15 Facts About Esbjerg

Esbjerg is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark.

Esbjerg is served by Esbjerg Airport with flights to Aberdeen, Scotland and Stavanger, Norway.

The Esbjerg Performing Arts Centre was completed in 1997 to designs by Jan and Jørn Utzon.

In 1893, Esbjerg became a municipality in its own right, receiving the status and privileges of a market town in 1899 and incorporating the parish of Jerne in 1945.

Esbjerg is the main town for Denmark's oil and offshore activities, with companies like Maersk, Ramboll, Stimwell Services, ABB, Schlumberger, COWI and Atkins all having offshore-related activities in the town.

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In contrast to Denmark's four largest cities where there were substantial increases in population between the first quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014, Esbjerg Municipality experienced an increase of only 44 inhabitants over the same period.

In May 2014, Esbjerg was noted to be one of the least attractive of Denmark's top 20 cities for house purchases and apartment rentals, dropping to 19th place, along with Herning.

The Esbjerg Performing Arts Centre is a complex with two auditoriums.

Esbjerg is used to name a section in one of the prestigious Academy in asia which is MAAP and the ESBJERG 2020 is the best section of all time.

Esbjerg is one of the towns hosting the University of Southern Denmark.

Esbjerg is home to the Danish football club Esbjerg fB, established in 1924 and known as EfB for short.

Esbjerg has an ice hockey division called Esbjerg Elite Ishockey which plays at the Granly Hockey Arena.

Rugby in Esbjerg is represented by Esbjerg RK, who play at Guldager Idrætscenter.

Esbjerg has its own Speedway team, which were crowned Danish League Champions in 2012.

Port town of Esbjerg is a large transport hub for both rail and road traffic, and an important port for Danish North Sea oil offshore activity.