Grennen Cape

Grenen is the shifting sand spit at the northern tip of Jutland, where the waters of the Skagerrak and Kattegat meet. Currents carry sand along the coast and deposit it on the point, while shallow water and strong currents have made the approach hazardous to ships. Inland, drifting sand also threatened the people of Skagen: by 1795 it had overwhelmed Saint Lawrence's Church so badly that services there were abandoned.