invite you to explore the charming seaside resort, the northernmost point of Denmark.Besides the fact that Skagen - the city of amazing natural beauty, you can witness a unique natural phenomenon.It borders the North and Baltic Sea.The border with the visible to the naked eye.This is truly a delightful sight!
Skagen - a charming, small Danish town
sparsely populated town situated on a promontory called Grenier, he shared the Skagerrak and Kattegat.The first separates Denmark from Sweden, while the second - from Norway.
warm Gulf Stream washes Cape Grenier, but because here the most sunny days a year.With this Skagen became one of the most attractive resorts in Danish.Here are the cottages of the business elite in all of Scandinavia.
Features town
Sand - the main attraction of Skagen, and at the same time of his punishment.The sand dunes are moving all the time, despite the fact that the locals all the time they are planting trees and grass.Fighting sand lasts for more than 200 years.
In the mid-19th century, the city was chosen by the artists.Some come here for the whole summer season, in order to perpetuate in his paintings of great beauty nature, urban life settlers Skagen.They were afraid that after some time everything will be under tons of sand.A unique piece of land between the two seas is reflected in the works of artists such as Michael and Anna Ancher, PS Kreyer and others. Since Skagen has always been a fishing town on the many paintings depict local fishermen.Now the works are kept in the museum of painting.
On the "World's End" lived and famous storyteller Hans Christian Andersen.He said that any person here can visit the incredible inspiration.
One of the trademarks of Skagen is the 'Burial of the church. "Constant head element she gave up in the middle of the 18th century, and is now listed on the first floor completely with sand.Today, the white walls of the Lutheran church tower over beautiful sand dunes.
Cape Grenier - obligatory place for tourists.You can see for how to connect the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.This place residents believe the main attraction of the city.
unique landscape
Only here, a few kilometers from the town of Skagen, if you walk along the coast to Cape Grenier, one arm can be lowered into the Baltic Sea and the North Sea will be the second under the splash.The merger of the two seas creates the effect of a certain mystery and mystique.Locals even call it the "end of the world."Despite the fact that the temptation to swim in two seas is very high, bathing is expressly prohibited - for too much, it can be life threatening.
Nature phenomenon
Baltic Sea and the North Sea are not mixed at the point of its contact as water currents have a different density.The area of contact is relatively small.The reason is that the place where the Baltic Sea and the North Sea is shallow.
Because the Baltic Sea flow into numerous freshwater rivers, the salinity level of its waters is quite low.A large part of the waters of the sea does not flow outside the Baltic Sea.There is only a small passage in the North Sea.And the Baltic Sea would be a huge lake with fresh water, if he had not.
