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North Coast (Zealand)
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North Coast[1] is on the northern coast of Zealand in Denmark.
[edit] Understand
[edit] Get in
[edit] Get around
[edit] By train
Conveniently a small one track railway, Hornbækbanen [2], runs right along most of the coast between Elsinore and Gilleleje - a journey of 40 minutes - the trains continue onto Hillerød after a brief stop. Departures every 30 minutes between 6-18, and every hour between 18-23. It uses the same tickets as the rest of the public transportation system.
[edit][add listing] See
[edit] Tisvildeleje
A quaint seaside town during much of the year, Tisvildeleje bourges with visitors during the summer, and many of the houses outside the small centre, is vacation houses - or sommerhuse in Danish, greatly contributing to a mushrooming population during good weather. When you arrive at the small train station, follow the crowd, and you'll be on the beach after a mere 300 metre walk, it's kid friendly, and have lifeguards stationed during bathing season. If you head northwest along the beach, you'll reach Helenekilde, one of the country's most famous springs, legend has it it can cure incurable diseases; if you draw water from the spring on St. Johns eve, and find the two boulders leaning against each other, Helenes tomb (on Sankt Helenevej), lye in grass and drink the wate of life until the red sun rises, you will be cured of your disease. With the coast due north, head west or north if you want to escape the crowd, where Tilvildeleje is bordered by the Tisvilde Hegn forest, it's large and quite nice, a good walk takes you to the Troldeskov or Trolls forest, where gnarled old trees create interesting shapes and figures, it's signposted from the entrance.
- Tibirke Kirke, Tibirke Kirkevej 2, [3]. build on top of a heathen place of sacrifice from the antiquity, this church is thought to date back to around 1100, though the current church is a patchwork of later additions. The Gothic altar inside the church is from Lübeck, dating back to 1475 and was returned to church after being stored and later restored by the National Museum, it's well worth a look. Also inside there is a Baptismal font presumably from monastery ruins, thought to be very old, it's decorated with serveral cross of St. George edit
[edit] Gilleleje
Gilleje is the main town on the coast with around 7000 full year residents, it's an important local fishing harbour, and was indeed founded by fishermen as early as the 16th century, the fishermen are also famous for organising the escape of Danish Jews to neutral Sweden during WWII on the cutters, though unfortunately many were captured during a Gestapo raid, you'll find a few memorials commemorating the tragic night, as well as fishermen who lost their lives hitting sea mines during the crossing, around the town.
You'll usually arrive at the train station which is about 500 meters south west of the harbour, and a bit longer from the beach, you'll walk through the nice city centre to get there, which has preserved some of the narrow alleyways and half timbered houses of the orignial fishing hamlet. The whole place has an aura of sleepy sophistication it's hard to find elsewhere, and Danes have jokingly dubbed the area; the North Zealand Riviera - in fact the great tormented philosopher Søren Kierkegaard used Gilleleje to escape from his world.
The beach is immensely popular in the summer, and locally famous for it's white sand - many of the outlying houses are vacation homes, so you can count on the beach being full on weekends (Jun-Aug) if the weather is good. During the season, there is life guards stationed here - if you walk around 1 kilometre north west along the beach, you'll reach Zealands northernmost point, if you walk around the same distance in the opposite direction, you'll find Nakkehoved Lighthouse, which along with a sister in Sweden, marks the entrance to the Øresund sound.
- Gilleleje Museum, Vesterbrogade 56, ☎ +45 48 30 16 31, [4]. W-F 13-16,Sa 10-14 (except Jun-Aug W-M 13-16). Free. edit
- Skibshallerne & Det Gamle Hus, Hovedgaden 49, ☎ +45 48 30 16 31, [5]. Jun-Aug: Daily 13-16 (closed on Tuesdays). Free. edit
- Fyrhistorisk Museum på Nakkehoved, Fyrvejen 25 A. Mar-Nov Th-Su noon-16 (except Sep-Oct Tu-Su 11-16). edit
[edit] Hornbæk
[edit] Dronningmølle
[edit] Other Attractions
- Ramløse Mølle & Håndværksmuseet, Mølleloden 4 (Ramløse), ☎ +45 48 30 16 31. edit
[edit][add listing] Do
- Bakkefest (Summer festival), (Gilleleje). edit
[edit][add listing] Eat
[edit][add listing] Drink
- Tisvildelejecafeen, Hovedgaden 55 (Tisvildeleje), ☎ ''+45'' 48708886. One of the few places in Tisvildeleje open all year. edit
- Brasserie Gilleleje, Nordre Havnevej 3 (Gilleleje), ☎ +45 48 30 21 30, [7]. edit
[edit][add listing] Sleep
- Helenekilde Hotel, Strandvejen 25 (Tisvildeleje), ☎ +45 48 70 70 01 (kontakt@helekilde.com), [8]. A very nice, but slightly expensive hotel in a very charming house in Tisvildeleje, with views over the sea, and stone throws walk to the beach 995-2295 DKK. edit
- Tisvildeleje Strandhotel, Hovedgaden 87 (Tisvildeleje), ☎ +45 48 70 71 19, [9]. 895-1895 DKK. edit
- Sankt Helene centeret (Hostel), Bygmarken 30 (Tilsvildeleje), ☎ +45 48 70 98 50, [10]. Rooms, cabins and apartments, accredited with Hostelling International, if you are more to share a room, the price will be substantially lower. 520-894 DKK. edit
- Gilleleje Badehotel, Hulsøvej 15 (Gilleleje), ☎ +45 48 30 13 47, [11]. edit
- Gilleleje Feriecenter, Tinkerup Strandvej 8 A (Gilleje), ☎ +45 4830 0311, [12]. edit
[edit] Stay safe
[edit] Get out
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