Other stops during our trek through Denmark included Den Tilsandede Kirke, Grenen in Skagen, and Man Meets the Sea in Esbjerg.

Our 1st glimpse of the sanded church in Northern Denmark.

For four hundred years a congregation gathered here until drifting sand started to block the road and cemetery, and in 1795 the church was closed. People got tired of digging it out I guess.

What they believe it looked like when it was built in the latter half of the 14th century.

Now at the Skagen bunker deciding if we should hike to the most northern point.

The point is waaayyy out there if you look. Grenen means the branch.

Easier to walk on the edge with no shoes. Had to watch out for jellyfish, starfish and seals.]

What a cute wild thing to run into.

Probably waiting on shore while the parents hunt.

Where the North and Baltic Sea meet.

We’re ALL there!

Man Meets the Sea. Unveiled in 1995 as the city celebrated its 100th anniversary as a municipality.

From the sculptor, “it portrays the meeting between pure, unspoilt mankind and nature. Man, innocent as from his mother’s womb. Man before rising up and beginning to act.”

From the sculptor, “it portrays the meeting between pure, unspoilt mankind and nature. Man, innocent as from his mother’s womb. Man before rising up and beginning to act.”

They are 30 feet tall (9 meters) and there are 4 because the sculptor wanted it to appear harmonious. In clear weather you can see them from 10 km away.