Our trip was 4 days long, which is really short for driving back and forth from Copenhagen to Nordjylland, but we had a great trip, and just narrowed down every bit of what we wanted to see and do.
Day one, roadtrip + Skagen:
The first day was just a long roadtrip from Copenhagen to the northernmost city in Denmark, Skagen. The drive was about 6 hours long, including stops, but it was really nice weather along the way, and the music on the radio kept us in good company.
Right before we arrived in Skagen, and right before the sun was about to set, we stopped at Den Tilsandede Kirke, and Knut shot some beautiful photos of the church in the sunset!
In Skagen, we got dinner at Bodilles Kro, where we got a delicious fish soup and fresh fish from Hirtshals. We stayed at Hotel Petit, a really cute hotel with a sweet and welcoming staff.
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| Den tilsandede kirke in sunset |
The next day was a monday, and we got up, ate breakfast and went for a walk in the city centre. It was as dead and abandoned as a small town can be on a morning before 10 am, but fortunately, the sun was shining, and the buildings and the harbor area were charming and lovely to look at. After our little walk, we drove to the northernmost point of the Danish mainland, Grenen.
The beach and area Grenen was so beautiful on this sunny day, and the big, white sanded beach gave me associations to the white beach scene in Pirates of the Caribbean.
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| My favorite travel buddy! Great shot by a German tourist at Grenen, the tip of Denmark. |
Next, we drove west on the Marguerite Route, and stopped in Rubjerg Knude Fyr. Knut had only seen pictures of the lighthouse on Instagram, but really wanted to stop there, and it turned out to be the highlight of the trip. The lighthouse is located down by the ocean, but is no longer active, because it was damaged by all the sand that covered it, and because it is located on moraine, it will most likely sink into the water within the next 3-5 years. The walk from the parking and up to the lighthouse was like walking through a desert, and was something I never thought I would experience in Denmark. A trip to Rubjerg Knude Fyr is absolute worth a visit.
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| Me trying to lay on the wind at Rubjerg Knude Fyr |
Next stop was just a 15 min drive away, the little town Løkken. There we ate a big ice cream, and took a walk on the beach (where surfing was possible, but too cold that day!), and enjoyed the charming city.
Last stop that day was Aalborg, where we were staying for two nights. Thanks to my good friend Nanna, we hade more than enough to do in Aalborg, since she had sent me a looong list of a local's recommendations on what to do.
Aalborg was beautiful. In short, it is my new favorite city of Denmark! Copenhagen has (almost) nothing on Aalborg. ;) So charming, and so beautiful. The city centre is really old, but the buildings are well preserved, and makes the city really special. The city has a long history, and the fact that this was for long the second biggest city in Denmark, and an important city to the King, is quite fascinating.
My favorite part was walking along the "fjord" on the first evening (I have to put "" around fjord here because the Norwegian perception of the word fjord is not what I saw in Limfjorden in Aalborg. Sorry, Denmark.) The sun had just set, and the pink and purple sky over the quiet city was just amazing to look at. The harbor has a lot of new and modern buildings, like the Utzon center and Musikkens Hus, which both bring some modern feeling in to the old city. Just lovely!
The next day, we spent walking through the city, doing some shopping, enjoying the sun, eating and drinking in all the right cafés and restaurants, thanks to Nanna, and at last, seing Captain Marvel in the cinema.
Day 4, Århus:
Our last day, we drove early from Aalborg, so we arrived in Århus right on time for AROS to open. AROS is a museum of modern art, that I really only wanted to visit because of its famous rainbow on top. The museum itself is not very pretty from the outside, but the rainbow on the roof does all the work to make the building interesting and worth a look.
After walking around in AROS for a while, and among others seing an installation by the Japanese LABPlanets (which we also saw in Tokyo), we went to the next museum, and highlight of the day: Den Gamle By (The Old Town). Den Gamle By is absolutely worth a visit, and we learned so much about Danish history (which is in many ways also Norwegian history). The houses and the clothes and the atmosphere were all so authentic, and really gave us a great experience the whole day through.
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| The installation "Tomorrow is the question" by LABPlanets |
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| Beautiful installation in AROS. |
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| Great shot of the 18th century houses in Den Gamle By. |
Thank you so much to everyone who sent us recommendations to this trip, and thank you Denmark, for being so damn likable!!
All pictures are of course taken by the world's best Knut!
