Editing Skagen (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Skagen seen from the lighthouse 2009.jpg|thumb|250px|View of Skagen from the north]]
[[File:Skagen OSM map 2013.png|thumb|250px|Street map of the main area of Skagen.]]
Skagen is Denmark's northernmost town, located {{convert|41|km}} north of Frederikshavn, {{convert|108|km}} northeast of [[Aalborg]], and {{convert|226|km}} northeast of [[Aarhus]] by road.<ref name="GM">{{Google maps | url =https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=57.716667,10.583333&q=loc:57.716667,10.583333&hl=en&t=h&z=12 | access-date =1 November 2013}}</ref> It takes its name from the  peninsula that projects into the waters between the North Sea and the straits of Denmark. The oldest areas lie along the south coast. [[Gammel Skagen]] (Old Skagen), also known as Højen, is located next to ''Nordstrand'' on the western side. Vesterby and Østerby are notable for their little fishermen's cottages and narrow streets.<ref name=dsd/> [[Danish national road 40]] to Frederikshavn passes through Skagen.<ref>[http://www.naturstyrelsen.dk/pv_obj_cache/pv_obj_id_AE7B478523809AFB954EF1FAF696D1D59D830300/filename/RPT085.pdf "Udbygning af landevejen Ålbæk – Skagen"]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Naturstyrelsen. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 11 October 2013.</ref>

'''[[Grenen]]''' (also known as ''the Skagen Odde peninsula'') is bordered by [[Ålbæk Bay]] (''Ålbæk Bugt'') to the east on the [[Kattegat]] and Tannis Bay (''Tannis Bugt'') to the west on the [[Skagerrak]]. The area is picturesque, and distinguished by its low, yellow houses with red tile roofs nestled into the [[beach]] areas.{{sfn|Lonely Planet|2005|p=285}}
The wild landscape was largely formed by a severe process of [[desertification]] in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Problems with moving [[dune]]s and desertification were subsequently brought under control in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries by establishing large plantations of grasses, bushes and fir trees. Two significant migratory dunes remain in the area, one of which is the enormous [[Råbjerg Mile]].<ref>[http://www.toppenafdanmark.dk/denmark/raabjerg-mile-gdk640523 "Råbjerg Mile"], Toppen af Danmark. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 11 October 2013.</ref>

=== Bird life in Skagen ===
Skagen is the place in Denmark where the most bird species can be experienced, a total of 367 out of 471 bird species in the country.(2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skagenfuglestation.dk/fugletraekket/arter-og-tal|title=Arter og tal|website=www.skagenfuglestation.dk|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netfugl.dk/dklist.php|title=DK listen – Netfugl.dk|website=www.netfugl.dk|access-date=18 March 2018|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905040347/http://www.netfugl.dk/dklist.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Year round the area around Skagen, especially Grenen, is visited by hundreds of birdwatchers from all over Denmark, particularly in April–May and the beginning of June and to a lesser degree in August–November. Furthermore, the area is visited by birdwatchers from Sweden, Norway and Germany.

Other well-visited locations for birdwatchers are Ellekrattet, Nordstrand (near Batterivej), Skagen Harbour, Flagbakken southwest of the town as well as horse fields and brushwood near Fyrvej, Bøjlevejen and Buttervej.

Every day all year round Skagen Bird Observatory observes the migration on Grenen from the highest sand dune located between the parking lot and Grenen: "The World's End".

Volunteers at [https://www.skagenfuglestation.dk/ Skagen Bird Observatory] ring thousands of small birds in the Skagen area every year with permission from the [[University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum|Zoological Museum]] in Copenhagen.