Flare at the top of Denmark
Each year, on Midsummer Eve, the lamp is lit in the Skagen Vippefyr lighthouse. This is both a tourist event and a ceremony marking Skagen's standing in Danish lighthouse history. Skagen Vippefyr was erected in 1958 as a reconstruction of the original lighthouse…
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Det Grå Fyr
Det Grå Fyr var dengang det blev bygget Danmarks højeste fyrtårn.
År: 2003 PHOTO:Kulturarvsstyrelsen
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The world's first lighthouse authority
The decree by King Frederik II on 8 June 1560 to erect the first Danish lighthouses on Skagen,…
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