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Skagen Idræts Klub, the local football club founded in 1946, plays in Jyllandsserien, one of the lower divisions in Denmark's football system. [74] Skagen also has a badminton club [75] and a tennis club, [76] The Hvide Klit Golf Club is located some 17 km (11 mi) south of the town on the road to Ålbæk. In season, it is popular with tourists.
Drachmann's House View. Drachmann's House (Danish: Drachmanns Hus), also known as Villa Pax, is one of the major houses of Skagen, northern Denmark.Located on Hans Baghs Vej towards the western side of the town, it was built in 1829 and is now a museum.
The country residences of the rich and the huts of poor fishermen are among the exhibits. There is also a blacksmith's shop and a lifeboat station. Indoors, there are displays of nautical artifacts, old photographs and paintings covering various periods in the history of Skagen up to the present day. [1] There is also an old Dutch windmill on ...
Anchers Hus interior. Michael Ancher (1849–1927) and Anna Ancher (1859–1935) were both central figures in the artist colony of Skagen Painters who lived and worked in the town during late 19th and early 20th century.
Named for Skagen, a Jutland peninsula and Denmark's northernmost town, Skagen Designs Ltd. was purchased in 2012 by Fossil, for stock and cash in transaction totaling approximately US$237 million, and it continues to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary under its parent, continuing the traditional brand name Skagen Denmark.
Portrait gallery by Skagen painters. Skagens Museum was founded on 20 October 1908 in the dining room at Brøndums Hotel.Among the founders were artists Michael Ancher, P.S. Krøyer and Laurits Tuxen, who were elected to form the first board of governors together with Victor Christian Klæbel, the local pharmacist, and Degn Brøndum, proprietor of Brøndums Hotel and Anna Ancher's brother.
Højen or Gammel Skagen on the west side of Skagen Odde is an old fishing community which now forms part of the town of Skagen in the far north of Jutland, Denmark. It has a permanent population of about 30. [1] Højen was first settled in the 12th century, and by the 15th century had become a populated fishing hamlet.
Skagen's first lighthouse, the White Lighthouse (Det Hvide Fyr), designed by Philip de Lange and completed in 1747, was the first lighthouse in Denmark to be built in brick. [3] The Skagen Lighthouse which replaced it consists of an unpainted round brick tower with a lantern and gallery, reaching a height of 46 m (151 ft).