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Article: The place Danes go to dream Skagen's natural charm inspires both artists and tourists
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- International Herald Tribune
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- July 20, 2005
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Finn-Olaf Jones
International Herald Tribune
07-20-2005
When most people think of Denmark, they imagine the Baltic version: Lilliputian towns rising out of compact fields, flat landscapes and narrow beaches overlooking close horizons where boats never sail out of sight. Baltic Denmark is the orderly, safe land of an orderly, safe people.Northern Jutland is where Danes go to dream, to unwind and to romanticize. Up there, the northern lights linger longer in the summer nights; the North Sea is more violent; the open spaces of heather and drifting sand more dramatic. Skagen, a fishing village nestled in the dunes on the peninsula's uppermost tip, is geographically and culturally the focal ...
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