (extended) many times and today the harbour is the biggest fishing harbour in Denmark, not in size, but measured in the amount og than landings and the value of the landings.
Skagen is centre for landing pelagic species, primarily herrings and mackerel, and Norwegian Lobster (Nephrops).
Every year Danish and foreign vessels land more than 200.000 tons of industrial fish for the world’s biggest fish meal and fish oil factory - FF Skagen.
Annually 100.000 vessels passes by, and many ships anchor at the Skagen roadstead (ligger på reden).
Karstensens Shipyard
Established 1917, 250 employees. Builds and repairs vessels up to 135 meters of length
Other industries at the harbour are
Danish Yachts who built supply ships and luxurious yachts for the international market.
Cosmos Trawl, and
Electro Marine.
Skagen Skipperskole inaugurated in 1921 and moved to a new building in2012 is the only school for marine certificate in Denmark.
Fish Auction with auction every morning.
Jollehavnen (Dinghy port)
Today fishing is regulated by quota. Some fishermen sold their quota and stopped fishing and others bought a lot of quotas and built big fishing vessels to make fishing profitable. In the 1960's there were more than 400 fishing vessels in Skagen. Today there are less than 35, though som them are very large.
Many former fishermen have a small leisureboat for fishing - they have their boats in this basin. They have their own organisation and they financed this basin themselves.
14 – 16.000 yachts visit the marina every year. The record is 1000 boats in one day!
Den seneste havneudvidelse (The latest extention)
215.000 m2 new area, Quay no 10 will be extended to 170 meters. A new quay at 450 meters be ready to accommodate cruise vessels up to 330 meters to berth alongside. The water depth will be 11 meters.
We have removed 450.000 m3 of sand.
There will be an appron with space for busses and facilities.
The 1.5 km of breakwater consists of granite blocks from Sweden weighing up to 3 tons. At the bottom it is 80 meters wide in order to carry the weight. The extension is expected ready april 2015.
Danish Yacht
Established in 1988 as Skagen Yacht wharf by Jesper Fauerskov. In 2000 overtaken by our local billionaire Jørgen Philip-Sørensen - now deceased, and it is owned by a family trust Skagen Group. Builds state-of-the-art luxurius yachts in carbon fiber - supply ships and ships for the military
Skagen Skipperskole
Since 1912 Skagen Skipperskole has educated navigators to the fishing and the merchant.
The school offers a huge palette of maritime after education and courses to the maritime sector.
Skagen Skipperskole is the only remaining shipping school with about 100 year students and 15 skilled and qualified employees.
It’s a modern and vocational educational institution with focus on well-being and study environment.
January 2012 the shipping school moved into a new building, with the most beautiful location in Denmark. The “ship” is located with view over Kattegat outside the door.
Their students come from the whole north. After terminated education the students get jobs as navigations in the fishing and merchant industry .
In autumm 2012 Skagen Skipperskole inaugurated their new TRANSAS simulator for the first time and ensures the schools “State of the Art”. With this simulator they had the possibility to “support” courses and education with realistic and updated exercises.
At the GMDSS-area the school had all types of maritime radio courses. As the only one in Denmark, Skagen Skipperskole offers a special technicial course for people who should do radio inspection on GMDSS ships.
The Skipper’s 3rd Class Examination (Skipper of 3. class) -Duration: 21 weeks
The Skipper’s 1st Class Examination (Skipper of 1. Class) -Duration: 63 weeks
The Home Trade Master’s Examination (Costal skipper) -Duration: 21 weeks
Restricted Master (Master, restricted) -Duration: 63 weeks
RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) -Duration: 4 days
ARPA (Automatic Radar Plotting Aid) -Duration: 4 days
ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) -Duration: 4 days
Radio Communications:
GMDSS – General Operator’s Certificate (GOC) -Duration: 10 days
GMDSS – Long Range Certificate (LRC) -Duration: 9 days
GMDSS – Restricted Operator’s Certificate (ROC) -Duration: 5 days
GMDSS – Refresher Training (GOC Refresh) -Duration: 5 days
Skurbyen (Shedville)
Former sheds or shacks used by the fishermen for their tool and nets. Now it only for leisure. One of the sheds is named "No. 10 Downing Street".
