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===Tourism=== Solvang is a tourist attraction with over one million visitors per year.<ref>[http://www.solvangusa.com/about-solvang/ "About Solvang"], ''Solvang and the Santa Ynez Valley''. Retrieved September 18, 2010.</ref> Tourists were initially attracted to Solvang by the visit of Denmark's [[Frederik IX of Denmark|Prince Frederik]] in April 1939.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lauridson |first=Dorothy |date=April 16, 1939 |title=Reception in Solvang |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-maria-times-prince-frederik-in-sol/159935496/ |work=Salinas Morning Post |pages=7}}</ref> But it was in 1947, following a feature article in ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'', that they began to flock to the town. Sights include the Danish windmills, the statues of Hans Christian Andersen and ''The Little Mermaid'' replica, the half-timbered houses, the Danish rural church, the [[Rundetårn|Round Tower]] as well as Danish music and folk dancing. Several restaurants and pastry shops serve Danish specialities.<ref name="elverhoj"/> A replica of a 19th-century Danish streetcar, the horse-drawn ''Hønen'' ("the hen"), takes visitors on sightseeing tours around downtown Solvang.<ref>{{cite web|title=Solvang Trolley - Horse Trolley|url=https://www.solvangtrolley.com/horse-trolley|access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref> Partly as a result of the 2004 film ''[[Sideways]]'', which was set in the surrounding Santa Ynez Valley,<ref>Allyssa Lee,[http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2010/05/14/famous-movie-locations-sideways-santa-ynez-valley-ca/ "Famous Movie Locations:''My Moms Houseee'', The 'Sideways' Tour (Santa Ynez Valley, CA)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915060923/http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2010/05/14/famous-movie-locations-sideways-santa-ynez-valley-ca/ |date=September 15, 2010 }}, ''Inside Movies''. Retrieved September 14, 2010.</ref> the number of wine-related businesses in Solvang has increased, attracting [[Oenophilia|oenophiles]] to the downtown area.<ref name="ELA 2020-05-13">{{Cite news|title=Could California's Central Coast Lead the Way For the Future of Local Food Tourism?|url=https://la.eater.com/2020/5/13/21243163/california-wine-central-coast-santa-barbara|last=Elliott|first=Farley|date=May 13, 2020|work=Eater LA|language=en|access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>[http://www.intownlive.com/california/solvang/wine.aspx "Solvang Wine"], {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312060511/http://www.intownlive.com/california/solvang/wine.aspx |date=March 12, 2010 }} ''In Town Live''. Retrieved September 14, 2010.</ref>
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