Drachmanns Hus
Built in 1828, the house was home to poet and artist Holger Drachmann until his death in 1908. Now a museum, it's filled with mementos of the artist. On his first visit to Skagen in 1872, he fell in love with the village and its surroundings -- "Here there is sand, more sand, nothing but sand. And then, here there is the sky with large floating clouds, and finally the sea, Kattegut's shining surf on one side and the distant roar of the North Sea on the other." Following many illnesses and professional disappointments, Drachmann died and was buried in the sand dunes around Skagen.
Built in 1828, the house was home to poet and artist Holger Drachmann until his death in 1908. Now a museum, it's filled with mementos of the artist. On his first visit to Skagen in 1872, he fell in love with the village and its surroundings -- "Here there is sand, more sand, nothing but sand. And then, here there is the sky with large floating clouds, and finally the sea, Kattegut's shining surf on one side and the distant roar of the North Sea on the other." Following many illnesses and professional disappointments, Drachmann died and was buried in the sand dunes around Skagen.
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