HEJ SKAGEN

Jeg har altid gerne villet besøge den smukke by Skagen, og det har jeg så prøvet nu. Skagen er jo den mest nordlige by i Danmark med omkring 8.000 beboere, og den er kendt for sine små gule huse med det specielle tag, at være solrig samt de kendte Skagensmalere omkring slutningen af 1800-tallet. For et par dage siden kom jeg hjem fra en sommerhus tur med min mor, papfar og papsøskende (og selvfølgelig min Julius) i Skagen-området. Det var et par hyggelige dage med godt vejr (vi var virkelig heldige!) og god mad, og mine bedsteforældre fra Sønderjylland tog også et par dag op i sommerhuset for at være sammen med os. Det var virkelig et par hyggelige dage med afslapning inden jeg skulle hjem til lejlighedstjek i Aarhus og jobsøgning i København. I løbet af de fem dage tror jeg også, at vi besøgte alle de steder, man SKAL se, når man er i Skagen: Grenen, Det Grå Fyr, Skagen by, Den Tilsandede Kirke, Skagen Museum og Råbjerg Mile.

De første dage gik med et besøg i Ålbæk, hvor sommerhuset lå. Der hørte vi dansk musik og spiste sild, inden min mormor og morfar (udtales [mommo] og [moffa], fordi de er sønderjyder) ankom. Vi besøgte Grenen, det mest nordlige punkt i Danmark, hvor man kan se de to have, Kattegat og Skagerak (tror jeg, det er) mødes. Man kan lige ane det på det første billede. Samme dag tog vi forbi Det Grå Fyr, men jeg var ikke deroppe og sad i stedet sammen med min mor og mommo og nød solen, mens min papfar og moffa var oppe og se Skagen fra oven. Derefter tog vi ind til Skagen by og fik os lidt fisk, som man jo skal, når man er i Vendsyssel. Jeg fik det lækreste stjerneskud!

Mandag kom min papsøster Therese, og vi besøgte Danmarks eneste ørken, som lå midt ude i ingenting. Det var faktisk ret fantastisk at se. Hundene blev dog ret udmattede af at løbe i al den sand, især Thereses hvalp Yoko. Fordi jeg skulle ordne noget med dagpenge, tog vi indtil byen og fik en god pizza på en af byens pizzeriaer, inden vi tog forbi Den Tilsandende Kirke. Følte mig dog ret snydt, fordi man sagtens kunne komme ind i kirken (så den var jo i virkeligheden ikke helt tilsandet). Min papsøster Julie og Thereses mand Daniel kom også op i sommerhuset, men jeg nåede desværre ikke at tilbringe så meget tid sammen med dem. Dog var det et par virkelig hyggelige dage i sommerhuset, og jeg fik mig også en lille souvenir med hjem, som jeg nok vil vise jer senere.

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I’ve always wanted to go to the beautiful city of Skagen, and I’ve tried that now. Skagen is the most northern town of Denmark with around 8.000 citizens, and it is known for its cute yellow houses with particular roofs, for being a sunny town and for the famous painters of Skagen in the 1800s. A couple of days ago I came home from a summer house trip with my mum, step dad and step siblings (and of course my Julius) in the area of Skagen. It was a couple of cozy days with great weather (we were really lucky with the weather!) and good food, and my grandparents from the Southern part of Jylland also took a trip to the summer house to spend time with us. It was truly some nice days with relaxation before I went back to Aarhus to get the flat checked and before I went home to my new home in Copenhagen. During the five days I think that I saw all the places that you HAVE to see when you’re in Skagen: Grenen, the Grey Lighthouse, the city of Skagen, the Sand-Covered Church, Skagen Museum and Råbjerg Mile.

During the first couple of days we visited Ålbæk, the village where the summer house was at. We listened to Danish music and ate classical Danish herring before my grandparents (“mormor” and “morfar” which is pronounced “mommo” and “moffa”, because they’re from Sønderjylland) arrived. We visited Grenen, the most northern point of Denmark where the two oceans, Kattegat and Skagerak, can be seen meeting each other. You can barely see it in the first picture that I put in. The same day we went to the Grey Lighthouse, but I passed and sat in the sun with my mum and mommo while my step dad and moffa went to see Skagen from above. After that we went to the town of Skagen and had some fish, which you kind of have to when you’re there. I had the most delicious stjerneskud or shooting star (a fish dish) as it would be called in English.

Monday, my step sister Therese arrived, and we went to see Denmark’s only (tiny) dessert which was in the middle of nowhere. It was actually pretty amazing to see. The dogs were pretty exhausted after that though, especially Therese’s puppy Yoko. Because I had to take care of stuff with unemployment benefits, we went to Skagen again and had a pizza at one of the town’s pizzarias before going to the Sand-Covered Church. I did feel a bit disappointed by the last one because it was no problem getting to the church (so it wasn’t really sand-covered). My other step sister Julie and Therese’s husband Daniel also visited us in the summer house, but unfortunately I didn’t have time to spend a lot of time with them. It was a couple of nice days in Skagen though and I also brought home a souvenir which I’ll probably show you later.