Hornbæk ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈhoɐ̯nˌpek] ) is a seaside resort town on the north coast of the Danish island of Sjælland , facing the Øresund which separates Denmark from Sweden . It is part of Helsingør Municipality and is located 12 km northwest of Helsingør , and is mainly known for its fashionable holiday homes and broad sandy beaches.
19-536: As of 2024, Hornbæk proper has a population of 3,761 but since 2010 it has grown together with neighbouring Dronningmølle in Gribskov Municipality , forming an urban area with a combined population of 5,330. Hornbæk was originally a small fishing village around a natural harbour. In 1706, as the first of a number of Danish reforestation initiatives, the Hornbæk Plantage was planted east of
38-599: A cottage rather than a simple shelter. Sommarhus (in Swedish : sommarstuga or lantställe ), in Norwegian hytte , is a popular holiday home or summer cottage, often near the sea or in an attractive area of the countryside. Most are timber constructions, often suitable for year-round use. Increasingly they have additions such as saunas , heating ovens , fireplaces , or attractive gardens. Increasingly, English speakers call them summerhouses. A Swedish sommarstuga
57-559: A house must use it as their primary home and spend most of their overnight stays there. Other areas of Norway are defined as "summer house areas", where it is forbidden to live permanently. This is because there are quality requirements for permanent homes that do not apply to cottages. Sweden has no ban against using summer houses all year or against using a normal house in summer only. This has made Swedish summer houses popular for Danes, Norwegians, and Germans. But in some desirable coastal areas, prices are so high that residents cannot afford
76-476: A large thatched house had stood for centuries on the corner of Villingerødvej and Linde Alle. Dronningmølle Station on the Helsingør-Gilleleje line was initially opened to serve Dronningmølle Teglverk, a brick factory established in 1898 by the coffee merchant Ferdinand Andersen. For a time, the local fishermen were opposed to the growing importance of the factory but, as Andersen bought up most of
95-476: A photographer who wanted to take a picture of Bosse in her bathing costume. When the Hornbæk Railway Line was inaugurated on 22 May 1906, the town was invaded by tourists. Bathing jetties and bathing huts were common along the coast. Landmarks include Hornbæk Church, Hotel Bretagne and Hotel Hornbækhus. Hornbæk is connected to Helsingør and Gilleleje by Hornbæk Railway . Hornbæk station
114-495: A reference to the location at Pandehave Å, consisted of a mixture of fishermen's houses and small farmsteads. It prospered from the fishing of herring in the 16th century but was hit hard by sand drift in the 17th and 18th century. Since the beginning of the 20th century, thanks to its sandy beach, the locality has been a popular resort with hotels and guest houses along the coast road. Today, it has some 1,500 summerhouses reaching up to two kilometres inland. Until 1946, Kassegård,
133-469: A second residence, usually located in the country , that provides a cool and relaxing home to live in during the summer, such as a vacation property . Especially in the Nordic countries , sommerhus ( Danish ), sommarstuga ( Swedish ), hytte ( Norwegian ), sumarbústaður or sumarhús ( Icelandic ) or kesämökki ( Finnish ) is a summer residence (as a second home ). It can be a larger dwelling like
152-521: A water mill located close to the point where the stream Esrum Å runs into the Kattegat . The first water mill at the site was built by monks from Esrum Abbey . In 1588, it was replaced by a new water mill which was commissioned by Frederick II of Denmark and named after his wife, Queen Sophie , possibly because she owned the site on which it was built. Valentin von Spangenberg, who also worked on Kronborg Castle and many other road and mill projects in
171-489: Is now an exhibition centre. The Rudolph Tegner Museum , just south of Dronningmølle, is dedicated to the work of the sculptor Rudolph Tegner who designed the building himself in a bunker-like Modernist style. Villingerød Church, located on the west side of the road between Villingerød and Dronningmølle, close to the Rudolph Tegner Museum, is from 1906. It was designed by the architect Vilhelm Holck and
