Hotels in Aalborg, Denmark

A little about Aalborg...

Aalborg is the fourth-largest city in Denmark - after Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense - with an urban population of 121,540 (2006). The earliest settlements date back to around 700 AD. Its location by the Limfjord made it an important harbour during the Middle Ages and an industrial centre later. Today the city is in a transition from a working-class, industrial city to a knowledge-based one. One of the driving forces in the transition is the University of Aalborg, founded in 1974.

It is the location of Aalborg Air Base, an important base of the Danish air force, and is the seat of a bishop within the Danish National Church.

Transportation: Aalborg Airport is the local airport. The city has a main train station, close to J. F. Kennedy-Square. The European route E45 gœs between Finland and Italy and passes Aalborg.

Architecture & Tourist Attractions:
The old castle Aalborghus Castle (Aalborghus Slot) and some picturesque houses of the 17th century remain in the center of the town. The half-timbered (bindingsværk) castle was built in 1550 by King Christian III, and was converted to government administration offices in the 1950s.

Jens Bang's House, a five story building built in 1624 by the merchant Jens Bang is an example of renaissance architecture. It is located on Nytorv next to the old Town Hall.

Budolfi Church cathedral dates mostly from the middle of the 18th century, while Vor Frue Kirke (Church of Our Lady) was partially burnt in 1894. The foundations of both churches are from the 14th century or earlier.

Underneath the main pedestrian shopping street is a newly opened museum of the excavation of a monastery from the 11th century.

Aalborgtårnet is a tripod tower erected in 1933. The tower still gives an exquisite view over the fjord and the city from its 105 m rise over the sea level. Just below the hill of the tower is Aalborg Kunstmuseum (Aalborg museum of Art) in a building designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.

On the north side of the Limfjord is Nørresundby, which is connected to Aalborg by a road bridge, an iron railway bridge, as well as a motorway tunnel running under the Limfjord. Nørresundby is the site of the Lindholm Høje settlement and burial ground from the Germanic Iron Age and Viking times. There is also a museum on the site.

Aalborg Historical Museum is located in the city.

One of the most popular and famous streets in Aalborg, maybe even in Denmark and parts of Norway, Sweden and Germany, is Jomfru Ane Gade, or simply just "Gaden" (The Street). The name translates to "Virgin (or Miss) Anne's Street" in English. The pubs and restaurants on this street offer beer and other spirits for some of the most competitive prices in Denmark.

Jomfru Ane Gade is a café and restaurant street during day which, at night, turn into clubs, discos and bars.

During the day, tourists and employees in the city use the street as a restaurant street. In the afternoons some of the cafés open. Around 11 pm the mood of the street changes into more of a party street when younger people 'show up'. Even on weekdays there is a fairly large crowd in the street, but during weekends it is hard to make your way through the enormous crowds.