Snekkersten
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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