The Red warehouses (Fiskepakhusene)
Built at the same time as the harbour. Designed by architect Thorvald Bindesbøll, who was inspired by the German Bryggen (Tyskerbryggen) in Bergen, Norway.
They were built to store the fish. To keep the fish fresh it was stored between block of ice and insulated with heather. Today the houses are too small for that purpose. Today they are under protection and are used as seafood restaurants.
Harbour master’s office and residence
was built (1905) right opposite the port. The architect is Ulrik Plesner. The big house in the middle is where the harbour master lived and had his office. The two side wings were for his assistants.
Custom Office - Toldkammeret
Arcitekt Hack Kampmann. Among his many significant buildings are several Costum Offices in Jutland, one of them the office in Skagen.
The statue of the fisherman and rescuer was raised 1932 at the 25 years jubilee for the port. The artist is Anne Marie Carl Nielsen, wife of composer Carl Nielsen, who had a summerresidens in Skagen.
The model who posed for the artist was a fisherman from Hanstholm. When people in Skagen learnt that fact, they were not happy at all. But when the community in Thy asked to get the statue to Thy, Skagen wanted to keep the statue.
The sea around Skagen Odde is very dangerous. From 1800 to 1850 one ship was wrecked per month. When a ship stranded and needed help, it was the fishermen who went out in the lifeboat to save the sailors. The most famous rescuer is Lars Kruse. He saved 465 sailors. (Or maybe just 180-200?)
The Act for establishment of the life-saving Services comes into force in 1852. Two years earlier Skagen already had lifeboat and rescue equipment positioned on the outskirts of the town.
A rescue station was built in Højen in 1869. It turned out to be one of the most active in Denmark. For more than 60 years the lifeboats were rowed out by volunteer crews until in1914 the first motorized lifeboat arrived at the station at Skagen port. In 100 year from 1852 to 1952 the life-saving services saved 12.000 sailors and only lost 50 rescuer (life-saver) in the whole country
Fish Terminal (Auktionshallen)
An ultramodern centre for the reception, sorting and sales of edible fish and shellfish
The fish terminal provides optimal landing facilities for the unloading, treatment, sale and further shipment to the buyers in one unbroken refrigerated chain.
When a vessel moors alongside the newly renovated terminal, the fresh fish is speedily loaded into the collection central, the auction room, or directly into refrigerated vans for further transportation.
The fish terminal can e.g. provide functions such as: Separate storage rooms for washed fish crates, auction and collection central – all under one roof, plus an ultra-modern refrigeration plant and an array of refrigeration air locks for lorries.
Ice Plant -Isværket
The department serves the fishing industry and the fish processing industry with storage at a cold store and freezer plant, high freezing capacity, iceworks and a wide range of services. Fish and seafood are handled as semi-manufactured goods to European consumers in particular, and other fish products are also sold to more distant markets. The department has bonded warehousing and veterinary border control on fish from outside the EU area.
Location:
At the quayside of Denmark’s northernmost fishing port, well located in relation to the North Atlantic and Norway.
Capacity:
Cold store: 10,800 m3
Freezer plant: 51,000 m3
Engelsviken
The Swedish Seamen’s Church was built in 1925 by initiative from judge Styhr, Frederikshavn, and the Swedish seamen’s parson Carl Nordborg.
The architect was Gustav Ljungman assisted by Ulrik Plesner. The Swedish fishermen who landed their catch in Skagen needed a place to go between the fishing trips instead of fighting the Skagen fishermen.
Skagen Odde is made of sand and land rising after the last ice age (10.000 – 13.000 years ago). The sand is transported by the sea up along the west coast of Jutland and the north coast at the spit grows 7 - 8 metres and get 1 million cubic metres of sand from the sea every year. The tip of the spit is one of the best places to watch birds, when they travel north every spring and south every autumn. Ornithologists from the whole of Denmark have designated Skagen as the most interesting bird watching site. Many migrating routes cross Skagen and around 250 different species can be observed during the year. Protected 1940.
