Seaside Hotel or Badehotellet
Amazon Prime had an offer for Season 1 of Seaside Hotel so I thought, why not?
It is a delightful series and one I am really happy I found. In the series, the woman go to Skagen for a girl's afternoon out. Never heard of it.
But in usual Pat fashion -- I knew nothing about that part of Denmark. I marveled while looking a the pictures of sea oats and sand dunes that look just like the Georgia Coast. Naw, this is Denmark -- where did they film it? Denmark is cold. It couldn't possibly have sand dunes and sea oats --- I investigated.
With my old friend Google Maps, I first had to locate Jutland. Silly me, I checked the south side of Denmark first. Finally I just asked and there it was -- way up on the tip top part.
Pat
It is a delightful series and one I am really happy I found. In the series, the woman go to Skagen for a girl's afternoon out. Never heard of it.
But in usual Pat fashion -- I knew nothing about that part of Denmark. I marveled while looking a the pictures of sea oats and sand dunes that look just like the Georgia Coast. Naw, this is Denmark -- where did they film it? Denmark is cold. It couldn't possibly have sand dunes and sea oats --- I investigated.
With my old friend Google Maps, I first had to locate Jutland. Silly me, I checked the south side of Denmark first. Finally I just asked and there it was -- way up on the tip top part.
In reality, the show was filmed in Jammerbugten. The hotel is a set. But Skagen is real. Anyway, here are a few things I discovered.
There really are some adorable beach cottages.
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| House in Skagen, Denmark © Gunvor Eline Eng Jakobsen / Alamy Stock Photo |
Skagen is a fishing town and has been for centuries.
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| Skagen Harbour, Denmark © Marc Lechanteur / Getty Images |
Interesting Natural Occurrence
There is a place where two seas meet. Grenen, north of the town of Skagen is the northerner most place in Denmark. Here you walk out on a sandy sand bar and see the Baltic and North seas meet. I was amazed by the color of the water -- almost like a tropical ocean.
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| Grenen © EHRENBERG Kommunikation / Wikimedia Commons |
Weather
All this is beautiful and the beaches are gorgeous. However, being a person from the Southern United States, even these summer temps in Skagen are a bit chilling...brrrrr
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| https://weatherspark.com/y/68646/Average-Weather-in-Skagen-Denmark-Year-Round |
I loved the series and hope there is more. I really learned a lot about I place I know very little about.
Pat
I’m curious to know where the building is that is shown as the exterior of the hotel. I realize it’s not a hotel and that interior scenes are filmed elsewhere, but I wonder where the building is.
ReplyDeleteI think they used a lot of digital effects, well done imo, but the hotel building is basically computer generated
DeleteOt only gets to 67F at the height of summer. Too cool for mr!
ReplyDeleteI think it's perfect! 🩵
DeleteIdeal!
DeleteI think i read that they digitally expanded an existing structure -- cannot remember where I read that.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the article, I'm watching the series, loving it! I was trying to discover where they filmed and I was somehow taken to your blog. I live in Portugal (which is waaaay South to Denmark) by the beach, in Figueira da Foz and the ocean temperature is 61- 67 F (16 -20 C) all year round. Brrrrrr :))
ReplyDeleteYes this series is addictive for sure‼️‼️love the location even if it’s not the original hotel. The water is beautiful, reminds me of the Emerald coast in the panhandle of Florida…love all of the characters especially the Danish actor‼️My daughter was an exchange student to Denmark years ago & we met her & traveled to her university. We did take a trip to Copenhagen before they built a bride to get to the island. We loved our visit & the Danes‼️we went in April & it was pretty cold-got to see the Danish military March from the castle in the streets. Very interesting country. TAK✅
ReplyDeleteS where is it. If you want to stay in a real place right there
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I am a big fan and have watched the series a few times. The details are wonderful: food, clothes, decor (wallpaper esp). There’s so much eye candy :)
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