Sea, sun, sand and seals.
The pointy bit of land out past Skagen is called Grenen. There’s a spit of sand which seems to be a place of pilgrimage for a lot of Danes. It’s here that two seas meet.
Grenen marks the junction between the strait of Skagerrak (part of the North Sea) and the Kattegat sea, and the turbulent colliding seas have created a 4-km long curved sandbar above stretching east. The coming together of these two elemental forces causes unusual tides and currents, and waves which appear out of nowhere. Swimming is not allowed – it’s very dangerous here.
The scene of this sea on sea action is reached after a walk of around half an hour accross the rocks and ruined German WW2 fortifications and then down the beach. The magical objective is to stand at the end of the spit with a foot in either sea. Needless to say we had a go, and felt the positive power surge through us. No – it was so cold we lost feeling up to our knees.
Frequent visitors (apart from pilgrims) to this beach are the grey seals which swim just off shore. Some venture onto land expecting to be fed by the visitors.
The official advice is “Don’t”.