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Horsens Municipality

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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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.

How locals move

Getting around Horsens Municipality the local way

  • Go nextTake the bus to the small town of Snaptun and then the 1-hour ferry to the island of Endelave.
  • Go nextDo this as a day trip or stay overnight for a mini-vacation.
  • Go nextTake the short seven-minute ferry trip there from Snaptun.
  • Go nextIn 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 nextBird tours are regularly arranged, as are small canoe trips.

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

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Slaunger (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.