Snekkersten

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Snekkersten harbour

Snekkersten is a small borough of Helsingør Commune. It is 4 km south of central Helsingør, Denmark.

The small village was a fishing and seafaring community. Today, most of the inhabitants are commuters, either working in Helsingør or Copenhagen. The town is connected by a train line, Kystbanen, to Helsingør to the north, and Copenhagen and other communities in the south.

Snekkersten was a clandestine embarkation point for Danish Jews secretly transported to neutral Sweden in fishing boats during WWII Occupation of Denmark by Germany.

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Coordinates: 56°00′N 12°36′E / 56.000°N 12.600°E / 56.000; 12.600

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