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Location: Frederikshavn, North Denmark, Denmark

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1. Rovfuglenes Rige – Panorama Tour 416

38.7km

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2. Heathland Path Near Skagen – Skagen Town Center loop from Ålbæk

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3. Cycle Path Through the Dunes – Heathland Path Near Skagen loop from Østerby

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02:31

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September 21, 2017

Great vantage point overlooking Råbjerg Mile. Cyclists have to push their bikes for a short stretch, but it's worth the effort! There's also a rest area nearby.

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JR56

July 17, 2024

Råbjerg Mile is a massive shifting dune on the northern tip of Jutland, Denmark.

It has been a nature reserve since 1900. This ensures that dune migration can continue unhindered.

The sand masses reach heights of over 40 meters and cover an area of

approximately 120 hectares. Due to prevailing westerly winds, the sand moves eastward toward the Kattegat. Each year, the dune moves an average of 15 meters. According to estimates, Råbjerg Mile will reach the 3.5 km distant road to Skagen around the year 2130 and disappear into the Baltic Sea after another 30 years. The question of whether the Frederikshavn–Skagen railway line would need to be rerouted westward around the dune in 100 years has not yet sparked any political debate.

By the mid-19th century, the northern town of Skagen was also suffering from increasing drifting sand, a result of deforestation and the destruction of dune vegetation to meet the demand for fuel. The municipality eventually offered to transfer the inhospitable land to the state, which undertook an extensive reforestation program starting in 1887. The forests (klitplantager) in Bunken and Skagen were established. At the same time, Skagen received a paved road to Aalbæk and a railway connection. Previously, all transport had been accomplished by horse-drawn carts across the impassable Baltic Sea coast.

However, the taming of the raw forces of nature also aroused resistance. The poet Jeppe Aakjær (1866–1930) was an early advocate for nature conservation. In 1900, the Danish state acquired the area around Råbjerg Mile to protect it from human interference.

While World War I was raging in Europe, this desert-like panorama served as the backdrop for the Danish silent film Sfinxens Hemmelighed (English: "The Secret of the Sphinx") by director Robert Dinesen. The monumental wooden backdrop of a Sphinx of Giza rising from the sand attracted so many onlookers that filming was occasionally interrupted to allow summer visitors to enjoy themselves.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A5bjerg_Mile

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September 4, 2022

The Råbjerg Mile dune is Denmark's largest shifting dune and is a nature reserve.

The Råbjerg Mile dune is about 1 km wide and 1 km long, consists of about 3.5 million m3 of sand and is 40 meters high. Every year the dune moves about 15 meters towards the northeast, closer to Grenen, the tip of Denmark.

If you go in there, you have to expect quicksand in some areas.

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Location: Frederikshavn, North Denmark, Denmark

Råbjerg Mile

1. Rovfuglenes Rige – Panorama Tour 416

2. Heathland Path Near Skagen – Skagen Town Center loop from Ålbæk

3. Cycle Path Through the Dunes – Heathland Path Near Skagen loop from Østerby

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