Højen Kirkegård

Højen Kirkegård is a cemetery in Frederikshavn Municipality, North Jutland. Højen Kirkegård is situated nearby to Ruth’s Hotel, as well as near the square Solnedgangspladsen.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ruth’s Hotel and Hyttefadet.

Ruth’s Hotel

Hotel

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Ruth's Hotel is a historic hotel in the Højen district of Skagen in the far North of Jutland, Denmark. Named after its founders, Emma and Hans Christian Ruth, who opened it as Badepensionat Vesterhus in 1904, the establishment has now gained a reputation not only for comfort but for its French Brasserie restaurant run by Michel Michaud, said to be Skagen's best.

Hyttefadet

Restaurant

Photo: Toxophilus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hyttefadet is a restaurant, which is situated 250 metres east of Højen Kirkegård.

Sand-Covered Church

Photo: EHRENBERG Kommunikation, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Sand-Covered Church is the name given to a late 14th-century church dedicated to Saint Lawrence of Rome. It was a brick church of considerable size, located 2 kilometres southwest of the town centre of Skagen, Denmark. Sand-Covered Church is situated 2½ km southeast of Højen Kirkegård.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skagen and Grenen.

Skagen

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Skagen is a town in North Jutland. In the Danish language, the town is namesake of the very sand spit it is located on, and the name 'Skagen' can refer to both. In the English language, the spit is known as the Skaw Spit.

Grenen

Locality

Photo: Hansjorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grenen is a long sandbar spit at Skagen Odde, northeast of the town of Skagen. Grenen is situated 8 km east of Højen Kirkegård.

Hulsig

Hamlet

Hulsig is a settlement and area of moorland and grey sand dunes in the Råbjerg Mile of the Skagens Odde peninsula, in northern Jutland, northern Denmark. Hulsig is situated 8 km southwest of Højen Kirkegård.

Højen Kirkegård

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: Frederikshavn Municipality, North Jutland, Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

57.72748° or 57° 43′ 39″ north

Longitude

10.52136° or 10° 31′ 17″ east

Open location code

9F9GPGGC+XG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 207612345

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=grave_yard

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