Location: Skagen
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A large, busy harbor doesn’t dampen the charm of Skagen’s older neighborhoods, which offer distinctive yellow houses, great museums, ceramic and glass art galleries, and bike rental outlets. Harbourside restaurants serve fish fresh off the boats. If you’re used to Caribbean beaches, this will take some getting used to, but we bet Skagen’s craggy charms will win you over.
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1. Anchers Hus
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4.5 based on 91 reviews
The home of Skagen painters Anna and Michael Ancher, presented exactly the same way as it was when Anna Ancher died in 1935 with their personal possessions along with 280+ artworks hanged or placed around the house. Also includes cafe, museum store and a space for small special exhibitions.
Reviewed By atlanticophelia
If you're the least interested in paintings or the life of artists, do go here. The house of Anna and Michael Ancher is crammed with paintings, atmosphere and so many stories.
2. Michael Ancher and P. S. Kroyer statue
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4.0 based on 6 reviews
The statue of the two painters Michael Ancher (left) and Peder Severin Krøyer (right) has been standing in front of Skagens Museum since 1928. The two painters were some of the principal figures in the artists’ colony in Skagen, which was established in the end of the 19th century. The artists in the colony are known collectively as ‘The Skagen Painters’. Both painters were pioneers of outdoor painting. They are portrayed carrying the necessary tools for outdoor painting: Michael Ancher are holding his brushes in his hand and Peder Severin Krøyer is carrying his pochade box over his houlder containing brushes, paints, and a pre-stretched canvas. The statue was made by a third prominent member of the artists’ colony, Laurits Tuxen. All three of them, Ancher, Krøyer, and Tuxen, were among the co-founders of Skagens Museum in 1908. Inside the museum you can find paintings by all of them. The museum was founded to preserve the art of the Skagen Painters close to where the art was made.
3. Statuen Anna Ancher
4. Drachmanns Grav
5. Skulpture of Kai Nielsen
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2.0 based on 1 reviews
6. byfogedgaarden Skagen
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
