National Geographic Traveller (UK)

22 HIKE DENMARK’S RÅBJERG MILE

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Tiptoeing softly across the largest migrating coastal dune in Northern Europe, you can’t help but be touched by its beauty. The light is painterly, grasses bend in the stiff breezes that whip across the North Sea and blonde sands ripple into the distance. Here, at Denmark’s northernmo­st tip, all is sea and sky. Reaching 130ft high, the dune has been on the move since the 16th century and, over time, has buried farms and houses, as well as the church in Skagen. Reforestat­ion has slightly slowed the dune’s advance, but it still moves about 50ft northeast every year.

Come in the hush of morning when the only sound is the trill of migratory birds overhead and the wind whistling across the sand. At this early hour, you can hike in silent wonder, while taking good care not to step in quicksand. opdagdanma­rk.dk

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