Development and contemporary significance – 120th anniversary
The best experiences in Strandby Click here Places to eat in Strandby Click here Local shops in Strandby Click here From the local tourist association to the Top of Denmark. By the entrance to the last decades of the 20th century, Skagen was no longer a cautious experiment or a fashionable summer retreat reserved for the particularly well-off. The town had become [...]
The Interim – 120th Anniversary
The best experiences in Strandby Click here Places to eat in Strandby Click here Local shops in Strandby Click here From pioneering spirit to established holiday destination – Skagen's tourism 1900–1980. When the Skagen Tourist Association was founded in 1906, it wasn't with grand gestures or certain promises of future success. It was more with stubbornness, local knowledge and […]
From startup and the first years – 120th anniversary
The best experiences in Strandby Click here Places to eat in Strandby Click here Local shops in Strandby Click here 120 years of hospitality and holiday life in Skagen This year, Skagen Tourist Association can celebrate a very special anniversary. What we now know as Toppen af Danmark. On March 22nd, 2026, it will be exactly 120 [ ]
Danhostel Skagen is ready for the winter swimming festival
The best things to do in Strandby Click here Places to eat in Strandby Click here Local shops in Strandby Click here Among Danish artists there are few as popular as singer Christopher. Throughout the 2010s and the first half of the 2020s, he has mesmerised his ever-growing fan base from the biggest Danish stages. I [...]
Magic in the dark
The best experiences in Strandby Click here Places to eat in Strandby Click here Local shops in Strandby Click here Imagine a late summer evening on a quiet North Jutland beach. The sky is dark, the wind has dropped, and you stand with your feet at the water's edge. You gently move your hand through the warm sea and suddenly the water glitters [...]
You'll find warmth under the ice
The best experiences in Strandby Click here Places to eat in Strandby Click here Local shops in Strandby Click here Winter swimming in Skagen has become a firm tradition Every year, Maren Lotte returns to the Skagen Winter Swimming Festival, where she happily takes her friend along and jumps into the ice-cold waves. For her, [...]
When nature heals itself
The best experiences in Strandby Click here Places to eat in Strandby Click here Local shops in Strandby Click here In the middle of one of the hottest summer days, a fire suddenly broke out in Skagen Klitplantage. Smoke rose into the sky, and firefighters battled for days to control the blaze. It has been severe. And yet, a few weeks [...]
Eat your way through Skagen
The best things to do in Saeby Click here Places to eat in Saeby Click here Local shops in Saeby Click here There's no need to go to bed hungry. Especially not when you visit Skagen. The town has just about everything the hungry, the foodie and the discerning visitor can [...]
Skagen on the screens
The best things to do in Sæby Click here Places to eat in Sæby Click here Local shops in Sæby Click here If anything, Skagen is associated with the world of art. Numerous great painters have immortalised Skagen, themselves and each other in a fierce symbiosis of creativity and competition in the years around 1900. With Anna and Michael Anker, [...]
Wondrous and marvellous Skagen
The best things to do in Sæby Click here Places to eat in Sæby Click here Local shops in Sæby Click here There is hardly a Dane who does not have a feeling for Skagen. Many have been there themselves, but in history, literature, the media and in private, the town on Grenen takes on an almost mythical status It takes time [...]