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Municipality in Central Denmark, Denmark

# Horsens Municipality

Horsens Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.

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Horsens Municipality · Slaunger

The place

Horsens Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Endelave, and covers an area of 515.2 km2. It has a population of 98,806 (2026). Its mayor is Peter Sørensen, a member of the Social Democratic party. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Horsens.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsens_Municipality), CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Horsens Municipality

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. CASA Arena Horsens Forum Horsens Stadium, known as Hybel Arena Horsens for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium in Horsens, Denmark. Used primarily for football, it is the home ground of AC Horsens and has a capacity of 10,400, of which 7,500 is seated. 1.7 km · football stadium in Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_Horsens_Stadium)
2. VIA University College VIA University College is a university college in Central Denmark. It was established in January 2008 and operates eight campuses. 3.2 km · vocational college in Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_University_College)
3. Bygholm Castle Bygholm Castle is a former royal castle and manor house located just south of Horsens, Denmark. It traces its history back to 1313 but the current Baroque buildings date from 1775. 1 km · manor house in Horsens Municipality, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bygholm_Manor)
4. Forum Horsens Forum Horsens is an indoor sports arena and music venue in Horsens, Denmark. The arena was originally known as Parkhallen and opened in 1990, before being expanded with a bigger hall and swimming facilities in 2004. 1.6 km · indoor sports arena and music venue in Horsens, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_Horsens)

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

## Getting to Horsens Municipality

**Airports:** Billund (BLL), 45 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 53 km · Aarhus (AAR), 69 km\
**Stations:** Horsens station, 400 m\

- Billund → Horsens Municipality 47 km · quickest by road, 1h · kr41–55 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/billund-to-horsens-municipality) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Billund&to=Horsens+Municipality)
- Odense → Horsens Municipality 71 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · kr75–100 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/odense-to-horsens-municipality) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Odense&to=Horsens+Municipality)
- Aarhus → Horsens Municipality 37 km · quickest by road, 43 min · kr31–42 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aarhus-to-horsens-municipality) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aarhus&to=Horsens+Municipality)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Horsens%20Municipality)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Horsens Municipality

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Horsens Municipality. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around

- Go next Take the bus to the small town of Snaptun and then the 1-hour ferry to the island of Endelave.
- Go next Do this as a day trip or stay overnight for a mini-vacation.
- Go next Take the short seven-minute ferry trip there from Snaptun.
- Go next In the summer months there is a ferry connection from Snaptun, but Alrø can also be accessed from an artificial landbridge on the northern side.
- Go next Bird tours are regularly arranged, as are small canoe trips.

From [Wikivoyage: Horsens](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Horsens), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done

1. [Helsingborg and the Öresund crossing](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/helsingborg) SE 6 ways of moving, 13 sources 179 km
2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 425 km
3. [Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aland) FI 12 ways of moving, 21 sources 758 km
4. [Kumlinge and the Åland archipelago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kumlinge) FI 11 ways of moving, 40 sources 807 km
5. [Yell, Unst and the North Isles](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yell) GB 9 ways of moving, 13 sources 827 km

If you know how people move in Horsens Municipality – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Chorsens-municipality&title=Horsens+Municipality&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fhorsens-municipality), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Horsens Municipality

- [Horsens](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/horsens) city in Horsens Municipality, Denmark 800 m

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