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Scan Magazine | Hotel of the Month | Denmark
The hotel serves breakfast and dinner. Per is the Head Chef and is in charge of all the cooking. Dinner is on offer from 7pm-8pm most nights and at a very reasonable price. Per is a keen hunter, so local red deer is often on the menu as the hotel is in the area where red deer are most abundant in Denmark. Many guests comment on the nice, honest cooking that happens in Klithjem’s kitchen, and everyone thoroughly enjoys not having to worry about finding a place to eat. Providing a personal touch Klithjem is a hotel where you can get involved in the local lives and learn more about the area through Kirsten and Per. “We attend to our guests and give a lot of ourselves to every visitor,” explains the couple. They get a lot of praise from their guests, and looking through the guestbook it is clear that the couple really give the hotel’s guests that something extra which you just do not get from staying in a bigger hotel. “We maintain a good balance between the professional and the personal,” says Kirsten before commenting on the fact that many guests come to both her and Per for advice on what to go and see and do. Many of the guests end up spending time in the communal area and have
chats with each other, although nice weather tends to bring everyone out and about. The hotel has many areas where you can sit and enjoy the sun or have a little nap in the fresh air. Among Denmark’s top ten hotels
routine, get a breath of fresh air and enjoy what is probably one of the most picturesque parts of Denmark.
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Although the local nature is the real draw, there are plenty of cultural experiences to be found, including Tirpitz (a big World War Two bunker used as a museum) and a hop on/hop off sightseeing bus. In the autumn there are red deer safaris and close by is Filsø: a regeneration area, which is the perfect spot for birdwatchers. The area and the hotel definitely have their draws as some guests have been coming to stay every summer for the past forty years. As a guest at Klithjem Badehotel you will be able to experience an absolutely lovely couple running a hotel in beautiful and unique surroundings. Having been voted one of the top ten hotels in Denmark and having been featured on Danish television – in a programme about Denmark’s best ‘badehoteller’ (seaside hotels) – you cannot go wrong with Klithjem. “It’s a simple place, we run it simply and we keep it simple. There really isn’t much to worry about here,” says Kirsten. It is the perfect place to get away from the stressful daily
The owners Kirsten and Per Buck.
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