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The nearby headland at Grenen is a spectacular setting where the two parts of the Baltic Sea meet (the Kattegat and the Skagerrak).
The area is extremely picturesque, and distinguished by its low, yellow houses with red tile roofs nestled into the beach areas.
The area is also closely associated with a community of artists, an artist colony , who flocked to this picturesque, and then unspoiled, area in the late 1800s. In 1890 it had become considerable easier to travel to this remote destination when Skagen became connected to the rest of the country via a railroad line.
This group, which enjoyed the reputation of a bohemian lifestyle, is sometimes referred to as the Skagen Painters , even though it encompassed writers, and other influential people as well. Among these notable visitors and residents of the time were writers Holger Drachmann, Georg Brandes, and Henrik Pontoppidan, and artists Peder Severin Krøyer, Michael Ancher and Anna AncherSyende fiskerpige (Sewing fisherman´s wife Anna Kirstine Brondum Ancher ( August 18, 1859 April 15 1935), was the only one of the Skagen Painters that was actually born in Skagen, Denmark. She studied drawing in Copenhagen, and in Paris at the atelier of. They were often gathered at the area's Brondums Hotel, which is still in operation today.
The area continues to be a popular tourist destination visited by many people each year. A highlight of the year is the celebration of Midsummer EveMidsummer is the period of time centered upon the summer solstice. Midsummer-related holidays, traditions and celebrations, most of which are considered secular, are particularly important in Finland and Sweden, but found also in other parts of Northern E or St. JohnJohn the Baptist (also called John the Baptizer or John the Dipper is regarded as a prophet by at least three religions: Christianity, Islam, and Mandaeanism. According to the Gospel of Luke, he was a relative of Jesus. That he was a prophet is asserted b's Evening (Sankt Hans Aften) on the beach.