Oksbøl Refugee Camp
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- Type: Ruins
- Description: refugee camp
- Also known as: “Theater Oxbøl”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oksbøl Bibliotek and FLUGT – Refugee Museum of Denmark.
Oksbøl Bibliotek
Library
Photo: Karenr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oksbøl Bibliotek is a library, which is situated 540 metres southeast of Oksbøl Refugee Camp.
FLUGT – Refugee Museum of Denmark
Museum
Photo: Hjart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
FLUGT – Refugee Museum of Denmark is situated 770 metres north of Oksbøl Refugee Camp.
Oksbøl railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alicudi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oksbøl railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Oksbøl in West Jutland, Denmark. The station is located on the Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line from Varde to Nørre Nebel via Oksbøl. Oksbøl railway station is situated 1 km east of Oksbøl Refugee Camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oksbøl and Skødstrup.
Oksbøl
Village
Photo: Dirk Vorderstraße, CC BY 2.0.
Oksbøl is a town in southwestern Jutland in the Varde Municipality, in Region of Southern Denmark. As of 1 January 2024, it has a population of 2,898. Oksbøl Refugee Camp houses the refugee museum FLUGT, which opened in 2022.
Billum
Village
Photo: An-d, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Billum is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Oksbøl Refugee Camp.
Oksbøl Refugee Camp
- Categories: refugee camp and historic site
- Location: Varde Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.6282° or 55° 37′ 42″ northLongitude
8.27052° or 8° 16′ 14″ eastOpen location code
9F7CJ7HC+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 11210217932OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q615206
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Oksbøl Refugee Camp” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Flygtningelejren i Oksbøl”
- Danish: “Oksbøl Flygtningelejr”
- German: “Flüchtlingslager Oksbøl”
- Persian: “اردوگاه پناهندگی اوکسبول”
- Swedish: “Flygtningelejren i Oksbøl”
- Swedish: “Museet Flugt”
- Swedish: “Museum Flugt”
- Swedish: “Oksbøl Flygtningelejr”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blåvandshuk School and Blåvandshuk Sportspark.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oksbøl Refugee Camp”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.