Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Skayen: The Top of Denmark

I am in Skagen(pronounciation Skayen) : The very northmost point of Denmark is called Grenen (The Branch).
From : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagen
Skagen (The Skaw) is a projection of land and a town in Region Nordjylland on the northernmost tip of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.
Skagen stretches out to the northeast surrounded by the following waters:
to the east is Ålbæk Bay (Ålbæk Bugt) and beyond that the waters of the Kattegat, the strait that separates Denmark from Sweden
to the west is Tannis Bay (Tannis Bugt) and beyond that the waters of the Skagerrak, the strait that separates Denmark from Norway
The Skagen lighthouse from the 1850s.
The area is extremely picturesque, and distinguished by its low, yellow houses with red tile roofs nestled into the beach areas. The impressive and wild landscape was largely formed by a severe process of desertification that hit the area in the 18th and 19th centuries.

With Mr Asis Sing (a US Panjabi) : A crazy funny man. He drove around 200Km/hr on the way to Skagen from Arhus and was cought by Danish polics in Highway. Thanks to God, we only got warning (otherwise we had to pay fine of rs 40,000/- appx). We were fourMe,Asis, Saptarshi, Manoj(Only one from SAP Labs).

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