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Skagen is a pretty fishing port in Denmark. It's the most northerly town in Jutland and is famous for its distinctive and cohesive architecture, characterised by yellow houses with red tiled roofs and white detail. But there's a lot more to it than that, as I hope these photographs will testify.

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kimbofo > This is the railway station building that greets train passengers who alight at the end of the line.

kimbofo > Saint Laurence Way, Skagen's main street.

kimbofo > Sct. Laurentii Vej, the main street taken from the other direction.

kimbofo > We found this bakery on our second day in Skagen and kept returning. The cakes, pastries and bread inside were mouth-wateringly delicious.

kimbofo > Clausen's Hotel, a lovely example of Skagen architecture.

kimbofo > Only the Danes could get away with mixing so many different materials - tiles, timber, PVC windows and cobblestones - into one coherent and attractive 'look'.

kimbofo > This scene - a bike laid ever so casually against a wall in the grounds of the Skagen Museum - was to be repeated almost everywhere we went in Jutland. The Danes love their bikes!

kimbofo > The colours of this house in Old Skagen were particularly striking.

kimbofo > I fell in love with this door. It's not just the colour, it's the pattern of the wood and the cute little diamond window, which made it so utterly photogenic.

This is the railway station building that greets train passengers who alight at the end of the line.

> This is the railway station building that greets train passengers who alight at the end of the line.

This is the railway station building that greets train passengers who alight at the end of the line.

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