33 Facts About Aalborg

Today, Aalborg is a city in transition from a working-class industrial area to a knowledge-based community.

European Commission has concluded that the citizens of Aalborg are the most satisfied people in Europe with their city.

The Church of Our Lady in Aalborg was originally built in the early 12th century but was demolished during the Reformation.

Aalborg became the country's main producer of tobacco products and spirits, followed in the 1890s by fertilisers and cement.

Significance of Aalborg's industry began to decline in the 1970s, precipitating a fall in the city's population until about 1990, when it began to increase again.

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Aalborg is in North Jutland, at the narrowest point of the Limfjord, a shallow sound that separates North Jutlandic Island from the rest of the Jutland Peninsula and connects Aalborg to the Kattegat about 35 kilometres to the east.

The Aalborg area is one of three in Denmark where chalk deposits are found .

Aalborg has a number of additional civic parks and recreational facilities.

Aalborg was home to an amusement park, Karolinelund, founded in 1946.

Aalborg has a maritime climate, just above the humid continental climate classification with short, mild summers and long, moderately cold winters.

Aalborg was succeeded by Thomas Kastrup-Larsen, a Social Democrat, who was elected to the City Council in 1998.

Aalborg was the largest city in Jutland until it was surpassed by Aarhus in the mid-19th century.

Aalborg is North Jutland's major industrial and commercial centre, exporting grain, cement, and spirits.

Aalborg Municipality has Denmark's second highest revenue from tourism and is the only municipality in the north of Denmark where overnight stays are increasing.

Aalborg was home to De Danske Spritfabrikker or Danish Distillers, which produces numerous brands of akvavit, until 2014.

One of the largest shopping malls in Denmark, the Aalborg Storcenter, is to the south of the city in Skalborg.

Aalborg has 12 large hotels, most within walking distance of the city centre.

Hjallerup Market in Hjallerup, about 20 kilometres northeast of Aalborg is one of the oldest and largest markets in Denmark and is the largest horse market in Europe.

In 1999 Aalborg was for the first time one of the four host ports in The Tall Ships Race of that year.

Aalborg Teater, built in 1878 and subsequently modified by Julius Petersen, seats 870 in the main auditorium.

Aalborg has the jazz club Jazzclub Satchmo and an annual jazz and blues festival, known as the Mini New Orleans Festival.

Aalborg is the seat of a bishop within the Lutheran State Church of Denmark.

In 1554 Aalborg was made a diocese and, after consideration, St Budolfi Church was made the seat of the Bishop of Aalborg.

Aalborg is home to the former Catholic church, the Abbey of Our Lady, converted from a Benedictine nunnery.

Aalborg's cemeteries have a history dating to the end of the Middle Ages.

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Aalborg had a synagogue, built in 1854; and the Jewish rabbi Salomon Mielziner served it for 35 years.

Island of Egholm contains the former Egholm Skole, which was closed in 1972 when a ferry service to Aalborg was established and children on the island began attending the Vesterkæret Skole in Aalborg.

Aalborg Chang is a Danish amateur association football club, previously known as FC Nordjylland.

Aalborg Tennisklub is located along the Kastetvej road in the centre of Aalborg.

The present course to the southwest of Aalborg was designed in 1968 by Graham Lockey and Commander John Harris as a 9-hole course, later expanded to 18 holes in 1976 and 27 in 2006.

On 11 September 1977, Aalborg hosted the Final of the Long Track World Championship for Motorcycle speedway.

Aalborg defeated West Germany's Hans Seigl and Denmark's own speedway hero Ole Olsen.

Nordjyske Stiftstidende, published in Aalborg, is Denmark's second oldest newspaper founded in 1767 as Nyttige og fornøyelige Jydske Efterretninger.