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Aalborg city overview
Aalborg is a city in Denmark shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Known forAalborg waterfront, Kunsten, Lindholm Hoje, Jomfru Ane Gade
Population~122kcity context
RegionDenmarkDenmark
Time zoneEurope/Copenhagenlocal time
Founded1000historical origin
City history
The area around the narrowest point on the Limfjord attracted settlements as far back as the Iron Age, leading to a thriving Viking community until around the year 1000 in what has now become.
In c.1075, Adam of Bremen reported that Alaburg, as he called it in German, was an important harbour for ships sailing to Norway.
In Valdemar's Danish Census Book from 1231 it was called Aleburgh, possibly meaning "the fort by the stream" as in Old Norse all meant "stream" or "current" and bur or burgh a fort or.
Similarly, Tthe Franciscan friary, or Greyfriars, on the east side of Østerå, was probably built around 1240; it was documented in 1268, but like many other Roman Catholic monasteries and convents was shut down.
In 1530 a large part of the town was destroyed by fire, and in December 1534 it was stormed and plundered by the king's troops after a peasants' revolt known as the Count's Feud.
In 1663, the city suffered another serious fire, which destroyed the tower of Budolfi Church.
An upturn came after the pontoon bridge over Limfjord was completed in 1865, the railway reached the city in 1869 and a railway bridge over the sound to Vendsyssel in 1872.
Aalborg Airport, officially opened in 1938 because of the success of the cement industry, had in fact operated flights to Copenhagen since 1936.
During the German invasion of Denmark in 1940, the airport was captured by German paratroopers on the night of 21 April as a base for German aircraft flying to Norway.
The Church of Our Lady in Aalborg was built in the early 12th century but demolished during the Reformation.
During the Middle Ages a number of important institutions were established in Aalborg, including Budolfi Cathedral in the late 14th century and the Hospital of the Holy Ghost, a monastery and nunnery founded in.
The following centuries brought difficulties, but the city began to prosper again towards the end of the 19th century when a bridge was built over Limfjord and the railway arrived.
These large settlements, one from the sixth-century Germanic Iron Age, the other from the Viking Age in the 9th to 11th centuries, evolved at the narrowest point on Limfjord as a result of the.
In addition to large industrial companies including Aalborg Portland, the only cement-producing company in the country, and the building products company Eternit, many small and medium-sized enterprises have been established.
Worth seeing
Aalborg waterfront
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Kunsten
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Lindholm Hoje
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Jomfru Ane Gade
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Utzon Center
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Aalborg Zoo
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Transport notes
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Crowds
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