"United Kingdom and Germany signed the Treaty of Heligoland. The Cod War of 1893 erupted between Denmark and Britain over fishing territories. Denmark declared a fishing territory of 13 nautical miles (24 km) around their shores which included Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Britain did not acknowledge this claim. Tensions in the North Sea were again heightened in 1904 by the Dogger Bank incident, in which Russian naval vessels mistook British fishing boats for Japanese ships and fired on them, and then upon each other. The incident, combined with Britain's alliance with Japan and the Russo-Japanese War led to an"
"Fisher Bank The Fisher Bank is a sand bank in the North Sea, off the west coast of Denmark. It consists of ""Great Fisher Bank"", and ""Little Fisher Bank"" (the latter closer to Danish coast). Some older charts refer to them as the ""Great Fishing Bank"" and the ""Little Fishing Bank"". As ""Fisher"" it gives its name to one of the sea areas in the British Shipping Forecast. Sea area Fisher is defined by the co-ordinates: and the Danish coast. As its name suggests, these large sandbanks provide rich fishing grounds, but overfishing has left them less productive than they"
"Dogger Bank Dogger Bank (Dutch: ""Doggersbank"", German: ""Doggerbank"", Danish: ""Doggerbanke"") is a large sandbank in a shallow area of the North Sea about off the east coast of England. During the last ice age the bank was part of a large landmass connecting Europe and the British Isles, now known as Doggerland. It has long been known by fishermen to be a productive fishing bank; it was named after the ""doggers"", medieval Dutch fishing boats especially used for catching cod. At the beginning of the 21st century the area was identified as a potential site for a UK round 3"
"a Dano-Norwegian fleet and Sweden was fought in 1710. In August 2017, Swedish journalist Kim Wall was murdered in the bay by entrepeuner Peter Madsen on board his submarine ""UC3 Nautilus"". Køge Bugt Køge Bugt or Køge Bay is an approximately 500 km-shallow Danish bay in the southern part of Øresund, between Greater Copenhagen area in the North (or more precisely the southernmost peak of Amager) and Stevns Klint in the South, and as a part of Zealand. It is name after the Danish town Køge, which is located towards its southern part. The area around the bay's shores are"
"known as the Heligoland Bight. Between 1949 and 1956 the BBC Sea Area Forecast (Shipping Forecast) used ""Heligoland"" as the designation for the area now referred to as German Bight. German Bight The German Bight (; ; ; ; ; sometimes also the German Bay) is the southeastern bight of the North Sea bounded by the Netherlands and Germany to the south, and Denmark and Germany to the east (the Jutland peninsula). To the north and west it is limited by the Dogger Bank. The Bight contains the Frisian and Danish Islands. The Wadden Sea is approximately ten to twelve"
"North Sea The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between the United Kingdom (particularly England and Scotland), Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. An epeiric (or ""shelf"") sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north. It is more than long and wide, with an area of around . The North Sea has long been the site of important European shipping lanes as well as a major fishery. The sea is a popular destination for recreation"
"Grenaa Beach Sandy Grenaa Beach on Djursland's east coast – in eastern Jutland, Denmark, at the entrance to the Baltic Sea – starts at Grenaa Marina, and runs south for 6 km. The last 1.5 km are seldom visited, ending at the cape of Havknude. Here the beach turns into a stony shoreline, that continues 30 km down the east coast of the peninsula of Djursland, facing the Kattegat between Denmark and Sweden. This coastline south of Grenaa Beach is renowned amongst anglers. There are a lot of summer rentals close to the town of Grenaa and Grenaa Beach, and"
"in the North Sea and Baltic Sea for the British merchant fleet. The island of Heligoland off the west coast of Denmark was occupied in September 1807. This base made it easier for Britain to control trade to North Sea ports and to facilitate smuggling. The attacks against Copenhagen and Heligoland started the Gunboat War against Denmark, which lasted until 1814. Sweden, Britain's ally in the Third Coalition, refused to comply with French demands and was attacked by Russia in February and by Denmark/Norway in March 1808. At the same time, a French force threatened to invade southern Sweden, but"
