Nice house

 

Many of the houses of Gilleleje are nice ones, like this with its roof of straw, white chalked walls and red gables. In Denmark a lot of money go into maintaining these old houses and if it's a protected house, the owner can get tax reductions for the expense of maintaining it. With the prices for work done by carpenters, plumbers and bricklayers the tax reduction is necessary for many if they're to afford to have a house like this.

Beach

 

One thing people from Copenhagen and elsewhere visit Gilleleje for is the beaches. Nice and sandy with only relatively few stones and boulders it's one of the nicer ones on he north coast of Zealand.

A delicacy

 

One of the delicacies from the island of Bornholm is smoked herrings, but you don't have to visit the sunny island to enjoy them. In Gilleleje is a smokehouse where you can get them almost like the ones on Bornholm, and it's even named after the island.

A gorge to fish from

Near Copenhagen there's quite a lot of small cozy towns and one of them is the town of Gilleleje on the north coast of Zealand. Even though the fishing has changed from a lot of small harbours and small boats to a few large fishing harbours with big boats, Gilleleje still has a small fishing industry. Even the name refers to the fishing as is an old Danish word for a gorge and leje is a place you put your boat in the water.

A cozy town

 

North of Copenhagen is Gilleleje, a little cozy town. Originally a fishing town it's now more a tourist hangout for the summer cottage people that flock here in the summer time. It still got a bit of a fishing industry so expect to met with the ordour of that trade when you visit the harbour.