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Aalborg

Aalborg or Ålborg is Denmark's fourth largest city with a population of 119,862 in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598.

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As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalborg had a population of 221,082, making it the third most populous in the country after the municipalities of Copenhagen (capital) and Aarhus. Eurostat and OECD have used a definition for the metropolitan area of Aalborg, which includes all municipalities in the province of North Jutland, with a total population of 594,323 as of 1 July 2022.

Get in

Getting to Aalborg

  1. 01
    Aalborg Airport
  2. 02
    Bus

    Fredensgade 45 (close to the train station).

  3. 03
    Aalborg

    Banegårdspladsen 1.

  4. 04
    Aalborg Vestby

    Smaller platform where some trains do an interim stop.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Aalborg Akvavit

    Distillery.

  2. 02
    Aalborghus Castle

    A half-timbered castle that was built by King Christian III in 1539 - 1555 as a fortification.

  3. 03
    Aalborg Tower

    54.9-metre-tall observation tower built of lattice steel in 1933.

  4. 04
    Aalborg Townhall

    Built in 1759 and served as city hall until 1912.

  5. 05
    Aalborg Zoo

    Cosy zoo with many "classic" zoo animals such as giraffes, elephants and big cats.

  6. 06
    Budolfi Church

    Built in the 1300s, this historic medieval church serves as Aalborg's cathedral.

Do

Things to do

Bicycle: rent a bicycle and go along the fjord. Football: Aalborg BK ("AaB") were relegated in 2025 and play soccer in First Division, the second tier. Their Portland Park (capacity 13,800) is 1 km west of city centre.

  1. 01
    Casino Aalborg

    Ved Stranden 16, fax: +45 9933 7099, casino@casino-aalborg.dk.

  2. 02
    Ice-skating

    Free if you own your own skates, otherwise renting them is 50 kr.

  3. 03
    Open Swimming Pool
  4. 04
    Nordkraft

    Kjellerups Torv (at the habourfront next to Musikkens Hus and the Utzon Center).

  5. 05
    Musikkens Hus

    Musikkens Plads 1 (at the harbourfront next to Nordkraft and the Utzon Centre),.

  6. 06
    Aalborg Karnival

    If you want to have fun with Danish people this is a great opportunity.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Fontænen

    It has the cheapest hot dogs in town, low budget fast food, what you need after a night out.

  2. 02
    Husets Café

    Non-profit cultural house which serves a daily vegetarian meal at a fixed price.

  3. 03
    Café Friends

    Nice location toward the street junction & have the option to stay out.

  4. 04
    San Giovanni

    Vesterbro 46,.

  5. 05
    Pho Saigon

    Østerbro 22 (across the street from Nordkraft.),.

How locals move

Getting around Aalborg the local way

  • Get inThere are ferries from Norway and Sweden coming to North Jutland (Hirtshals or Frederikshavn).

From Wikivoyage: Aalborg, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Liberaler Humanist (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.