"the penduline tit and the great cormorant. Balka Balka, also Balke, is a village and seaside resort midway between Nexø and Snogebæk on the southwest coast of the Danish island of Bornholm. As of 2015, it has a population of 215. It is best known for its wide beach with fine white sand. The current name ""Balka"" ending with an A is incorrect as the locality was originally called ""Balke"" as can be seen on Bernhard Frantz Hammer's map from 1746. The original name stems from the sea sweeping up banks of sandstone fragments known as ""balke"". ""Balk"" comes from"
"bait!). A small distance from Rørvig is a site that is the centre of Denmark. The centre of Denmark is marked with a big stone. At Rørvig harbour, a fishing boat which is a boat that was used during WW2 for dearming mines out at sea. on the boat, you get a fishing rod and worms for fishing flounder and other flat fish, occasionally you can catch a puffer. There are several places where you can stay. A popular place to stay is Rørvig senter which is a set of summer houses you can rent. These houses usually have two"
"Hvide Sande Hvide Sande is a small town in the middle of the Holmsland Dunes and placed around the artificial canal which connects Ringkøbing Fjord to the North Sea, in the western part of Central Denmark Region, formerly (until 1 January 2007) Ringkjøbing County, Denmark. The town has a population of 3,046 (1 January 2014) and is the fifth largest fishing port in Denmark. The town has despite its size and placement on the absolute outskirts of Denmark developed into a very active center for various businesses first and foremost tourism, fishery, shipyards and more and more also as a"
"Øresund Øresund or Öresund (, ; , ), commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). The strait has a length of and the width varies from to . It is wide at its narrowest point between Helsingør in Denmark and Helsingborg in Sweden. Øresund is along with the Great Belt, Little Belt and Kiel Canal one of four waterways that connects the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean via Kattegat, Skagerrak, and the North Sea, and is one of the busiest waterways in the world. The"
"the local fish. Stenbjerg Stenbjerg is a fishing village on the former island of Thy in the northwest of Jutland, Denmark. It is noted for its small white fishermen's huts next to the sandy beach. The history of Stenbjerg is rather vague but probably goes back to the late 17th century when sand was swept in over the fields making it impossible to till the land. As a result, the peasants began to earn their living from fishing. The village is remembered for the visit by the painters P.S. Krøyer and his wife Marie who spent their two-month honeymoon at"
"Flakfortet Flakfortet, meaning sand-shoal fortress, is a sea fort located on the artificially built island of ""Saltholmrev"", in the Øresund between Copenhagen and Saltholm. The island and fort are simply known as ""Flakfortet""; the name of the island; ""Saltholmrev"", meaning the reef near Saltholm, is seldom used. Flakfortet was the last of three artificial islands that the Danes created to defend the entrance to Copenhagen's harbor. (The other two are Trekroner Fort (the oldest) and Middelgrundsfortet.) Flakfortet's guns covered the Hollænderdybet channel between Middelgrundsfortet and Saltholm, and the Flinterenden channel between Sweden and Saltholm. Eventually Flakfortet became more of a"
"are the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, where the sea shallows and is funnelled toward the English Channel. Storm tides are a regular occurrence in the North Sea basin; several form each year. Although most do not cause significant damage, the impact of some has been devastating. During one, the February flood of 1825, the Danish coastline changed, as the North Jutlandic Island became separated from the Jutland Peninsula. The flood of 1976 and the ""North Frisian Flood"" of 1981 brought the highest water levels measured to date on the North Sea coast, but because of sea defences such as"
"Grønlandske Handels Plads (Kongelige) Grønlandske Handels Plads (English: ""(Royal) Greenland Dock"") is a waterfront area at the end of Strandgade in the northwestern corner of the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. The area is bounded by the Trangraven canal to the north, Christianshavn Canal to the east, Krøyers Plads to the south and the main harbor to the west. The waterfront is also known as Nordatlantens Brygge (English: North Atlantic Quay). It is named for the Royal Greenland Trading Department and was for more than 200 years a hub for Danish trade on Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The"
"nature value. Dutch fishers lifted the boulders on 16 June 2015, because they were afraid the boulders would damage their fishing gear. Cleaver Bank The Cleaver Bank (Dutch: ""Klaverbank)"" is a sandbank in the North Sea about off the west coast of the Netherlands and south of the Dogger Bank. The size of the bank is about 1235 km. The bank is 30-40 meters below sea level. The Cleaver Bank is an open-sea reef in the terms of the European Habitats directive and has been registered with the European Union as a Natura 2000 site. The bank originated as a"
