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Fun Photo Friday — Skagen Favorites 2

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Ripples

Next week we move on to Kristiansan, Norway. Until then, here’s one last Fun Photo Friday look as Skagen, Denmark:

Transatlantic — Skagen; More around town and beyond

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Skagen, Denmark

Let’s hike out northeast of town, along the eastern shore of the Skagen Odde Peninsula. It is here that we come across the first of two lighthouses. We didn’t get as far as the second, although we did see that one in the distance. At any rate, below is Skagen’s White Lighthouse. It was in operation from 1747 until 1858, when it was replaced by the Skagen Grey Lighthouse.

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Skagen’s White Lighthouse

To get to these lighthouses you walk along some interesting residential areas:

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Transatlantic — Skagen; Out and About

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Skagen, Denmark

Skagen is easily traveled on foot. Today we start from Skagen Havn (Port of Skagen) and head toward town and beyond. First, let us begin with some more images of the port:

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Skagen Havn

Here  is a statue dedicated to the fishermen and sea rescuers of Skagen:

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Dansk Fisker og Redningsmand (Danish fisher and rescuer)

Not far from the Swedish Seamen’s Church which I showed you last week is a really neat glassblowing factory/gallery:

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Skagen Glaspusteri (Glassblower)

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Skagen Glaspuster...

Fun Photo Friday — Skagen Favorites 1

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Glass Studio

Here is the first of two Fun Photo Fridays dedicated to Skagen (click on any image in the gallery below to enlarge and bring up today’s slide show):

Transatlantic — Skagen; Waterfront and another Church

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Skagen Havn (Port of Skagen)

On Monday I showed you the ‘new’ Skagen Luthern Church built in 1841. That church is located near the old town center. But there is another fascinating Luthern church here, located closer to Skagen Havn, which translates to Port of Skagen. This church is the Svenska Sjömanskyrkan i Skagen (the Swedish Seamen’s Church Skagen):

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Svenska Sjömanskyrkan i Skagen

This church contains a nautically themed interior, as one would expect for a church geared toward the fishing...

Transatlantic — Arriving into Skagen, Denmark

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Skagen, Denmark

Our Royal Caribbean ship, Vision of the Seas, was now officially transatlantic after our Baltic adventure. We stayed aboard Vision of the Seas when it returned to Copenhagen and prepared for and adventure that would take us to Norway, Scotland, Iceland, and Newfoundland before our return to the U.S.

We started our transatlantic crossing with a stop at the port of Skagen, Denmark on August 23, 2017. Skagen is a smallish community of just over 8,000, and it’s the northernmost to...

A Preview of Future Firearms Articles

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1973 Ruger Super Bearcat

As many of you probably know, even though I concentrate on photography and travel, my most popular articles by far are on various firearms, especially those considered collectable. After my current transatlantic crossing series (the follow-on to the Baltic cruise series), I’ll be running a week of firearms articles before continuing on to another travel series.

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Top to bottom: Rare Ruger “Alpha Cat” Bearcat; Early post-alpha Bearcat; Ruger Super Bearcat

One of these ar...

Fun Photo Friday — Gdańsk Favorites 3

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Cobblestones

Next week it’s time to move on to Skagen, Denmark, where they do not make the watch. Until then, one last Fun Photo Friday viewing of Gdańsk, which also closes out my Baltic Cruise series as we remain aboard Vision of the Seas for yet another cruise, this one a transatlantic crossing.

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A New Angle on Gdańsk

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Anno 1586

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Verdigris and Brick

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St. Mary’s Church

Baltic Cruise — Random views of Gdańsk

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Gdańsk Old Town

Today’s we’re just going to wander around the streets of Gdańsk, beginning with the street scene above of Old Town, and moving on to this model of the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970 at the European Solidarity Centre:

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Model of the Monument to the fallen Shipyard Workers 1970

The train station here is worth a visit, as well as taking up some room in your camera’s storage:

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Gdańsk train station

Step over to the banks of the Martwa Wisla and you might find some int...

Baltic Cruise — Gdańsk; St. Mary’s Church

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