Aalborg

A walk through Aalborg, Denmark’s fourth-largest city, Denmark, is all it takes to see that the world comes together here in the north of the Jutland peninsula. Aalborg’s old town is a meeting place for tourists from Sweden, Norway, England and Germany, and listen closely and you’ll discover many more languages on Aalborg’s streets, in its corners and alleyways.
With Denmark’s longest bar counter, its traditionally made, nationally renowned caraway schnapps, Aquavit, and a city centre well worth seeing, Aalborg attracts a growing number of holidaymakers and short-break visitors to Denmark every year. But a holiday in Aalborg is about more than enjoying the city’s events, party district or nightlife on Jomfru Ane Gade. It’s also about discovering the city’s Renaissance heritage and modern art, exploring stories from the Viking Age and today’s underwater torpedoes, and spending time with the family between quiet, gently sloping beaches and the Tivoli amusement park.
The Baltic coast, with its many small towns where you can enjoy a beach holiday and which are popular starting points for day trips to Aalborg or shopping trips into the city, is not far away.
Shopping in Aalborg often begins at the shopping centre on the south bank of the Limfjord, from where an extensive pedestrian zone stretches through Aalborg’s old town. For many holidaymakers in Aalborg, this is reason enough to start their sightseeing tour here, too. Visitors on a city break in Aalborg will appreciate the contrast between Baroque and Renaissance architecture and will certainly want to visit Jens Bang’s House, the Monastery of the Holy Ghost and Aalborg Castle.