"Bay of Mecklenburg The Bay of Mecklenburg ( or ""Mecklenburgische Bucht""; ), also known as the Mecklenburg Bay or Mecklenburg Bight, is a long narrow basin making up the southwestern finger-like arm of the Baltic Sea, between the shores of Germany to the south and the Danish islands of Lolland, Falster, and Møn to the north, the shores of Jutland to the west, and joining the largest part of the Baltic to the east. The Bay of Mecklenburg, which includes the Bay of Wismar and the Bay of Lübeck, connects to the Bay of Kiel in the northwest. Notable ports"
"between and among rivers, artificial harbours, and the sea. The Kiel Canal, connecting the North Sea with the Baltic Sea, is the most heavily used artificial seaway in the world reporting an average of 89 ships per day not including sporting boats and other small watercraft in 2009. It saves an average of , instead of the voyage around the Jutland peninsula. The North Sea Canal connects Amsterdam with the North Sea. North Sea The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between the United Kingdom (particularly England and Scotland), Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands,"
"Balka Balka, also Balke, is a village and seaside resort midway between Nexø and Snogebæk on the southwest coast of the Danish island of Bornholm. As of 2015, it has a population of 215. It is best known for its wide beach with fine white sand. The current name ""Balka"" ending with an A is incorrect as the locality was originally called ""Balke"" as can be seen on Bernhard Frantz Hammer's map from 1746. The original name stems from the sea sweeping up banks of sandstone fragments known as ""balke"". ""Balk"" comes from the Old Norse ""balkr"" and is used"
"Fehmarn Belt Fehmarn Belt (), (, former spelling ""Femer Bælt""; ) is a strait connecting the Bay of Kiel and the Bay of Mecklenburg in the western part of the Baltic Sea between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland. Ferries operated by Scandlines connect Puttgarden and Rødby on the two islands. The strait features an 18-kilometre (10 nmi) wide area with depths of 20–30 metres. Currents in the strait are weak and mostly dependent on wind. It was initially swum across by Christof Wandratsch. The Danish and German governments agreed on 29 June 2007 to"
"found on Fanø. Not surprisingly, a very common one is sand. The island's whole western shore is one long beach. The island's northwestern corner is a vast sandbank called ""Søren Jessens Sand"". Søren Jessen was an entrepreneur and captain from Hjerting, today the westernmost suburb of Esbjerg and the bank is named after him because his ship, the ""Anne Catriane"", stranded here in 1712. The vegetation on Fanø is mainly heath and small pine trees, never growing tall because of the predominant strong westerly winds from the North Sea. Fanø relies heavily on tourism and is visited by some 30,000"
"2003, a prototype Wave Dragon energy converter has been in operation at Nissum Bredning fjord of northern Denmark. The beaches and coastal waters of the North Sea are destinations for tourists. The Belgian, Dutch, German and Danish coasts are developed for tourism. The North Sea coast of the United Kingdom has tourist destinations with beach resorts and golf courses. Fife in Scotland is famous for its links golf courses. The coastal City of St. Andrews being renowned as the ""Home of Golf"". The coast of North East England has several tourist towns such as Scarborough, Bridlington, Seahouses, Whitby, Robin Hood's"
"connects with Aarhus, Randers, Grenaa and the amusement park of Djurs Sommerland. The area attracts many tourists in the summer months and some regional attractions includes: Bønnerup Strand Bønnerup Strand (lit.: Bønnerup Beach) is a village in Norddjurs Municipality, Denmark. Bønnerup Strand is a fishing village, sprawling inland from the harbour. It is situated at the large shallow Bay of Aalborg in the Kattegat sea. The beach and coast east and west of Bønnerup Strand is broad, sandy, very shallow and considered child friendly. It attracts people and tourists for recreational activities in the summer. The surrounding area (simply called"
"abundant now than previously. Glatved Beach Glatved Beach is a coastline 10 km south of the town Grenaa in Denmark. The 5 km long beach is part of a stony coastline with fairly deep water close to the shore, spanning the 50 km long eastern shore of the peninsula, Djursland, and situated by the Kattegat sea. This stony coast starts at The Cliffs of Gjerrild to the north on Djursland, and ends 50 km to the south on Mols at the southern tip of the peninsula. The road Glatved Strandvej, is the only public access road to the southern end"