190-545: Is served by Dronningmølle Station on the Hornbæk Line . Since 2010 Dronningmølle has grown together with its neighbouring town Hornbæk in Helsingør Municipality to form an urban area with a combined population of 5,330 as of 1 January 2024. Hornbæk proper had a population of 3,761 with Dronningmølle, incl. Munkerup , having 1,569. The name Dronningmølle, literally "queen's mill", comes from
209-408: Is surrounded by a small graveyard. Summer house A summer house or summerhouse is a building or shelter used for relaxation in warm weather. This would often take the form of a small, roofed building on the grounds of a larger one, but could also be built in a garden or park, often designed to provide cool shady places of relaxation or retreat from the summer heat. It can also refer to
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#1732772041535228-484: Is traditionally painted with a special red colour called falu rödfärg and has white trimmed corners, windows, and doors. Many of the Danish resorts depend on the rental of summerhouses to accommodate national and foreign tourists who can rent them, usually on a weekly basis, at prices (for a family) well below those of hotels. But Scandinavians often spend a considerable amount of time in their summerhouses which are often
247-558: Is used as a location at 1:01:32 in the first Olsen Gang film . Dronningm%C3%B8lle Dronningmølle ( Danish pronunciation: [tʁʌne̝ŋˈmølə] ) is a seaside resort town in Esbønderup parish, Gribskov Municipality in the Capital Region of Denmark , of eastern Denmark. Dronningmølle is located 4 kilometers west of Hornbæk , 6 kilometers east of Gilleleje and 22 kilometers north of Hillerød . The town
266-596: The Skagen colony . Kristian Zahrtmann , another prominent Danish painter of the time, also spend time in Hornbæk. Gradually an industry of boarding houses and seaside hotels emerged and many summer residents bought land and built houses. August Strindberg and Harriet Bosse visited Hornbæk in 1901 on a dramatic trip, a substitute for their honeymoon which Strindberg called off at the last moment. She went to Hornbæk alone and he later followed but they left after he attacked
285-508: The area, they were eventually forced to work there. The brickyard was closed in 1947 and subsequently demolished. Dronningmølle water mill was rebuilt in the National Romantic style for Ferdinand Andersen and is now known as Dronningmølle Slot. The building has later been converted into holiday apartments. Ferdinand Andersen is also associated with other buildings in the area, such as the beach house Skansen which he constructed at
304-466: The area, was charged with the construction of the complex. The nearest settlements were Villingerød and Villingebæk which are both mentioned in documents from the early days of Esrum Abbey. Located a couple of kilometres inland, Villingerød, literally "The forest dwellers' clearing", was with its 10 farms the largest village in Esbønderup parish. Villingebæk, literally "The forest dwellers' stream",
323-492: The mouth of Esrum Å in 1899. The house takes its name after a protected defensive structure located on the estate. The now wingless wind mill next to the water mill was built in 1878 and remained in use until 1934. Dronningmølle Avlsgård from 1923 was designed by the architect Henning Hansen. Munkeruphus (Munkerup House), a residence inspired by American Colonial Revival architecture , is located in Dronningmølle. It
342-507: The venue for family reunions or simply weekends away from the office. In recent years, the popularity and, thus, the cost of summerhouses has increased appreciably, particularly in Denmark's coastal resorts. Under Danish law, owners are generally not permitted to use these houses as permanent homes; an exception is made for pensioners. In some attractive areas of Norway, there is "residence duty" (Norwegian: boplikt ), meaning that an owner of
361-460: The village to prevent entrainment of the sandy soils. In the late 18th century, it was common practice for people from Copenhagen to spend their summers in the countryside north of the city and a number of artists began lodging in Hornbæk, either in the local inns or privately. Among these were Peder Severin Krøyer , Holger Drachmann and Carl Locher before they moved on to Skagen and formed
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