Blavand Sea

The deep blue ocean captures your soul, almost dragging you to the edge of the water where waits some untold treasure or absolute emptiness, who knows? With all your might you plant your two feet in the ground and rest, the sand curling around your body like wet cement, helping you to stay yourself, safely away from the ocean's grasp. Perhaps you can wait until the tide turns and is heading onto shore, perhaps then you can crawl your way back home. Blavand is a beach located in western Denmark. The Kingdom of Denmark is a constitutional monarchy and sovereign state consisting of the country of Denmark in northern Europe and two autonomous constituent countries, the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. Denmark's history has particularly been influenced by its geographical location between the North and Baltic seas. This meant that it was between Sweden and Germany and thus at the center of the mutual struggle for control of the Baltic Sea; before the digging of the Kiel Canal, water passage to the Baltic Sea was possible only through the three channels known as the "Danish straits". Denmark became a member of the European Union in 1973 but remains outside the Eurozone, while both Greenland and the Faroe Islands have opted to remain outside the EU entirely. The national language, Danish, is closely related to Swedish and Norwegian, with which it shares strong cultural and historical ties. Denmark, along with Sweden and Norway, is part of the cultural region known as "Scandinavia" and is also a member of the Nordic Council.