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Sjalen Says: No, this is not it, I don't have a picture of the building itself. However, this little museum houses one of the most important viking gold hoards found in Denmark, the Ramlose treasure. It also shows life in Gilleleje in general through the years, including shop interiors,...
Skibshallerne and the Gamle Hus
Sjalen Says: Connected to Gilleleje Museum is the "Ships Halls" with three wooden fishing boats in a sandy setting, to show you fishermens' life throughout history (and how they survived out of season), the importance of herring fishery here since the 1500s and some other things. Next to...
Sjalen Says: The old part of Gilleleje is a joy to stroll around and look at cottages and gardens. In the travelogue below, there are many more houses to look at. Many have thatched roofs and several are old fishing yards with names of the owning family or profession they belonged to....
Sjalen Says: This being the tip of Sealand, of course it has to have a lighthouse. You can see it from the harbour but it is in a forested and hilly area back towards Hornbaek. You can visit its Museum of Lighthouse History and the grounds with views so famous the royals came here to see...
Sjalen Says: The coast around Gilleleje is full of cottages to rent. This one is in fact right in the middle of Gilleleje old town itself if you're lucky to get it, and the part for rent includes a couple of rooms and a kitchen. Since I can make a daytrip here, I haven't stayed overnight...
Sjalen Says: We actually came to Brasseriet as it was too crowded to get food in the main harbour area with the festival being on. This was pure luck as this restaurant is one of the best we've been to in Denmark and the only negative thing I can say is perhaps that when crowded as...
Sjalen Says: An easy way to get to Gilleleje is by train. There is either the Holbaekbanen from Helsingor via Holbaek and ending in Gilleleje, or a train from Hillerod (itself reached by S-train from Copenhagen). These are little private lines but you can still go on Greater Copenhagen...
Sjalen Says: Being what it is, no wonder Gilleleje has a big guest harbour and lots of sailors from all over Scandinavia. Lots of Norwegians find their way here both by their own boat and other means.
brewjohnson Says: If you're looking for a good, but not so run of the mill, cultural experience, I highly recommend visiting a real Danish butcher. If you're cooking for yourself, then all the better! There happens to be a top notch butcher in Gilleleje by the name of Slagter Carl (Carl the...
Sjalen Says: How they keep their fishing flags apart, I shall never know. If you know anything about it, please tell me.
Sjalen Says: Roof thatching is expensive as few other renovation projects but I guess it lasts for a good while once you've done it and it is very good for insulation. Many Gilleleje cottages are under renovation. I guess the sea takes its toll on the roofs too...
Sjalen Says: Since fishing is the raison d'etre for Gilleleje, there are boats everywhere and you might wonder why the biggest of them all are on land during summer. I guess all this has to do with where they fish and what sort of fish and that the big fleet stay somewhere half way to...
Sjalen Says: With the amount people here must have paid for their cottages, no wonder they cannot do anything else afterwards, and spend their time on gardening! :))) Seriously though, gardens here are a visual feast as people outdo each other with their green fingers.
Sjalen Says: Something I hadn't seen since Zeebrugge, there is an annual sand sculpting festival in Gilleleje every summer. Sadly, it sometimes gets vandalised by people visiting the harbour festival but that's life. In 2006, the theme was Asian myths and legends.
Sjalen Says: Of course fishing is big in Sealand's biggest fishing harbour. To be ctd.
Sjalen Says: Gilleleje's beach is not the longest or prettiest in Denmark by any means, but it has a Blue Flag which means it is clean and has conveniences. It stretches west of the town and when we visited, it was harbour festival so we had the beach to ourselves. There are also plenty...
Sjalen Says: A weekend in mid July is always the time for Gilleleje harbour festival. Many Danish towns have this event summertime and they are more or less similar. Bands and musicians play, a mobile fairground sets up camp and people have fun in the harbour area, drinking beer and...
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Gilleleje is one of northern Sealand's most famous seaside resorts, and rightly so. The suffix "leje" means "setting" and is a common Scandinavian suffix (-läge in Swedish) for old fishing harbours......
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Gilleleje is located about an hour north of Copenhagen. Its an extremely charming little fishing village. My wife's parents have a summer house very near here and I'm always happy to find an excuse to...
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In the north of Sealand is the coastal town of Gilleleje. This town is holiday home central. The beaches are far more beautiful than the central and south coasts. An old fishing village, Gilleleje......
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