Appropriately enough for such a neat and ordered country, Denmark doesn’t end untidily at its most northerly point, but on a neat finger of sand just a few metres wide. You can actually paddle at its tip, where the waters of the Kattegat and Skagerrak clash, and you can put one foot in each sea – but not too far. Bathing here is forbidden because of the ferocious tidal currents.
The tip is the culmination of a long, curving sweep of sand at Grenen, about 3km northeast of Skagen along Rte 40. Where the road ends there’s a car park (Dkr13 per hour), excellent restaurant and small art gallery. From the car park the 30-minute walk up the long, sweeping stretch of sand passes the grave of writer Holger Drachmann (1846–1908).
The tractor-pulled bus, the Sandormen , can take you out to the point; it leaves from the car park at Grenen from 10am daily and runs regularly all day, according to demand.
