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Experience · Denmark

Beach in Denmark

Denmark's beaches split between two coasts: wide, wind-worked North Sea sands down Jutland's west side, and calmer, shallower water on the Baltic side. The dunes do the architecture. Løkken sits behind its dune line on the open west coast, Grenaa runs a long, dune-backed strand south and east of its harbour, and Bornholm adds the beaches of its south coast, a short way from the ferry quays at Rønne.

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Skagen, Denmark, with its grey and white lighthouses rising over yellow houses and red rooftops by the sea.

Skagen

North Denmark Region · DenmarkSkagen is Denmark's northernmost town, sand along the Skagen Odde peninsula — the beach light its painters chased hangs in Skagens Museum and Anchers Hus.Where to stay →Rønne on Bornholm seen from the water, its green-spired Sankt Nicolai church rising above red-roofed houses and a small harbour lighthouse.

Rønne

Region Hovedstaden · DenmarkRønne is the main town and ferry port of Bornholm, a granite island set out in the Baltic Sea east of the Danish mainland.Where to stay →Cobbled old-town street in Koge lined with colorful half-timbered houses under a blue sky

Køge

Region Sjælland · DenmarkKøge is a historic harbour town in eastern Denmark, on the island of Zealand south of the capital.Where to stay →Grenaa harbour on a sunny day, with colourful gabled townhouses, a yacht marina and a rocky breakwater reflected in calm blue water.

Grenaa

Region Midtjylland · DenmarkGrenaa is a Kattegat port town at the eastern tip of the Djursland peninsula in central Denmark, on Jutland.Where to stay →High aerial of Hørsholm's green suburban streets reaching a marina on the Øresund coast

Hørsholm

Region Hovedstaden · DenmarkHørsholm is a town in eastern Denmark, on the island of Zealand, set on the Øresund coast north of Copenhagen.Where to stay →Varde

Varde

Region Syddanmark · DenmarkVarde is a town in southern Denmark, on the Jutland peninsula, and seat of Varde Municipality.Where to stay →Farmland with a country road leading toward Lokken's distant seaside skyline on the Danish coast.

Løkken

North Denmark Region · DenmarkLøkken, a seaside town on the open Jutland coast, keeps its story of beach-launched boats and drifting sand in the Kystfiskerimuseum and Sandflugtsmuseet.Where to stay →Waterfront green with an anchor monument and benches beside Gilleleje harbour and marina, Denmark

Gilleleje

Region Hovedstaden · DenmarkGilleleje is a fishing town and seaside resort at the northernmost point of Zealand, in eastern Denmark, in Gribskov Municipality.Where to stay →A green arched footbridge over the canal in Frederiksvaerk, Denmark, with a yellow building and swans on the water.

Frederiksværk

Region Hovedstaden · DenmarkFrederiksværk is an old industrial town in Halsnæs on northern Zealand, grown up around a royal gunpowder works.Where to stay →

Greve

Region Sjælland · DenmarkGreve is a coastal commuter town in eastern Denmark, on the island of Zealand south-west of the capital.Where to stay →Ishøj's white Arken museum building with an equestrian sculpture and footbridge over a reed-fringed lake.

Ishøj

Region Hovedstaden · DenmarkIshøj is the seat of Ishøj Municipality in eastern Denmark, a town on the Køge Bay coast of Zealand south of Copenhagen.Where to stay →Pink wildflower meadow and grassy path leading to the Baltic Sea at Marielyst, Denmark, with distant sailboats

Marielyst

Region Sjælland · DenmarkMarielyst is a seaside resort on the island of Falster, in the southern part of Region Zealand, in eastern Denmark.Where to stay →
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Common questions

What makes a beach destination worth the trip?

Water quality and shelter come first: a swimmable, clean shore beats a long but exposed one. After that it is the town — places that live year-round keep their restaurants and transport when the season ends, which is what separates a beach resort from a beach with a car park.