The view point, Drachmann’s grave and bunker
Southeast of the parking place at the top of the spit on top of a German bunker is a viewpoint. You can see the sand dunes, more bunkers, the tip of the spit, and the sea with all the ships waiting for new orders or fuel, Skagen and all the way to Frederikshavn, if the weather is clear. On the viewpoint is a wind rose. Usually people get surprised to notice the directions of north.
The Germans built the bunkers during the 2nd world war as part of the German military’s Atlantic Wall.
Close to the viewpoint is the grave of Drachmann. Some people bring a flower, others put a small stone on top of the grave to honour him. Krøyer has designed the front; originally in wood (can be seen at Skagens Museum) later it was made in bronze.
Biografi - Holger Drachmann
Holger Drachmann (1846 – 1908) He was writer, poet and marine painter. 1872 First time in Skagen and kept coming back. 1902 Bought Villa Pax, he restored it and added a studio in the east end of the house. Married his 3rd wife, Soffi, 1903. He died in Hornbæk north of Copenhagen and his urn was escorted by a lot of people to Skagen to be buried in the sand dunes at the tip of the spit. He wanted his urn to be taken by the sea just as the coast. Villa Pax opened as museum in 1911.
The Nature Centre is both a gallery and a museum. The nature exhibition describes the creation of the Skagen spit and the other features, which make the nature in Skagen quite unique. The architect of the building is Jørn Utzon and his two sons Jan and Kim Utzon.
Skagen Odde is made of sand and land rising after the last ice age (10.000 – 13.000 years ago). The sand is transported by the sea up along the west coast of Jutland and the north coast at the spit grows 7 - 8 metres and get 1 million cubic metres of sand from the sea every year. The tip of the spit is one of the best places to watch birds, when they travel north every spring and south every autumn. Ornithologists from the whole of Denmark have designated Skagen as the most interesting bird watching site. Many migrating routes cross Skagen and around 250 different species can be observed during the year. Protected 1940.
Skagen By og Egnsmuseum is a combined open-air museum and exhibition centre containing special collections featuring fishing, the lifeboat service and shipping.
The Memorial Hall
In the hall there is a rowing boat of the type the fishermen used until the late 19th century.
The crew was 5 or 6 fishermen, and gave living conditions for at least 20 persons (the crew and their families).
The oars are very heavy; it takes two men at each oar to row the boat. When they were not out fishing, they hauled the boat up on the shore.
On the walls there are nameplates and figureheads from wrecked ships, pictures, accounts of exploits and medals of the many Skagen rescue men. At the end wall all the names of the fishermen lost at sea and never found is mentioned. They stayed out there. Thomas Pedersen, one of the rescuers from the stranding of Daphne is the first man mentioned.
The lifeboat station is a copy. A map shows where ships have stranded around the coast of Denmark. The lifeboat services were organized in 1852 after ideas of Christoffer Claudi. The lifeboat was in use at Kandestedernes life station. It is built in 1924 and was last time in use in 1967. The lifeboat had a crew of 12 experienced fishermen, and it was a job of honour and low pay. The leader sat at the rudder (starboard), 10 rowers at the oars and a pligthugger in the front of the boat. His job was to throw a line out on the wrecked ship. The lifeboat was unsinkable and self-draining. The life wests are filled with kapok. There is also a rocket devise and a breeches buoy (redningsstol).
Visit a poor fisherman’s home (25 m2) for a whole family of 9 with grandparents, parents and kids. The original house was built 1808 in Vesterby. The living room was also used as a bedroom and the kitchen has an open fireplace. Notice that there is no chimney but only a hole in the roof. They couldn’t afford bricks for a chimney. There was no restroom, so when people should relieve themselves, they went to leeward at the eastern gable out of the wind. This small spot gave good growing conditions for vegetable and rhubarb.
