Editing Skagen (section)

===Commerce===
[[File:Matas-skagen.jpg|thumb|left|Shops in Skagen]]
Thanks to Skagen's reputation as an artistic community, the local arts and crafts trade is also an important source of income and employment. Artwork and handicrafts are sold in galleries on Trondsvej. Sankt Laurentii Vej, one of the main streets away from the harbour area in Skagen,{{sfn|Lonely Planet|2009|p=325}} known for its glass and pottery shops; of particular note are Skagen Glasvaerksted, which produces some of "Jutland's finest glass pieces", and Skagen Potteri.{{sfn|Porter|Prince|2009|p=405}} In addition to its arts and crafts stores, the town has a wide range of shops,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skagen-tourist.dk/nordjylland/shopping/shopping-i-skagen-omraadet|title=Shopping i Skagen Området|publisher=Skagen-tourist.dk|language=da|access-date=1 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104053103/http://www.skagen-tourist.dk/nordjylland/shopping/shopping-i-skagen-omraadet|archive-date=4 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> including jewellery, clothes and shoes, handbags, souvenirs, flowers and gardening equipment. There are also a variety of food stores with butchers, bakers, a cheese shop, fishmongers, and several restaurants and cafés.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skagen-tourist.dk/nordjylland/shopping-og-service-i-skagen|title=Shopping og service i Skagen|publisher=Skagen-tourist.dk|language=da|access-date=1 November 2013|archive-date=1 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101043721/http://www.skagen-tourist.dk/nordjylland/shopping-og-service-i-skagen|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
[[File:Pakhuse Skagen.jpg|thumb|Restaurant Pakhuse in Skagen]]

Given the abundance of fresh fish coming it at the port of Skagen, seafood forms a staple of cuisine in Skagen. Of particular note is the [[Skagen Fiske Restaurant]] that was established in 1907 at the side of the harbour.{{sfn|Porter|Prince|Norum|2011|p=201}} Ruth's Gourmet in [[Ruth's Hotel]] on Hans Ruth Vej is also of note and has been cited to be one of the top five restaurants in Denmark outside of Copenhagen, serving French cuisine under head chef [[Michel Michaud]].{{sfn|Porter|Prince|Norum|2011|p=201}} Ruths Hotel was originally built by Emma and Hans Christian Ruth in 1904 as a bath and guest house.{{sfn|Jensen|2011|p=109}}