THE SANDS OF SKAGEN SKAGEN A family heads to Skagen the city at the northernmost tip of Denmark Outside of town the family sees how sand affects the area First they pass the Råbjerg Mile This dune moves across the land each year pushed by wind Just beyond the dune a church tower sticks out of the ground It was abandoned after sand drifts grew too high
OTHER TOP SITES BORNHOLM KRONBORG CASTLE LEGOLAND TIVOLI Art museums are scattered throughout the small town Artists have long been inspired by the area’s natural beauty In the afternoon the family heads to the beach At Denmark’s northernmost point the waves of two seas crash together in a spectacular show This is Denmark
LOCATION SKAGEN NORTH SEA MORE DENMARK The Kingdom of Denmark includes two territories Greenland the world’s largest island is in the Atlantic Ocean The Faroe Islands are also in the Atlantic north of Scotland VENDSYSSELTHY VENDSYSSELTHY AALBORG AARHUS DENMARK JUTLAND PENINSULA DANISH STRAITS COPENHAGEN ODENSE FUNEN ZEALAND GERMANY
N E W S Denmark covers 16,639 square miles 43,094 square kilometers in the north of Europe With Sweden and Norway it makes up a region called Scandinavia Denmark’s land consists of the Jutland Peninsula and many islands The largest islands are Funen Vendsyssel-Thy and Zealand Denmark’s capital Copenhagen is on the far east side of Zealand Denmark’s only neighbor by land is Germany to the south The North Sea borders Denmark to the west and north To the east most of Denmark’s islands rest in the Danish Straits The Straits connect the North Sea to the Baltic Sea BALTIC SEA
