Aalborg & Denmark

What about Denmark ?

Location: Northern Europe

Flag: Dannebrog

Area: 42,894.8 km²
More 400 islands, with 100 only with occupants
7 313 km de coasts
more 1 000 lakes
Capital: Copenhaguen
Population: 5,580,413
Currency: danish krone
Official language: danish
Regime: constitutional monarchy with parlementary
Monarch: Margrethe II (since 1972)
Prime minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt (since 2011)
Dominant political parties: Democrats (current) and Conservatives




What about Aalborg ?

Population

With over 201 144 inhabitants (31th december, 2011), Aalborg is the largest city in the country. 

source: http://www.aalborgkommune.dk

Geography

Aalborg is on the North of Denmark, in the Jutland.

Architecture

The architecture in Aalborg is a mix between very old monuments (like Bodolphy Cathedral) and the new architectural style. An architectural policy make all you can see in the city based on 7 themes:

  • Aalborg’s identity
  • Landscape
  • Urban spaces
  • Traffic spaces
  • The dense city
  • The open city 
  • Architectural quality

source: http://www.aalborgkommune.dk

Places to go

The viking museum: Lindholm Høje is a museum where you can find the link between Aalborg and the Vikings. How did they live? What did they eat and drink? What were their tools? This museum can answer all your questions and offer you a beautiful landscape.

source: http://www.visitaalborg.com/ln-int/aalborg/culture/vikings-aalborg 

The zoo: please, see this link "http://3frenchinaalborg.blogspot.fr/p/blog-page.html"


Grenen: it's the place in the north where you can see the meeting beetwen North Sea and Baltic Sea.

source: http://www.cruiseskagen.dk/index.php?page=grenen

written by Erwan