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Place in Central Denmark, Denmark · Central Jutland

# Horsens

Horsens is a city on the southeast coast of the Jutland peninsula.

![Horsens](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Lauge_Jensen_-_Great_Dane_1800-.jpg/1920px-Lauge_Jensen_-_Great_Dane_1800-.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

Horsens · Slaunger

The place

Horsens is a city on the southeast coast of the Jutland peninsula. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 65,037 and the municipality's population is 98,806, making it the 6th largest city in Denmark.

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

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Horsens

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 Football stadium in Denmark 1.5 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_Horsens_Stadium)
2. VIA University College Vocational college in Denmark 2.7 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_University_College)
3. Bygholm Castle Manor house in Horsens Municipality, Denmark 1.7 km · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bygholm_Manor)
4. Forum Horsens Indoor sports arena and music venue in Horsens, Denmark 1.5 km · [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.

Do

## Things to do

1. Canoeing at Bygholm Sø Lovbyvej 35 (go to Bygholm Sø Camping northwest of Bygholm Park), camp@horsens.dk.
2. Fængslet Fussingsvej 8 (North of the central station).
3. Horsens Ny Teater Teatertorvet 1 (In the pedestrianised area north of Søndergade), hnt@hnt.dk.

From [Wikivoyage: Horsens](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Horsens), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

## Where to eat

There are plenty of dining opportunities around the pedestrianized highstreet zone. Most cafés are here, and some of them serves both day and night, including evening dinners and late night partying.

1. Cafe Corfitz Centrally located classic café, right at Søndergade.
2. Spisekammeret Thonbogade 19 (in the pedestrianized area north of Søndergade), info@spisekammeret.net.
3. Sakura Sushi Bar Torvet 20 (down Søndergade until you hit the church square).
4. Paradis Thonbogade 2, (in the pedestrianised area).
5. Lagkagehuset Lokes Allé 30 and Sønderbrogade 95A (at the junction between Ringevejen and Thorsvej in the south part of town),.

From [Wikivoyage: Horsens](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Horsens), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

## Getting to Horsens

**Airports:** Billund (BLL), 45 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 52 km · Aarhus (AAR), 69 km\
**Stations:** Horsens station, 1 km\

- Billund → Horsens 49 km · quickest by road, 53 min · kr38–50 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/billund-to-horsens) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Billund&to=Horsens)
- Odense → Horsens 62 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · kr70–95 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/odense-to-horsens) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Odense&to=Horsens)
- Aarhus → Horsens 40 km · quickest by road, 43 min · kr33–45 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aarhus-to-horsens) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aarhus&to=Horsens)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Horsens)

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

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. 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 178 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 757 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 828 km

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

Around it

## Next door to Horsens

- [Horsens Municipality](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/horsens-municipality) municipality of Denmark 700 m
- [Hatting](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hatting) settlement in Horsens Municipality, Denmark 5.4 km

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