"of his life. Gudhjem Gudhjem is a small town and fishing port on the northern coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. Its population is 715 (1 January 2015). Gudhjem is a popular venue for tourists who are attracted by its steep, picturesque streets, stunning views and a friendly atmosphere. Its history as a fishing village goes back many years. The former church, St Anne's Chapel, now a ruin, dates from around 1300. Its harbour was first built in the middle of the 19th century but was destroyed by a storm in 1872 and rebuilt in 1889. A second"
"the participants can eat the prepared fish. In spring large schools of herring migrate up Randers Fjord past the center. This species is also part of the fishing and food preparing activities together with visitors. Coast and Fjord Center Coast and Fjord Center (Danish:Kyst- og Fjordcentret) by the 30 kilometer(19 mi) long Randers Fjord in Denmark, Northern Europe, is a coastal nature dissemination and visitors center located in the village Voer by the southern bank of Randers Fjord, 15 kilometers from the fjords outlet into the Kattegat sea between Denmark and Sweden. The Kyst- og Fjordcenter is located in Norddjurs"
"Robbie Williams Jam, Havz Jazz and Valentinos dance orchestra. Snogebæk Snogebæk is a fishing village and tourist resort in the south-east of the Danish island of Bornholm some 5 km south of Nexø with a population of 706 (1 January 2014). It shares a fine sandy beach with neighbouring Balka. The first written references to Snogebæk date from 1555 but it is thought the area has been inhabited since the Middle Ages. Originally it probably consisted of a few dispersed smallholdings providing a living from farming and fishing. The first harbour was built on the coast by the fishermen in"
"Sandbanks Sandbanks is a small peninsula or spit (1 km or 0.39 sq mi) crossing the mouth of Poole Harbour on the English Channel coast at Poole in Dorset, England. It is well known for the highly regarded Sandbanks Beach and property value; Sandbanks has, by area, the fourth highest land value in the world. The Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs Coastline area has been dubbed as """"Britain's Palm Beach"""" by the national media. Sandbanks is connected to Studland by a chain ferry, the Sandbanks Ferry, which runs across the mouth of the harbour. The Sandbanks area of Poole Harbour (known"
"the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area and the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein) was placed on the World Heritage list by UNESCO. The Danish part was added to the site in 2014. Many of the islands have been popular seaside resorts since the 19th century. Mudflat hiking, i.e., walking on the sandy flats at low tide, has become popular in the Wadden Sea. It is also a popular region for pleasure boating. Wadden Sea The Wadden Sea (, , or """", , , ) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North"
"and pair trawlers. In some fisheries for ""Nephrops norvegicus"" over muddy or sandy bottoms haddock is taken as a bycatch. These fisheries have high rates of discards of undersized haddock, up to 50% of the catch in weight. Haddock are also targeted by boats from England, Denmark and Norway but to a lesser extent and haddock is also taken as a bycatch by industrial fisheries. The main fishing grounds in the eastern Atlantic are located off the European coasts of Russia, around Iceland, in the Barents Sea, around the Faeroe Islands, off western Norway and western Scotland, in the Celtic"
"reached from the mainland over an ""ebbevej"" (watershed) that is long. Jordsand and Koresand are two sandbanks in the Danish Wadden Sea. Jordsand is a former hallig. Danish Wadden Sea Islands The Danish Wadden Sea Islands () are a group of islands on the western coast of Jutland, Denmark. They have belonged to the region of ""Southern Denmark"" since January 1, 2007. Previously they belonged to the counties of ""South Jutland"" and ""Ribe"". The Danish islands differ from the German North Frisian Islands because no Frisians live on the Danish islands. Fanø is located just off Esbjerg to which it"
"makes the beach child friendly and safe. The water is tested and certified as clean and non-polluted, under the Danish ""Blue Flag"" system. Grenaa Beach Sandy Grenaa Beach on Djursland's east coast – in eastern Jutland, Denmark, at the entrance to the Baltic Sea – starts at Grenaa Marina, and runs south for 6 km. The last 1.5 km are seldom visited, ending at the cape of Havknude. Here the beach turns into a stony shoreline, that continues 30 km down the east coast of the peninsula of Djursland, facing the Kattegat between Denmark and Sweden. This coastline south of"