The rich fisherman’s home shows living conditions around 1850 to 1875, the last years of the in-shore fishing period. The fishermen’s tools and the large brine tub for salting fish can be seen in the scullery. After salting the fish was dried outside on the frames (hjeldene). The kitchen has an open fireplace and the stoves in the living room and bedroom can be stoked from the kitchen fireplace. The west living room was used as a storeroom, a guest room for shipwrecked persons and for the Christmas parties the boat owner held for his crew. The room was also used for laying out the dead. The coffin was lifted out of the house thru the window to make sure the dead didn’t haunt the house. The people were very superstitious. Sheep were kept in the stable during the winter. Wealthy fishermen hired a cow from a farm nearby during the summer to get milk.
The shed outside both the rich and the poor fisherman’s house was used for storing rope and tools. The roof is made of an old dinghy (jolle).
Damstederne
The town bailiff and planter Ole Chr. Lund had the responsibility to moderate the sand drifting and planted Skagen old plantation (Byfogedskoven). (10 hectare) In 1810 – 1820 he planted hardwood (deciduous) trees as alder, willow and birch to the west to shelter for ash, lime, beech, oak and poplar.
Skagen Klitplantage. The people of Skagen exchanged the land to the state for getting a railway. They had to stop the sand from drifting before building the railway. First they planted lyme grass and marram grass on the sand dunes to stop the drifting. Later (1880 – 1890) they planted imported pine and spruce to keep the sand from drifting. The trees in the plantation are 100 – 120 years old.
Sandmilen is the second largest migrating sand dune in North Europe. It has come to the end of its journey, the Baltic Sea.
Hulsig Hede. The landscape between Klitplantagen and Kandestederne (2.159 hectare) is an overgrown sand drifting area, with lot of drifting sand dunes, which are prevented from moving by the plants. The area is protected The dunes are cowered by Lyme grass and marram grass, and the low areas are moor, small ponds and marsh with heather, willow, cranberry and crowberry. The small ponds are made by peat (tørv) digging. Peat was used for heating the houses. The pines you see are self-sown and are not wanted. In order to keep the nature as it used to be, they are removed from time to time. Lots of birds (e.g. crane, small songbirds, hawks’, ducks) 65 different species breed in this area and fox, hare and roe deer live here too.
Eagle World
Irene and Frank Wentzel started Eagle World 1980. Frank Wentzel has been interested in birds of prey since he was 8 years old. In shows they tell the story about their falcons, hawks and eagles and how they have been used for hunting. When the falcon is sitting on the hand it wears a hood to prevent the bird from being stressed. It is for the bird’s sake and it is not cruelty to the bird. They have a very special white tailed eagle called Margrethe. She got the name because her egg was laid on the birthday of our queen Margrethe.
There is an exhibition room with photos depicting the life of birds of prey and the history of falconry. It is worth seeing.
Råbjerg Mile is the largest migrating sand dune in North Europe. The sand dune was formed at the west coast (Råbjerg Stene) in the 1500 and 1600 hundreds during the great sand migration. The dune is 1000 m wide and 1500 m long containing approximately 4 million cubic metres of sand with its highest point some 40 m above sea level. The dune continues to migrate east-northeast towards The Baltic Sea at a rate of about 15 m per year. Within 200 years it will reach the main road and cut the connection from Skagen to the rest of the world. The migrating dune and the land around is protected and so nothing will stop the dune on its way to the see. The mile is a parable, and behind the mile the ground is very low of nutrient, almost like a desert with small ponds with fresh water (groundwater). Only a few species live here, for example a rare toad the natter jack [Bufo calamita], a frog (løgfrøen) and sundew, which is a meat eating plant.
Råbjerg mile has been use as set piece in 2 films, 1920 and 1968.
Kandestederne, the little settlement you can see from the mile, was resort for actors as Skagen was for painters. Karen Blixen has been to Kandestederne when she wrote: Out of Africa.
DK Jolle
EN Dinghy / Yawl
DK Lystbåd
EN Yacht
DK Fritidsbåd
EN Leisure boat
DK Industrifisk
EN Industrial fish or Protein fish
DK Brislinger
EN Sprats
DK Skagen Skipperskole
EN Skagen Maritime Academy
LOA = length over all (skibslængde)
DK Skagen Red
EN Skagen Roadstead