Grenen

thumb|upright=1.3|Grenen beach, 2006 Grenen is a long sandbar spit at Skagen Odde (the headland of Jutland), northeast of the town of Skagen. thumb|Grenen seen from the south. thumb|The tip of Grenen, with the Skagerrak on the left and Kattegat on the right

==Overview== Grenen (The Branch) was named for its shape like a tree-branch, reaching out from the mainland. The beach of Grenen appears in many of the works of the Skagen Painters, a community that gathered there every summer between 1875 and the end of the 19th century. The area is also home to the Skagen Odde Nature Centre, designed by Jørn Utzon.